Sidney L. Taylor

MCMINN, TAYLOR, TIMBLIN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/12/2015 at 16:48:48

Northwestern Iowa
Its History and Traditions
1804 – 1926

With efficiency as his watchword, Sidney L. Taylor has steadily progressed toward the goal fixed by his ambition, becoming widely and favorably known as an income tax specialist, and for five years Sioux City has numbered him among its leading residents. He was born October 29, 1887, in Bolton, Massachusetts, and is a son of William E. and Bessie M. (McMinn) Taylor, who are now living in New York City. The ancestors of the father were natives of England and the mother is of Scotch and English descent.

Mr. Taylor attended the public schools of Bolton, Massachusetts, until his parents removed to Omaha, Nebraska, and in that city he completed his public school education. He began his business in the First National Bank of Omaha and was connected with that institution for four years. He devoted much time to the study of accounting and the income tax law and in 1916 entered the employ of the United States government. He was placed in charge of income tax work in northeastern Nebraska and in 1917 came to Sioux City as a federal representative. He remained with the government until 1920, when he resigned and established his present business in this city. He is an acknowledged expert in this line of work and his services are in great demand.

In May, 1908, Mr. Taylor was married in Omaha, Nebraska, to Miss Moyne Timblin, a daughter of Alva L. and Roberta (Bringman) Timblin, the former a well known attorney of Nebraska City, Nebraska, and the latter a member of one of its old and prominent families. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have one child, Virginia, who is sixteen years of age and a pupil in the Central High School of Sioux City.

Mr. Taylor is a trustee of the First Unitarian Church of Sioux City and acts as its treasurer. He is secretary of the local Kiwanis Club and is serving the Iowa-Nebraska District of Kiwanis Clubs in the same capacity. He is president of the Sioux City Humane Society. A prominent Mason, he belongs to St. John’s Lodge, No. 25, A.F. and A.M.; Sioux City Consistory, No. 5, A. & A. S.R.’ and Abu-Bekr Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Taylor has won success through the medium of his own efforts, placing his dependence upon the substantial qualities of industry, determination and honesty, and the respect accorded him is well deserved.