as Governor of Georgia from 1915 to 1917, was a first cousin of Taylor. Taylor married Sarah Baird in 1878, and they had five children. After she died in 1900, he married Alice Hill during September 1901. This second marriage ended in divorce after a few years. The Comet newspaper in Johnson City had reported on May 5, 1904 that Governor Taylor had been divorced from his wife who filed charges of "abandonment and desertion, and failure to provide" against Taylor. Taylor was married for a third time to Mamie St. John in 1904. Taylor and Sarah's daughter Katherine Baird Taylor married Matthew Hillsman "Red" Taylor; their son Peter Taylor became an award-winning writer. Works Gov. Bob Taylor's Tales (1896) Echoes: Centennial and Other Notable Speeches, Lectures and Stories (1899) Lectures and Best Literary Productions of Bob Taylor (1900) Life Pictures (1907) See also List of governors of Tennessee List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) References Further reading Taylor, Robert L., Jr. "Apprenticeship in the First District: Bob and Alf Taylor’s Early Congressional Races." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 28 (Spring 1969): 24-41. External links Life and career of Senator Robert Love Taylor (Our Bob) published 1913, hosted by the Portal to Texas History. "Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee" "Albert and Martha King". --- photo of Martha King, mother of Alice Elizabeth (or Honora) King, illegitimate child of Robert Love Taylor. Governor Robert Love Taylor Papers, 1897 - 1899, Tennessee State Library and Archives. 1850 births 1912 deaths Democratic Party governors of Tennessee American members of the Churches of Christ People from Elizabethton, Tennessee Milligan University alumni Burials in Tennessee Democratic Party United States senators from Tennessee Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee The Pennington School alumni 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians