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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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Page 196
TAITE, George W.
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George W. Taite was born in Jefferson Co., N.Y., June 23, 1838.  His parents,
George W. and Jeanette (Kearns) Taite, were natives of Scotland, and came
to America about 1833.  They first settled in New York, and afterward moved
to Wisconsin and remained there as long as they lived.  George was eight
years of age when his parents moved to Wisconsin.  He lived there until the
death of his mother, then came to Muskegon, Mich., where he was engaged in
farming and lumbering until the summer of 1883, when, in company with Henry
Orton, he engaged to take charge of the County Poor Farm of Newaygo County.
This farm consists of 140 acres, 96 of which are under cultivation.  In
June, 1875, Mr. Taite purchased 60 acres of land in Sherman Township, and
cultivated it until the spring of 1882, when he sold to Byron Waters.

He was first married July 1, 1866, at Newaygo, to Florence Joslin, daughter
of Daniel Joslin, of the same place, and they had one child, George, born
April 9, 1871.  He was again married, Feb. 13, 1883, to Rhoda, daughter of
Ansel and Roseltha Steel, the former a native of New York and the latter
of Ohio; they settled in Michigan in an early day.

For the last 15 years Mr. Taite has been foreman of large lumbering companies,
being three years with Kelly, Wood & Co., of Muskegon, five years with 
O. W. Squires, etc.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and of the G.A.R.  In
politics he is a National.  June 12, 1861 he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Inf.,
and served until October, 1862.  He was then discharged on account of 
disability, having received a gunshot wound in the left hand at the battle
of Malvern Hill.  He was in the first battle of Bull Run, when, with 160
men, he was detailed as advance skirmisher.  He was in the Peninsular
campaign with McClellan, at Fair Oaks, seige of Yorktown, Williamsburg and
several others.  Mr. Taite receives a pension, which he greatly deserves.

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