Kentuckiana Genealogy: Biographies: Baylor , Dr. Geo. W.

By Dee Pavey (Dee) on Wednesday, July 21, 1999 - 07:05 pm:

Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of
Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott
and Washington
John M. Gresham & Co. Chicago 1889

Dr. Geo. W. Baylor was born in Crawford county, Ind., March 27, 1849,
and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Hammond) Baylor, the former a
native of Augusta county, Va., and the latter of Indiana. The elder
Baylor, Andrew J., was a son of George Baylor, of German descent; he
came to Indiana at an early day and settled near Georgetown. George W.
the subject of this sketch, was raised on the farm and educated in the
public schools and Salem Academy. He began reading medicine in 1869,
with Dr. Saunders, Milltown. He graduated at the Louisville Medical
College in 1876, and in 1882 graduated from the Kentucky School of
Medicine, at Louisville, Ky. He has practiced at Milltown since his
graduation. He was married September 4, 1870, to Miss Sallie J. Vance.
She died November 4, 1872,leaving one child, Cora I. He married a
second time, October 20, 1874, Alice A. Rhodes, a daughter of Rev.
Jacob B. Rhodes. She has one child, Nellie E. Dr. Baylor has been
one of the surgeons of the Air Line Railroad since its completion,
and was health officer of the county one year. He is a prominent member
of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. Is a member of, and one of the
trustees of the M. E. Church.