Honoring Marion Ohio Veterans

Hubert Leland Taylor was born in Wood County, Ohio, on 30 August 1896. His parents were David H. & Hulda M. (Elarton) Taylor. Hubert L. Taylor would come to Marion, Ohio, in 1909. While in Marion, Taylor was employed with the Marion Powers Shovel Company for 26 years. On 24 June 1916, Taylor would marry Gertrude Estella (Whitt). They would raise four children.
Hubert L. Taylor’s military career began when we see his name on the roster of Marion’s D Company, when it was called to mobilize on 19 June 1916, for the Border Campaign. At this time Taylor was serving as a private. Taylor would serve on the border with D Company and stay with them when they returned and shortly thereafter mobilized for World War One.
Taylor would serve in Europe until the end of the war. He would return to Marion and continue to serve with D Company as a sergeant until he was commissioned and eventually take command of D Company. By World War Two Taylor would attain the rank of Colonel in the Ohio National Guard.
Colonel Hubert L. Taylor would die in Marion County on 19 November 1959 and be buried at Chapel Heights Memory Gardens, Marion County, Ohio.