Andrew Winton Taylor

Andrew Winton Taylor was born in 1907 on a farm in North Dumfries Township which was settled in 1819 by his great-grandfather who worked as millwright for the Hon. Wm. Dickson. After attending the Galt Collegiate Institute, he graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1931.

Taylor is the author of several books: Banners Unfurled, a history of our First United Church in Galt; Our Yesterdays and Todays, traces the history of North Dumfries Township from 1816-1967. He was a president from 1961 to 1962, councillor and director of the Waterloo Historical Society and served on the publication committee from 1946-1962. He was a past president of the Ontario Historical Society and was chairman of the Museums section and editor of their newsletter.

He served as President of the Waterloo County Crop Improvement Association and was secretary of the Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture for five years. He was past-president of the Central Dumfries Farmer’s Club and served as secretary of the Central Dumfries Co-operators Association for thirty-one years. Taylor was inducted into the Cambridge Hall of Fame in 2001.