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Thomas J. Taylor 
Thomas Jackson Taylor was born in Montgomery City, Mo., in 1872. 
He attended Missouri University and received the degree of B.A. at 
Chicago University in 1894. 
He was married about 1903. 
Upon graduation from the Forest School Taylor entered the 
Bureau of Forestry, being engaged in the establishment of 
nurseries on the Pike’s Peak Reserve. He later entered the real 
estate business. It has not been possible to secure his present 
address. 
Blaine S. Viles 
Augusta, Maine 
Blaine Spooner Viles was born July 22, 1879, in New Portland, Maine, 
the son of Edward Payson Viles and Ada Augusta (Spooner) Viles. 
His father has held the positions of postmaster of North New Portland, 
Maine, sheriff of Somerset County, Maine, chairman of the Somerset 
County Republican Committee, president of the Dead River Log Driving 
Company and of the Dead River North Branch Log Driving Company. On 
his father’s side he is of English descent, the grandson of Rufus Viles. 
His mother’s parents were Lamont and Caroline Spooner. 
He was prepared at the Skowhegan High School, North New Portland, 
and received the degree of B.A. with the Class of 1903 at Bowdoin 
College, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
He was married June 30, 1904, in Hallowell, Maine, to Miss Annie Ethel 
Johnson of Hallowell, Maine, daughter of William C. Johnson and Annie 
H. Johnson. They have one daughter, Dorothy Viles, born May 28, 1905, 
in Newport, N. H., and one son, William PaysonsViles, born July 16, 1906, 
in Newport, N. H. 
Viles is at present engaged in private forestry work in 
Augusta, Maine, and is also forester and superintendent of the 
Blue Mountain Forest Association (Corbin Game Preserve) of 
New Hampshire. He was employed in the United States Forest 
Service for two summers and in 1908 moved to Augusta to 
engage in forestry work in connection with lumbering opera- 
tions carried on by his father. In July, 1910, he was appointed 
a member of the Fish and Game Commission of the State of 
Maine and in January, 1913, he became state forest commissioner 
and land agent of Maine. The latter position has never before 
