Isaac C. Naylor (1 Jul 1824 – 16 Apr 1885) was an attorney, postal clerk, merchant and bookkeeper. He served as mayor of

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

from April 1858 to August 1858.

Biography

Born in Morgan County, Ohio to Jonathan Naylor and Jane Marshall, Naylor had five siblings, William, Caroline, Reason, Harrison, and Rebecca. Isaac Naylor graduated from

Marietta College Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio. It offers more than 50 undergraduate majors across the arts, sciences, and engineering, as well as Physician Assistant, Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, an ...

in Ohio in 1851. Leaving Ohio, he traveled to Lavaca County, Texas, as a teacher in 1852. He operated the Select Academy in

Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...

until 1856 and studied law with Sherwood & Goddard there. He was admitted to the bar in 1857.

He moved to

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...

to practice law. There he joined the Tannehill Lodge No. 52, A. F. and A. M. and served as its secretary. Naylor was elected mayor of Dallas in June 1858. However, mere weeks later, Dallas citizens voted to adopt a new city charter. As a result of this change, a new mayoral election was held, and on August 2, 1858, Anderson Doniphan Rice was elected mayor.

While Naylor was mayor, he also served on the defense team of City Marshal Andrew M. Moore, who was charged with the murder of Alexander Cockrell. After a two-day trial in July 1858, Moore was declared not guilty of the crime.

Returning to Galveston, he married Henrietta Wood, daughter of Edward Stout Wood and Ann Outterside on 15 Sept 1858. During the Civil War he left his family in Galveston and moved to California and later New York because his sympathies were with the Union. Isaac Naylor returned to Galveston worked for his father-in-law as a clerk, bookkeeper, and merchant. In 1876, he was granted a license to practice law in the State of Florida for one year.

He died April 16, 1885, purportedly of an aneurism, and was interred in City Cemetery, Galveston, Texas."Special Notice. Members of Harmony Lodge No. 5." ''Galveston Daily News''. April 17, 1885, p.2 The 1880 census shows Henrietta and Isaac as having three sons named Edward, Isaac, and Charles.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naylor, Isaac 1824 births 1885 deaths Mayors of Dallas Politicians from Galveston, Texas 19th-century American politicians People from Morgan County, Ohio Marietta College alumni