Nicholas Wren Taylor and Julia Ann Elizabeth Cole

Nicholas Wren Taylor
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1st cousin 5xr

Reverend Nicholas Wren "Rene" Taylor
Parents Joseph Best Taylor and Polly Ann Hudnall
To see him with his parents and sibs:  https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2013/11/joseph-best-taylor-and-polly-ann-hudnall.html
Born 21 Jun 1828 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Social and Community:  joined Farmers Alliance and served as President of the County Alliance.  

He was also socially identified with the masonic order 

Occupation(s):
Elected Sheriff in 1861

Reverend of Methodist-Episcopal Church (ordained in 1862)
Farmer (1880)
Teacher

His name was mentioned for State Senator but he had very strong feelings about temperance.
Married Julia Ann Elizabeth Cole 26 June 1854 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

The 1894 Kansas History and Heritage project reported about Nicholas that in 1854: bought 970 acres in Warren County, Kentucky then turned around and sold it, moving to Missouri in Mississippi County.

1855: settled in Jefferson County, Kansas near Winchester, eventually buying up 240 acres which he sold in 1869. He opened and operated a store in Mulberry for two years.

From 1871-1886 he lived in a stone home he built from rock in the quarry on his land with the exception of 1 year in Girard and 3 years in Baldwin City.

In 1873 he fell from a load of hay onto a 3-tined fork which entered his body just below the sternum. Two of the tines passed through his lungs and the third penetrated the liver and came out near the spinal column.  It was nearly fatal and took a long time to recuperate.

1886 he moved into his final home which he built at the cost of $12,000

He owned 557 acres of land and raised grain and stock, specializing in raising Poland-China Hogs with great success.

Poland-China boar hog - like those Nicholas raised

Died 26 Apr 1901 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas

Nicholas Wren Taylor headstone

Sources
Marriage:  Kentucky Marriages Batch M01638-2
Biography: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=168&Char=T
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 22)
1860 US Census Jefferson, Jefferson Kansas (age 32)
1870 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 42)

1875 Kansas State Census (age 46)
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 51)

1895 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 66)

1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 73)
Note:  name spelled Nicholus
Family Search

ancestry.com

Kansas History and Heritage Project: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~kscrawhp/biographies/taylorrevnicholasw.html
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108286620

Julia Ann Elizabeth Cole
Taylor

Julia Ann Elizabeth Cole
Parents William Alfred Cole and Nancy Maxey
Born 6 June 1833 Warren County, Kentucky
Died 2 Feb 1917 Woodston, Rooks, Kansas
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources
1860 US Census Jefferson, Jefferson Kansas (age 27)
1870 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 37)

1875 Kansas State Census (age 41)
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 47)

1895 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 63)

1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 67)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5486395/julia_ann-elizabeth-taylor

CHILDREN 

(my 2nd cousins 4x's r) 

John A Taylor
Born 2 September 1855 St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Not Married
No Children
Died  Kansas
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas

Note: stone is shared by his siblings: Sarah, Moriah, Noah
Sources
Family Search

ancestry.com
Memorial:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84697823

Mary's headstone

Mary Ann Taylor
Born  21 April 1857 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Married John C Defebaugh abt 1882 Kentucky
Children: Jesse, Francis, Emma

Died 18 May 1915 Bourbon, Kansas
Buried 24 May 1915 Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas
Sources
Marriage License

1860 US Census Jefferson, Jefferson Kansas (age 4)

1875 Kansas State Census (age 18)
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 22)
1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 43, widow, living with her parents - son Jesse Clyde is with her)
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78172433/mary-ann-defebaugh

She is NOT buried here with her
husband, but the headstone
exists - she died in California

Nancy Elizabeth Taylor
Born 7 March 1859 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Married John Oliver Barkdull 12 January 1882 Crawford County, Kansas
Children:  Claude, Charlie, Blanche, Francis, Josephine
Died 18 April 1930 Santa Ana, Orange, California
Buried - probably in California because she died there shortly after the 1930 census was taken
Sources
1860 US Census Jefferson, Jefferson Kansas (age 1)
1870 US Census Crawford, Kansas (age 11)

1875 Kansas State Census (age 16)
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 21)
1910 US Census Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas (age 51, widowed)
1920 US Census Hermosa Beach, Los Angles, California (age 61 - living with son and daughter, it claims she is married though it should show she is widowed.)
1930 US Census Santa Ana, Orange, California (age 71, living with son, widowed)
California Death Index

Kansas County Marriages Index

John's headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38932705

Sarah mentioned on headstone

Sarah E Taylor
Born 29 December 1860 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died 1861 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources
Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84697851/sarah-e.-taylor

Moriah mentioned on headstone

Moriah Ellen Taylor
Born 1862 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died in infancy (according to headstone)
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources

Family Search

ancestry.com

Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84697889/moriah-e.-taylor

Joseph and Margaret's headstone

Joseph Irvin Taylor
Born 17 March 1864 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Married Margaret Colwell 1897 Los Angeles, California
Children:  Margaret, Gertrude, Clyde, Charles
Died 11 June 1944 Los Angeles, California

COD: Uremia and dehydration
Buried 14 June 1944 Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Note: Cremated

Joseph's death certificate

Sources
1870 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 6)

1875 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 11)

1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 16)
1900 US Census Fresno, California (age 36)
1910 US Census Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (age 46)
1920 US Census Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (age 55)
California Voter Registrations

California Death Index

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137569541/joseph-irwin-taylor

Emma's headstone

Emma Taylor
Born 31 March 1866 Oskaloosa, Jefferson, Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died 6 August 1904 Kansas (age 38)
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources

1870 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 4)

1875 Kansas State Census (age 9)
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 14)

1895 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 27)

1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 33)

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84697972/emma-taylor

Alice's original headstone
She is also listed on another
headstone with her other siblings,
John, Sarah, Moriah, Noah

Alice H Taylor
Born 27 Oct 1867 Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died 13 December 1883  Kansas (age 16)
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 12)
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84697793
William Nicholas Taylor
Born 3 April 1870 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Married Nellie May Barker 3 December 1895 Crawford, Kansas

No Children
Died 21 May 1952 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana

COD: Lung Congestion, Hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of body), General arteriosclerosis, Senility

Informant: wife

William's death certificate

William's headstone

Buried Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Yellowstone, Montana
Note:  Nellie is buried in same cemetery
Sources
1875 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 4)

1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 10)
1910 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 30)
1920 US Census School District 5, Stillwater, Montana (age 48, his nephew William is with them - his deceased brother Charles' son)
1930 US Census Yellowstone, Stillwater, Montana (age 58)
Kansas Marriages Indexing Batch M00078-9 Film 1404719

Death Certificate

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14589605

Charles's
headstone

Charles Thomas Taylor
Born 28 January 1872 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Education: Baker University graduate

Occupation: Teacher for 8 years, Real Estate Business in Kansas City

Married Ruby A (Millie) Fairbanks 1906 Woodston, Rooks, Kansas
Children:  Blanche, William, Charles

Died  3 April 1914 Swedish Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

COD: Shock, gastroenterectomy and removal of left eye

Informant on death certificate:  his wife
Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

Charles T Taylor's obit

Charles Thomas Taylor's death certificate

Sources
1875 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 3)

1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 8)
1895 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 23)

1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 28)
1910 US Census Kansas, Jackson, Missouri (age 38)

Family Search

ancestry.com

Obituary 

Death Certificate

Missouri Wills and Probate Records

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78172429/charles-thomas-taylor

Frances Best Taylor

Born 31 December 1873 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died 6 June 1889 Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 16)

Frances Best Taylor death record
Note: she died of Enteritis (inflammation of the small intestine) which led to General Peritonitis (infection). Enteritis is usually caused by drinking or eating something contaminated OR is a sign an autoimmune disorder known as Chron disease

Buried 7 June 1889 Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources
1875 Kansas State Census (age 2)

1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 6)

Family History of the Joseph Taylor, Jr. and Sarah Best Family by Shari Franke, 2005, Vol. 2, p. 378

Kansas Deaths and Burials image 618 page 3

Note: the microfilm of these records are very jumbled. They jump from March 1889 up to 1897 and when you reach image # 615 you get back to the 1889's in Crawford county.

Family Search

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216114729/frances-best-taylor

Noah's headstone

Noah Wesley Taylor
Born 3 April 1876 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Not Married
No Children
Died 6 April 1876 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Buried Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Sources

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84697920

James Alfred Taylor

James Alfred "Al" Taylor
Born 24 October 1877 Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas
Occupation:  Farmer (1918)
Married Bertha Laura Yoxall 12 February 1903  Woodston, Rooks, Kansas
Children:  Murray, Nicholas, Kenneth, Thomas, Edward, Fred, Charles, Theodore
Died 27 April 1960 Osborne, Kansas
Buried Survey Cemetery, Woodston, Rooks, Kansas
Sources
WW1 Draft Registration (12 September 1918, age 40)
Note:  he is described in registration as tall, medium build, blue eyes, light colored hair
1880 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 2)

1895 Kansas State Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 17)
1900 US Census Washington, Crawford, Kansas (age 23)
1910 US Census Medicine, Rooks, Kansas (age 32)
1920 US Census Medicine, Rooks, Kansas (age 42)

1925 Kansas State Census Medicine, Rooks, Kansas (age 47)
1930 US Census Medicine, Rooks, Kansas (age 52)
1940 US Census Medicine, Rooks, Kansas (age 62)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88551986

James and Bertha's headstone