Author talk:Howard Singleton Taylor

Sources

Census

• 1920 USA

Name: Howard S Taylor
Age: 74
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: North Hempstead, Nassau, New York
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Native Tongue: English
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Editor
Industry: Writer
Employment Field: Own Account
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
William A Ansley 42
Kennetha W Ansley 39
Kennetha T Ansley 11
Howard S Taylor 74
Julia A Porshkos 26

• 1900 USA

Name: Howard Taylor
Age: 54
Birth Date: Jan 1846
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Ward of City: 31
Street: Stewart Ave
House Number: 6355
Sheet Number: 4
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 38 37
Family Number: 80
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Cora E Taylor
Marriage Year: 1873
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Lawyer
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: O
Home Free or Mortgaged: F
Farm or House: H
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Howard Taylor 54
Cora E Taylor 48
Henrietta Taylor 22
Kermetha Taylor 24
Rachel Hollingsworth 29
Ella Clason 23
Herbert Gustaf 23
Gertrude Larsen 19

• 1910 census (this provides contradictory information, so maybe different informant)

Name: Howard S Taylor
Age in 1910: 50
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 32, Cook, Illinois
Street: Stewart Avenue
House Number: 6356
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Cora E Taylor
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Livery
Industry: Law
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 28
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Howard S Taylor 50
Cora E Taylor 48
Thomas Murray 32
Nellie Murray 30

marriage

• Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: Harry Taylor
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1872
Marriage Place: Montgomery, Iowa
Spouse: Cora E. Bake
FHL Film Number: 1481674

wife's death

• Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 23/ Dec/ 1915; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/355129829/?article=40937462-0e05-4f7a-8127-78cecacb8834&focus=0.8372014,0.42721695,0.96442515,0.45233104&xid=2378

Name: Cora E. Taylor
Gender: Female
Death Date: Abt 1915
Obituary Date: 23 Dec 1915
Obituary Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Spouse: Howard S. Taylor
Child: Minnetta Taylor
Kenneth - Taylor Ainaiey

possible death

• Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008.

Name: Howard S Taylor
Death Date: 5 Mar 1932
Death Location: Cook County, IL
File Number: 6006872
Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk

Mr. Howard S. Taylor 13 Aug 1895 Birmingham, England 5 Mar 1932 Chicago, Cook, Illinois

possible civil war

• Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Howard S Taylor; in 1864, aged 18; Twenty-third Infantry, T-Wa

Notes

• probate in New York to Howard S. Taylor, 21 Dec. 1921, though cannot find corresponding death record in NY.