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.