Leonard Taylor (1885)

Born 1885 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

Biography

Leonard Taylor was born 1885 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri to William H Taylor and Levisa A. Lee-Taylor. His family moved from Sedalia to the Indian Territory Oklahoma before he was 15. They rented a farm in "White mans farming land." Nothing else is really known about him. Wife, kids, where he moved to...???

Family Life

1900 Township 10, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Oklahoma

Enumeration Date: June 5 1900

William H. age 46 (birth date abt. 1854) KY."

Parents: Kentucky/Virginia

Wife: Lusisia A Taylor age 44 born MO."

Children: 14 / 12 living

Mary age 23- B: MO

Lattie age 19- B: MO

James M age 17- mar. Dovie Ann-2 daughters

Leonard age 14-

Claudie age 12-

Clarence age:10 (this is my grandfather)mar. Lula E. GREER they had 4 kids

Willie age 8- (NOTHING FOUND after this)

Lena age 6- (aka Eva Lena)

Edwin C.D. age 4 - died age: 17

Freddie age 2 ^[1]

(ALL children BORN in MO, Freddie was the only one born in Oklahoma on :Indian Territory) and the next line on the census is Julius M Taylor and wife :Fannie, he is 24 she is 18 no kids. This is the older brother that appears on the :1880 census, along with his 3 sisters, Sallie (Sarah) Mollie (Mary) & Zeddie age 1.

(Zettie died Christmas next year) And also the one that 4 of the kids moved in :with when they all moved back to Sedalia, Pettis MO.

Research Notes

wife is unknown I did find a Laura that might be??? see the f-a-g for hint.

I DID find a

Leonard Taylor on a 1910 census-- Platte, Clay, Missouri

age 24 b: Mo

WIFE: Laura age 22 b: MO

found a SS Death Index for Jasper, MO

Laura Taylor

DOB: 8 Jan. 1889

SS issued MO

last place of residence Jasper MO

previous res. postal code: 64801

EVENT DATE: November 1981

AGE 92

This appears to be the correct Laura Taylor to go with the 1910 census listed above.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST7-3HT : accessed 19 December 2015), Edwin Taylor in household of William H Taylor, Township 9 N. Range 24 E. Bonoshe town, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,850.

• find a grave Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130764099/leonard-taylor: accessed 02 March 2023), memorial page for Leonard Taylor (1885–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130764099, citing Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by carole l taylor (contributor 47890355).