Taylor Dennis Brower (1881 - 1947)

Born 11 Dec 1881 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1947 at age 65 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States

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Biography

He was the son of Aldice Brower and Urania Dennis. He was born in 1881 and passed away in 1947. he went blind of brain fever as a child but became an avid reader of Braille texts.

Sources

• "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ9M-621 : 8 August 2017), Aldice W Brower, 1892; citing Sodus, E.D. 02, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,874.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRQD-V6N : accessed 16 June 2021), Taylor D Brower in household of Aldice W Brower, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 161, sheet 3B, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1094; FHL microfilm 1,375,107.

"New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K95Q-PL6 : 27 November 2020), Tylor D Brower in entry for Albert Brower, 1915.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXBV-16L : 23 February 2021), Taylor Dennis Brower, 1917-1918. This shows him as deaf-mute and nearly blind.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3S-H6T : 2 February 2021), Taylor D Brower in entry for Roy M Brower, 1920. Sodus, Wayne, New York.

"New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSC9-KWM : 8 November 2014), Taylor D Brower, Sodus, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Wayne, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 13, line 30, New York State Archives, Albany.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4GS-N14 : accessed 16 June 2021), Taylor D Brower in household of Roy M Brower, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 2A, line 33, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1658; FHL microfilm 2,341,392.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7SW-WNH : 7 January 2021), Taylor D Brower in household of Roy M Brower, Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-49, sheet 5B, line 52, family 126, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2801.

Lyons (NY) Republican: obituary

He communicated with the use of a typewriter with raised images of the letters and mailed large numbers of cards and letters, He received commendations from Presidents of the United States and was written up in Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not.

1947 deaths from Norton Funeral Home Register, Sodus, New York

Company record: Death record or certificate: death: 1947; Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States

Brower, Taylor D. 3/26/1947

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2019), memorial page for Taylor Dennis Brower (11 Dec 1881–26 Mar 1947), Find A Grave Memorial no. 120888166, citing Brick Church Cemetery, Sodus Center, Wayne County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Diane Schinsing Burlee (contributor 48054537) .