Della (Tate) Traylor (1881 - 1969)

Born 5 Apr 1881 in Pike, Indiana, United States

Wife of Elwood Traylor — married 23 Sep 1903 in Pike, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 22 May 1969 at age 88 in Otwell, Pike, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Census

1900: Jefferson, Pike, IN ^[1]

• Zachariah Tate age 42
• Lydia M age 36
• Della age 29
• Edgar age 17

1910: Jefferson, Pike, IN ^[2]

• Elwood Traylor age 30
• Della age 29
• Edith M age 5

1920: Jefferson, Pike, IN ^[3]

• Elwood Traylor age 39
• Della age 38
• Edith M age 15
• Mary H age 9
• Ruth age 6
• Hazel I age 4

1930: Jefferson, Pike, IN ^[4]

• Elwood Trayler age 50
• Della age 48
• Ruth age 16
• Hazel age 14

1940: Jefferson, Pike, IN ^[5]

• Della Traylor age 58
• Ruth age 26
• Royce Kent age 4
• Wilma age 8/12

Obituary

"Della Traylor, 88, a Velpen resident for 18 years, died May 22 at Holiday Home in Petersburg wehre she had been for several weeks. Mrs Traylor had been in failing health for five years and seriously ill for three weeks, suffering from skin cancers and the infirmities of advanced age. She was born near Cato April 5, 1881, the daughter of Zachariah and Margaret Whaley Tate. She was married to Elwood Traylor who died April 21, 1937. Mrs Traylor at one time wrote Velpen items for the Pike County Dispatch. She attended Traylor Chapel as long as her health permitted. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs Edith Brittain and Mrs Helen Foster of Route 2, Winslow, Mrs Hazel Griffith of Winslow and Mrs Ruth Wiscaver of Otwell; one brother, Edgar Brittain of Winslow, Rural Route; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at Harris Funeral Home, Saturday at 2 pm with the Rev. Home Leighty and the Rev. John Hand officiating. Burial was in the IOOF cemetery in Otwell." (findagrave)

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: 397; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240397
2. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: T624_374; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1374387
3. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: T625_460; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 232
4. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: 621; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 777.0; FHL microfilm: 2340356
5. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Jefferson, Pike, Indiana; Roll: T627_1085; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 63-3

• Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. (Elwood Traylor/Della Tate; 23 Sept 1903, IN)

• IOOF Cemetery: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47705533

• Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.

• SSDI: Number: 308-54-8053; Issue State: Indiana; Issue Date: 1965