Henry Otis Taylor

1880 - 1932  (51 years)

• Name	Henry Otis Taylor
  Birth	7 Dec 1880	Wise County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
  		Taylor - 1900 US census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, ED 120, p. 22A (penned), dw. 402, fam. 402, Sylvester Taylor; NARA T623, roll 1846. Sylvester Taylor age 51, wife Emma 40 (they have been married 20 years), son [indexed as Flaude, probably Orlando] 24, son Henry 19, daughter Wyome 14, son Colonel 13, son William 10, daughter Leona 7, boarder William Parker 34. Emma had 8 children with 6 still living and 6 children are in this household. Sylvester works as a brick maker. Flaude, Henry, and the boarder William all work as day laborers.
  Census	1907	Seminole County, Oklahoma Territory
  		Taylor - 1907 Territorial census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, ED 922, T6N, R7E, p. 5 (stamped), line 14, Henry Taylor; NARA M1814, roll 1. Henry Taylor age 28. On next line is Orlando Taylor age 30.
  Misc	22 Aug 1907	Seminole County, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
  	"Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909," images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/222314770 : 2 July 2021), entry for Orlando Taylor, claim no. 38304, 22 August 1907; citing page 5, NARA microfilm publication no. M1104. Fold3 subscription required to access. This document names parents Sylvester and Emma Taylor; and siblings Orlando, Colonel, Billie, Leeoma, Lonie, and Matthew.
  Census	1910	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1910 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Brown township, ED 181, p. 13B (penned), dw. 140, fam. 140, Sylvester Taylor; NARA T624, roll 1274. Sylvester Taylor age 68, wife Emma 57 (Emma is Sylvester's second wife and they have been married 34 years), son Orlando E 32, daughter-in-law May E 17, son Henry 26, son William 20, daughter Leona 17.
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  	Registered for the draft.
  		Taylor - Henry Otie Taylor, Draft Card, serial no. 1232a, Local Draft Board, Seminole County, Oklahoma; Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, Records of the Selective Service System (World War I), Record Group 163.
  Census	1920	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1920 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, ED 125, p. 5B (penned), dw. 121, fam. 127, Henry Taylor; NARA T625, roll 1476. 1920 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, ED 125, p. 5B (penned), dw. 120, fam. 126, Sylvester Taylor; NARA T625, roll 1476. Henry Taylor age 33, wife Mora 27, daughter Imogene 5, son H C 4, daughter Arcola 1. Henry born in Texas, Mora in Arkansas, all children in Oklahoma. The home is rented. Henry works as a clerk in a grocery store. Henry's father is listed as born in Alabama and his mother in Texas. The adjacent household, at the same street number, is Sylvester Taylor, age 72, born in Alabama, and wife Aura, age 65, born in Texas.
  Census	1930	Seminole County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1930 US census, Seminole County, Oklahoma, Wewoka city, ED 33, p. 29B (penned), dw. 647, fam. 749, H. Taylor; NARA T626, roll 1930. H Taylor age 48, wife Mora 37, daughter Imogene 15, son H. O. 14, son Arcola 11, daughter Louise 9, daughter Wilburt 8, daughter Wanda 3, and son Orville 1. Henry and Imogene were born in Texas, Mora was born in Arkansas, all other children born in Oklahoma. Imogene's entry shows her father was born in Arkansas - this may be incorrectly recorded, but she was born during the marriage of Henry and Mora. Henry was 30 and Mora 22 when they married. The home is owned, is worth $2800, and Henry works as a painter in the decorator industry.
  Death	3 Nov 1932	Seminole County, Oklahoma   [2]
  		Taylor - Henry Otis Taylor Headstone, Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma; photographed by TX000118.
  		Taylor - Oklahoma Death Certificate No. 67255 (1932), H. O. Taylor.
  		Taylor - Henry Taylor obituary, typescript held by descendant TX000118, citing Obituaries, Wewoka (Oklahoma) Journal, 4 November 1932, n.p. Henry Taylor died on Nov. 3, 1932, at 52 yrs. old. He lived at 315 W. Pear, in Wewoka, Ok. Funeral services at 2:00 p.p. at First Baptist Church, officiating Rev. T. G. Nanney. Key Funeral Home. Burial in Holdenville, Ok. beside his Father, in Holdenville Cemetery. Info. taken from Obituaries from the Wewoka Journal Newspaper, Friday, Nov. 4, 1932 Survivors, His wife, Mora, 8 children, His mother, and 3 brothers, E.O. Taylor, of Okmulgee, W.S. of Wewoka, and C. W. of Holdenville, Ok.
  Person ID	I3687	EarlyTexans
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Sylvester Taylor,   b. 8 Mar 1848, Blount County, Alabama d. 11 Jun 1932, Hughes County, Oklahoma (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Georgiana Emma Parker,   b. 25 Feb 1855, Limestone County, Texas d. 26 Jun 1955, Hughes County, Oklahoma (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1875	Limestone County, Texas
  Family ID	F3466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mora Pickett Powell,   b. 2 May 1892, Arkansas County, Arkansas d. 1 Jul 1986, Alameda County, California (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1913	Pontotoc County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Children	1. TX9900232 AncestorOfMember  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Documents » Slide Show		Taylor-Powell marriage; Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, Marriages, unknown volume:474, H. O. Taylor to Mara Powell, 13 October 1913.
  		Taylor School 1921 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-FRY5?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CW6%3A1590391732%2C1590392252 : 31 October 2018), Seminole > School census, Wewoka, 1928-1930 > image 1829 of 2771; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 13 January 1930. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 15, [H. C. not listed], Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 11, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 9, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 8.
  		Taylor School 1931 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHK7-L?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 731 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 5 February 1931. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 16, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 15, listed as "cripple", Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 12, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 10, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 9.
  		Taylor School 1932 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHNZ-D?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253 : 31 October 2018), Seminole > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 982 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 27 January 1932. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 17, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 16, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 13, Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 11, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 10.
  		Taylor School 1926 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DCD3-6?cc=1926701&wc=Q6RQ-3DF%3A1590389979%2C1590391985), Hughes [County] > School census, Holdenville, 1921-1926 > image 3588 of 3697; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 5 February 1926. H. O. Taylor family members in school district 35 include Imogene born 2 May 1914, H. C. born 6 November 1915, Arcola born 6 August 1918, and Louise born 2 August 1920.
  		Taylor School 1933 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DHJ7-4?cc=1926701&wc=QX9C-CWB%3A1590391732%2C1590392253), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1930-1933 > image 2274 of 2585; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 13 January 1933. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 18, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 17, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 14, and Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 12, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 11, and Wanda Fay born 26 March 1927 - age 5.
  		Taylor School 1934 - "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMS-DW2T-8?cc=1926701&wc=Q6RQ-3LW%3A1590391732%2C1590391751), Seminole [County] > School census, Wewoka, 1934 > image 555 of 840; H. O. Taylor family school age children, 17 January 1934. H. O. Taylor family members in school district include Imogene born 11 May 1914 - age 19, H. C. born 6 November 1915 - age 18, Arcola born 6 August 1918 - age 15, and Louise born 2 August 1920 - age 13, WilBurn born 24 July 1921 - age 12, and Wanda Fay born 26 March 1927 - age 6.
  Family ID	F3452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2021

  
  

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  Taylor - Henry Otis Taylor

  
  

  Documents		Taylor - Social news, Sasakwa (Oklahoma) Life, 25 October 1912, p. 4. A literary society was organized at the school house last Friday night. Meetings will be held in the auditorium every Friday night at 8 o'clock. The officers elected are: President, Henry Taylor; Vice President, Will Mershon; Secretary, Miss Essie McPherson. The public is cordially invited to attend the meetings.
  		Taylor - Social news, Sasakwa (Oklahoma) Life, 4 September 1913, p. 1. Henry Taylor of Ada is visiting in the city this week.

  
  

  Histories

  Parker-Taylor - Georgiana Emma Parker Taylor - Brief bio

  
  

• Sources

  [S1392] 1900 US census, Chickasaw Nation. [S1394] Headstone and death certificate. [S1393] Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Marriage Records.