Sylvester Taylor

1848 - 1932  (84 years)

• Name	Sylvester Taylor
  Birth	8 Mar 1848	Blount County, Alabama
  	See census records for birth evidence.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Blount County, Alabama
  		Taylor - 1850 US census, Blount County, Alabama, pop. sch., Subdivision 17, p. 164A, dw. 571, fam. 574, line 14, for Sylvester Taylor, child in Nathan Taylor household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69Y3-2CQ?i=157&cc=1401638 : 28 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 2. Nathan Taylor, Male, 45, born Tennessee Ann Taylor, Female, 40, born Tennessee Margaret Taylor, Female, 24, born Alabama Judith Taylor, Female, 16, born Alabama Eliza Taylor, Female, 14, born Alabama Boston Taylor, Male, 12, born Alabama Wm Taylor, Male, 10, born Alabama Nancy Taylor, Female, 8, born Alabama John Taylor, Male, 6, born Alabama Isabella Taylor, Female, 4, born Alabama Sylvester Taylor, Male, 3, born Alabama
  Census	1880	Wise County, Texas
  		Taylor - 1880 US census, Wise County, Texas, pop. sch., precinct 7, ED 131, p. 18 (penned), p. 239B (stamped), dw. 155, fam. 159, Silvester Taylor; NARA T9, roll 1333. Silvester Taylor, male, 32, born Alabama, farmer; all others born in Texas: wife Emma, 25; son Emmet, 4; orphan William Parker, 13, works on farm; orphan Jodie Parker, male, 11, works on farm.
  		Taylor - 1880 US census, Wise County, Texas, agricultural schedule, Precinct 7, p. 9, line 10, Sylvester Taylor; citing National Archives microfilm publication T1134, roll 43.
  Misc	1899
  	S. Taylor, brick-press, patent file no. 620,809 (7 March 1899)
  		Taylor - US Patent Office, Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1899, p. 525; S. Taylor, brick-press, patent file no. 620,809 (7 March 1899). Courtesy of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. (https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/annualreportofco1899unit : accessed 17 June 2021).
  		Taylor - Sylvester Taylor, brick-press, patent file no. 620,809 (7 March 1899); US Patent Office, (https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1d/00/c0/2bf8592cc79979/US620809.pdf : accessed 17 June 2021).
  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	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.
  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	Hughes County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - 1930 US census, Hughes County, Oklahoma, pop. sch., Jacobs township, ED 14, p. 15A (penned), p. 98 (stamped), dw. 327, fam. 351, N. S. Taylor; NARA T626, roll 1906. N. S. Taylor, male, 80, born Alabama, rents home for $10; wife Emma, 75, born Texas.
  Death	11 Jun 1932	Hughes County, Oklahoma
  		Taylor - Sylvester Taylor, Headstone, Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma.
  		Oklahoma Death Certificate no. 5057 (1932), Sylvester Taylor.
  Person ID	I3701	EarlyTexans
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	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
  Children	1. Emmett Orlando Taylor,   b. 15 Jul 1876   d. 1 Jun 1960 (Age 83 years)   2. Henry Otis Taylor,   b. 7 Dec 1880, Wise County, Texas d. 3 Nov 1932, Seminole County, Oklahoma (Age 51 years)   3. Wyoma Taylor,   b. 27 Sep 1884   d. 27 May 1929 (Age 44 years)   4. Cornol William Taylor,   b. 6 Mar 1886   d. 28 Jul 1968 (Age 82 years)   5. William Slaughter Taylor,   b. 13 Sep 1890   d. Jan 1968 (Age 77 years)   6. Leeoma Taylor,   b. 22 Feb 1894   d. Yes, date unknown   7. unnamed-1 Taylor   8. unnamed-2 Taylor
  Documents		Taylor-Parker - "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," Familysearch.com, Limestone County, Texas, Sylvester Taylor to Georgie Ann Parker, 24 October 1875.
  Family ID	F3466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2021

  
  

• Documents		Taylor - “100-Year-Old Woman Ready to Meet Old Friends Today,” (Seminole, Oklahoma) Seminole Producer, 27 February 1955, p. 2, col. 1.
  		Taylor - "100-Year-Old Area Resident Will Host Many Friends Today," Seminole (Oklahoma) Producer, 27 February 1955, p. 1-2; part 2.

  
  

  Histories

  Parker-Taylor - Georgiana Emma Parker Taylor - Brief bio