Mary Taylor

1853 - 1906  (52 years)

• Name	Mary Taylor
  Birth	27 Sep 1853	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Female
  Census	10 Nov 1860	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 7, born TX, living with parents
  Census	18 Jul 1870	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 16, born TX, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Calvert, Robertson, TX ; age 24, born TX, parents born CT/UNK
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 23, born TX, she and daughter living with parents
  Death	14 Jul 1906	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1686	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Horace Dickinson Taylor,   b. 8 Jan 1821, Sunderland, MA d. 9 Nov 1890, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Emily Baker,   b. 29 Jul 1827, Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY d. 20 Feb 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1852	Houston, Harris, TX
  Histories		History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston
  		Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julian Octavius Robertson,   b. 21 Jul 1850, Mathewsville, Pocahontas, VA d. 18 Jul 1920, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years)  [1]
  Marriage	16 Dec 1878	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	1. Lucy Robertson,   b. Sep 1879, Calvert, Robertson, TX d. 24 Jun 1880, Houston, Harris, TX (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. Norman Taylor Robertson,   b. 4 Jan 1882, Calvert, Robertson, TX d. 19 Jul 1960, White Plains, Westchester, NY (Age 78 years)   3. Admiral Marion Clinton Robertson,   b. 1885, Calvert, Robertson, TX d. 19 Nov 1953, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD (Age 68 years) + 4. Eleanor Robertson,   b. 11 Dec 1886, Houston, Harris, TX d. 19 Apr 1977, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 90 years) + 5. Alfred T Robertson,   b. 13 Feb 1889, Calvert, Robertson, TX d. May 1963 (Age 74 years) + 6. Emily Robertson,   b. 20 Nov 1894, Houston, Harris, TX d. 26 Oct 1987, Austin, TX (Age 92 years)
  Histories		Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Mary (Taylor) Robertson

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Taylor Family Grave Site Plot: Sect. D-2, Lot 92
  		Mary Taylor Robertson Gravestone Inscription MARY TAYLOR ROBERTSON / wife of / JULIAN ROBERTSON / born Sept. 27, 1853 / died July 14, 1906.
  		Taylor Children Gravestone Inscription CHILDREN OF / HORACE D. & EMILY TAYLOR ELLEN / Nov. 2, 1854. Jan. 12, 1860. GEORGE BAKER / June 30, 1856. Dec. 5, 1859 ELIZABETH / Oct. 28, 1858. Dec. 16, 1859 EMILY / Mar. 30, 1870. Dec. 19, 1902 MARY / Sept. 27, 1853. July 14, 1906

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Houston Post", 15 Jul 1906 (texashistory.unt.edu) Surrounded by her children and near relatives Mrs. Mary Taylor Robertson, wife of Julian Robertson of this city, passed away at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Besides her husband she leaves to mourn her loss five children - Norman Taylor, Elanor, Alfred Taylor, Emily Baker, all of Houston. Marion Clinton, now in the naval academy at Annapolis, and three brothers, Messrs. E.W. Taylor, H.D. Taylor and W.B. Taylor. Deceased was a daughter of the Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. Taylor, an old and honored Houston family. She was a faithful and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and in her daily life truly exemplified the great principles of Christianity. Funeral services will be held from the family residence, 616 Walker avenue, corner of Louisiana street, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment in Glenwood cemetery, Rev. W.S. Jacobs officiating. The following have been designated at pallbearers: E.A. Adey, B.F Weems, George Kidd, W.L. Bailey, Charles E. Ashe, D.D. Cooley, Winslow Robinson, C.W. Sedgwick.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 181.