Emily Baker

1827 - 1906  (78 years)

• Name	Emily Baker
  Birth	29 Jul 1827	Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Sep 1850	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 20, born NY, living with brother William's family
  Census	10 Sep 1850	Lysander, Onondaga, NY ; age 24, born NY, living with parents
  Census	10 Nov 1860	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 28, born NY, sister Harriet in house
  Census	18 Jul 1870	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 43, born NY, keeping house
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 52, born NY, keeping house, parents born VT/PA
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 74, born Jul 1825 in NY, widowed, marr 37 yrs, 5/8 children living, housekeeper, parents born NH/PA
  Death	20 Feb 1906	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1670	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Asa Baker,   b. 31 Dec 1786, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH d. 19 Apr 1851, Lysander, Onondaga, NY (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Hannah Robinson,   b. 4 Aug 1794, Philadelphia, PA d. 24 Jun 1889, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	7 Feb 1819	Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY
  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	F415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Horace Dickinson Taylor,   b. 8 Jan 1821, Sunderland, MA d. 9 Nov 1890, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	1 Dec 1852	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	+ 1. Mary Taylor,   b. 27 Sep 1853, Houston, Harris, TX d. 14 Jul 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 52 years)   2. Ellen Taylor,   b. 2 Nov 1854, Houston, Harris, TX d. 12 Jan 1860, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 5 years)   3. George Taylor,   b. 30 Jun 1856, Houston, Harris, TX d. 30 Jun 1859, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 3 years)   4. Elizabeth “Bessie” Taylor,   b. 28 Oct 1858, Houston, Harris, TX d. 16 Dec 1859, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 1 year) + 5. Edward Wyllys Taylor,   b. 17 Mar 1860, Houston, Harris, TX d. 13 Sep 1919, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 59 years) + 6. Horace Dickinson Taylor,   b. 4 Dec 1861, Houston, Harris, TX d. 4 Jul 1949, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 87 years) + 7. William Baker Taylor,   b. 5 Sep 1863, Houston, Harris, TX d. 22 Jul 1947, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 83 years) + 8. Emily Bagby Taylor,   b. 29 Mar 1870, Houston, Harris, TX d. 19 Dec 1902, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 32 years)
  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
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2014

  
  

• Photos		Emily (Baker) Taylor holding Bagby baby
  		Emily Bagby & Mrs. H. D. Bagby Emily Bagby (Taylor) Farrar on left, Emily (Baker) Taylor on right Photo Inscription: Emily Bagby & Mrs. H. D. Bagby (Mr. R. M. Farrar mother of Ellen)

  
  

  Headstones		Taylor Family Grave Site Plot: Sect. D-2, Lot 92
  		Taylor Family Gravestone Inscription HORACE DICKINSON TAYLOR / born in Sunderland, Mass. / Jan. 8, 1821 / died in Houston, TX / Nov. 9, 1890 EMILY T. FARRAR / born Mar. 30, 1870 / died Dec. 19, 1902 EMILY BAKER TAYLOR / wife of H. D. Taylor / born in Baldwinsville, N.Y. / July 29, 1825, / died Feb'y. 20, 1906.

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Houston Daily Post" 21 Feb 1906 (Portal of Texas History) MRS. EMILY BAKER TAYLOR Mrs. Emily Baker Taylor died in her home at this city at 4:25 o'clock yesterday evening surrounded by her children and relatives at the ripe age of 80 years. Mrs. Taylor was born in Baldwinsville, N.Y., July, 1825. She moved to Houston in the year 1848 and has resided here ever since. She was a sister of the last Colonel W.R. Baker, for many years mayor of this city; also of Mrs. Mariana Bagby, Mrs. Julia W Clark of Waco, Texas, and Mrs. A.A. Szabo of this city, the last tow of whom survive her. She also leaves a daughter and three sons to mourn her loss, being Mrs. Julia Robertson, Edward W. Taylor, Horace D. Taylor and William R. Taylor of this city. Mrs. Taylor was one of this city's oldest citizens, having seen the city grow from a small country town of one a few thousand population. She married the late Horace D. Taylor in this city in 1852. Her husband was for many years one of the prominent business men of the city, having been engaged in the cotton and commission business. He was mayor of Houston in the early '60s and founded the firm of H.D. Taylor & Sons. Mrs. Taylor was a devout Christian, having been a consistent member of the First Presbyterian church of this city during the whole period of her residence here. The funeral will take place from the family residence, No. 66 Walker avenue, at 3:30 o'clock this evening. Interment in Glenwood cemetery, Rev. W.H. Leavell officiating. The following will act as pall bearers: Active-B.W. Armstrong, E.A. Adey, W.B. Jones, David Hannah, W.N. Kidd, F.A. Reichard, H.C. Breaker, E.A. Peden.

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Anonymous, History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston, (Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1895), 474-475. [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 175, 181-182.