William Baker Taylor

1863 - 1947  (83 years)

• Name	William Baker Taylor
  Birth	5 Sep 1863	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	18 Jul 1870	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 6, born TX, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Houston, Harris, TX ; W.B., age 16, born TX, clerk in bookstore, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 35, born 5 Sep 1864 in TX, marr 10 yrs, merchant, parents born MA/NY
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 40, born NY, widowed, merchant at retail lumber co, parents born US/US
  Census	12 Jan 1920	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 54, born TX, vice president of lumber co, parents born NY/MA
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 66, born TX, 1st marr at 27, merchant at lumber co, parents born MA/NY
  Census	15 Apr 1940	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 76, born TX, H4 ed, residing here in 1935
  Death	22 Jul 1947	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial	23 Jul 1947	Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1689	Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2014

  
  

  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 1	Lizzie V Brown,   b. 25 Dec 1865, Navastota, Texas d. 1908 (Age 42 years)  [1]
  Marriage	1890
  Children	1. Lucy Taylor,   b. 18 Sep 1894, Houston, Harris, TX d. 28 Dec 1975, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years) + 2. Emily B Taylor,   b. 4 Nov 1896, Houston, Harris, TX d. 1 Sep 1978, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years) + 3. William Baker Taylor,   b. 6 Jun 1899, Houston, Harris, TX d. 18 May 1941, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 41 years) + 4. Edward Wyllys Taylor,   b. 1901, Texas d. 15 Mar 1990, Harris Co, TX (Age 89 years) + 5. Robert Brown Taylor,   b. 16 Mar 1903, Texas d. 5 Feb 1977 (Age 73 years)
  Histories		Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor
  Family ID	F591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Susan D Dukes,   b. 17 Mar 1876, San Antonio, Bexar, TX d. 28 Jan 1973, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	1910
  Family ID	F1443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2014

  
  

• Headstones		William B Taylor Family Grave Site Include headstones for William B & Susan (Dukes) Taylor, William B Taylor Jr, Thomas W & Lucy (Taylor) Ray, Herman E & Emily (Taylor) Dustin Plot: Section BHS, Lot 002
  		William Br Taylor Headstone WILLIAM BAKER TAYLOR / SEPT. 5, 1863 / JULY 22, 1947

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Lubbock Morning Avalanche", 23 Jul 1947 (newspaperarchive.com) HOUSTON LUMBER FIRM OFFICIAL, SON OF EARLY MAYOR, CLAIMED HOUSTON, July 22 - William Baker Taylor, 83, son of the last H.D. Taylor, mayor of Houston in 1866, died in a Houston hospital early today. Taylor was vice president of the Taylor Lumber company, which he and tow brothers founded in 1907. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan Dukes Taylor of Houston, two daughters, Mrs. Thomas W. Ray of Austin, and Mrs. Herman E. Dustin of Houston, and two sons, Edward W. and Robert B. Taylor, both of Houston. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. from "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976" (familysearch.org) William Baker Taylor, a lumber dealer residing in Houston TX, born 5 Sep 1863 in Houston to H.D. Taylor b. MA & Emily Baker b. MA died on 22 Jul 1947 in Houston from MS & coronary heart disease. Burial in Glenwood Cemetery on 23 Jul 1947. Informant Mrs. Wm B Taylor.

  
  

• 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), 182.