Thomas Orion TAYLOR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with mother and step-father in Lynn Grove, Jasper Co., Iowa

Notes:

Name:
son of James Taylor and Luetta Holmes Taylor. He married Elizabeth Rhoda Harrison on Oct 2. 1895, in Arvonia, Osage Co, Kansas. He worked for the Missouri-Pacific, Rock Island, and MKT railroads.

Obituary: newspaper not identified
Following a lingering illness, Thomas (Tom) Orion Taylor, age 86, passed away Saturday, May 10, at 3:14 pm, at Mercy hospital in Parsons, where he had been a patient the past five weeks. His residence in Cherryvale was at 317 East Sixth street. Thomas Taylor was born December 27, 1872 in Linville, Jasper county, Iowa, the son of Jim and Luetta (Holmes) Taylor. His childhood was spent at Linville. From 1919 until his retirement in 1940, he was employed with the Missouri-Pacific, Rock Island and MKT railroads. Mound Valley, Kans., was his home from the years 1919 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954 he lived in Dennison, Tex., and came to Cherryvale in the year 1954, where he had made his home since. Church membership was with the Methodist church and he also held membership in the Sumner lodge AF&AM Number 203 of Caldwell, Kans. On October 2, 1895 at Arvonia, Kans., he was married to Elizabeth Harrison, who survives at the home address. Other survivors are five sons, Harry of Durant, Okla., Ralph of Parsons, Morris of Maxwell AFB, Ala., George of Tyler, Tex., and Bill of Cherryvale; three daughters Mrs. C.P. (Ethel) McCarty and Mrs. Ollie (Elizabeth) Hopkins, both of Cherryvale, and Mrs. B.L. (Jane) Moschel of Baunholder, Germany; 23 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 13, at 2:00 pm at the Carinder Funeral Home chapel with Rev. J. Carl Dussair of the local Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Valley Cemetery. Masonic services will also be held at the cemetery by Lodge Number 137 AF&AM.

Memorial notice: newspaper not identified
Memorial Services were conducted today at 2:00 pm for Thomas O. Taylor at the Carinder Funeral Home chapel with Rev. J. Carl Dussair of the Methodist church in charge. O.V. Miller, soloist, sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Does Jesus Care." He was accompanied by Mrs. Robert Cottoln. Casket bearers were Enoch Davis, Alva Wilkinson, Melvin McDowell, Ralph Blades, Robert Ringle and O.V. Miller. Masonic services at the graveside were conducted by the Cherryvale Lodge Number 137 AF and AM. Burial was in the Mound Valley Cemetery.

Thomas married Elizabeth Rhoda HARRISON on 2 Oct 1895 in Arvonia, Kansas. Elizabeth was born on 29 Aug 1879 in French Lick, Orange Co., Indiana; died on 7 Dec 1959 in Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas; was buried in Mound Valley Cemetery, Mound Valley, Labette Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Luetta HOLMES. Luetta was born on 6 May 1854; died on 11 Dec 1893 in Gutherie Co., Iowa; was buried in Richland Memorial Cemetery, Herndon, Guthrie Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Lynn Grove, Jasper Co., Iowa