McCauley, Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

Thomas Jefferson "Tom" TAYLOR ^1,98,319

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• 1880 United States Federal Census, Wiliam Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Thomas was living with his parents. He was listed as Thomas Taylor (son, age 4). ⁹⁸

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Delila Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Thomas was living with his mother. He was listed as Thomas Taylor, son, age 22, born Oct 1877 in Kentucky. [Note: His headstone shows his birth date as 3 Oct 1875.] ¹⁴²

• 1910 United States Federal Census, Tom Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Tom & Laura were living with children, Margie, Wiliam & John and Tom's mother, Delilah. Tom was listed as a farmer, age 35, born in Kentucky. ¹⁴³

• 1920 United States Federal Census, Tommy Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Tom and Laura were living in Mt. Vernon with children: Margie, William, John, Hubert, Elizabeth and Edd. He was listed as working on the railroad, age 43, born in Kentucky. ³²¹

• 1930 United States Federal Census, Thomas Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky: Tom and Laura were living with children: William, John, Hubert, Elizabeth, Edd, Floyd and Margie and Margie's daughters Evelyn and Glena. Tom was listed as a farmer, age 54, born in Kentucky. ³²²

• Obituary: Published in the Mt. Vernon Signal in July 1956 in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. ³¹⁹ Thomas J. Taylor, 80, Dies in Berea Hospital
Thomas Jefferson Taylor, 80, Mt. Vernon and a retired railroader, died at Berea College Hospital THursday night after a long illness.

Mr. Taylor, who was a member of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church was born in Rockcastle County, the son of William and Eliza [sic - Deliah] Cox Taylor. In 1903 he married Laura Sowder, who survives.

He is also survived by five sons: William of Pine Hill; John of Centerville, Ind.; Hubert of Richmond, Ind.; Ed of Mt. Vernon, and Jesse of Goshenm O. Two daughters survive, Mrs. Margie Weaver and Mrs. Elizabeth Isaacs, both of Mt. Vernon, as well as 25 grandchildren adn eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Cox Funeral Home, with the Rev. Raymond Lawrence and Rev. Howard Ray officiating. He will be buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

• Grave Marker: Thomas J. & Laura C. Taylor, Elmwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. ³²⁰

Tom married Laura SOWDER on 25 January 1903 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.³¹⁸ (Laura SOWDER was born on 15 December 1885 in Kentucky,³²⁰ died on 16 September 1983 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky ^320,323 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ³²⁰.)