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Grant Ulysses Taylor 1899 – 1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 MAY 1899

Birth Location: Pineville, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 29 MAY 1979

Death Location: Beckley W. V.

Father: Ulysses Taylor

Mother: Theodocia Taylor

Spouse(s): Mary Wickline

Children(s): Shirley Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Franklin Taylor, William Taylor, Charles Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Mary Taylor, Simpson Taylor, Virginia Taylor, Grover Taylor, Danny Taylor

In 1899, Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. entered the world in Pineville, Kentucky, USA, born to Ulysses Grant Taylor and Theodocia “Docia” Taylor. In 1910, Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided in Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA. Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. married Mary Ellen Wickline, and had children including Shirley Ann Taylor, Ruth Danese Taylor, Franklin Delano Taylor, William Ransome Taylor, Charles Jackson Taylor, Thomas Waldron Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Simpson Grant Taylor, Virginia “Ginny” Lee Taylor, Grover Robert Taylor, Danny Ray Taylor. Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. passed away in 1979 in Beckley W. V..

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Biography

  • In 1899, Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. entered the world in Pineville, Kentucky, USA, born to Ulysses Grant Taylor and Theodocia “Docia” Taylor.
  • In 1910, Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided in Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA.
  • Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. married Mary Ellen Wickline, and had children including Shirley Ann Taylor, Ruth Danese Taylor, Franklin Delano Taylor, William Ransome Taylor, Charles Jackson Taylor, Thomas Waldron Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Simpson Grant Taylor, Virginia “Ginny” Lee Taylor, Grover Robert Taylor, Danny Ray Taylor.
  • Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. passed away in 1979 in Beckley W. V..

Immediate Family

Parents

Ulysses Taylor
1866 – 1900
Birth Location: Knox, Kentucky, USA
UT
Theodocia Taylor
1871 – 1930
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Wickline
1907 – 1980
Birth Location: Jackson Co. Oh..
MW

Children(s)

Shirley Taylor
1929 – 2005
Birth Location: West Virginia, USA
ST
Ruth Taylor
1946 –
Birth Location: West Virginia, USA
RT
Franklin Taylor
1936 –
Birth Location: Tralee, West Virginia
FT
William Taylor
1923 – 1951
Birth Location: Wyoming Co. W. V.
WT
Charles Taylor
1926 – 1991
Birth Location: Raleigh Co. W.v.
CT
Thomas Taylor
1927 – 1985
Birth Location: Lego W. V.
TT
Mary Taylor
1928 – 2013
Birth Location: Layland, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
MT
Simpson Taylor
1931 – 2016
Birth Location: Lego, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
ST
Virginia Taylor
1933 – 2009
Birth Location: Iroquois, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
VT
Grover Taylor
1941 – 1966
Birth Location: Wyoming Co. W. V.
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Danny Taylor
1950 – 2017
Birth Location: Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
DT

Grant Taylor's Ancestors

Self
Grant Taylor
1899 – 1979
Birth Place: Pineville, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Ulysses Grant Taylor
1866 – 1900
Knox, Kentucky, USA
Theodocia (“Docia”) Taylor
1871 – 1930
Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Harrison Taylor
1836 – 1904
Stinking Creek, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Ann) Hutchins
1844 – 1895
Harlan Co. Ky.
Joshua Taylor
1845 – 1925
Knox, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Ellen) Smith
1850 – 1918
Clay Co. Ky.
Great-Grandparents
Cornelius Taylor
1794 – 1874
Sarah Walker
1794 – 1880
Nelson Taylor
1817 – 1870
Nancy Rice
1823 – 1897
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Walker
1765 – 1850
Elizabeth McGill
1780 – 1856
Cornelius Taylor
1794 – 1874
Sarah Walker
1794 – 1880

Grant Taylor's Descendants

1.
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Grant (Ulysses) Taylor (6 MAY 1899 – 29 MAY 1979) m. Mary (Ellen) Wickline (24 JAN 1907 – 16 AUG 1980)
  1. 1. Shirley (Ann) Taylor (1929 – 2005)
  2. 2. Ruth (Danese) Taylor (1946 – ) m. Robert (Chester) Collins
  3. 3. Franklin (Delano) Taylor (22 JUL 1936 – ) m. Patricia (Anne) Moore
    1. 1. Jeremiah (Hudson) Taylor (22 JAN 1979 – )
    2. 2. Kenneth (Paul) Taylor (24 OCT 1973 – )
  4. 4. William (Ransome) Taylor (14 FEB 1923 – MAR 1951)
  5. 5. Charles (Jackson) Taylor (6 APR 1926 – JAN 1991) m. Ida (Geneva) Workman (9 OCT 1924 – 22 FEB 2007) m. Doris (Marie) Vincent (25 OCT 1927 – )
    1. 1. Vickie (C.) Taylor (1950 – )
    2. 2. Ernest (Charles) Taylor (28 JAN 1943 – )
    3. 3. Charles (Jackson) Taylor (1943 – )
    4. 4. Ernest (Charles) Taylor (28 JAN 1943 – )
  6. 6. Thomas (Waldron) Taylor (11 APR 1927 – NOV 1985) m. Esther (Bradie) Shrewsbury (17 AUG 1923 – 29 NOV 2006)
    1. 1. Kenneth (Douglas) Taylor
    2. 2. Carol (Sue) Taylor
    3. 3. Dorothy (Gail) Taylor
    4. 4. Thomas (Dean) Taylor
    5. 5. Joyce Taylor
  7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Taylor (23 NOV 1928 – 8 MAY 2013) m. James (Edward) Elliot (1 NOV 1918 – 16 JUL 2006)
    1. 1. Margaret (Jeanie) Elliot
  8. 8. Simpson (Grant) Taylor (5 JUN 1931 – 6 SEP 2016)
  9. 9. Virginia (“Ginny” Lee) Taylor (7 JUN 1933 – 3 APR 2009) m. Bobby (Dale) Meyers (2 AUG 1932 – 9 APR 2011) m. Waldo Combs (22 NOV 1927 – 12 FEB 1960)
    1. 1. Robert Meyers
    2. 2. Ronald Meyers
    3. 3. Charles ("Chuck " James Combs) Combs
  10. 10. Grover (Robert) Taylor (30 APR 1941 – 20 APR 1966)
  11. 11. Danny (Ray) Taylor (23 MAY 1950 – 24 NOV 2017) m. Brenda (Ann) Pendry (25 NOV 1951 – 27 AUG 2024) m. Anna (Jo) Gillispie (17 MAR 1939 – 29 OCT 2016)
    1. 1. Angela (Renee) Taylor (2 NOV 1967 – ) m. Edmond (Junior) Mullins (12 JUL 1964 – )

Grant Taylor's Timeline

26 Records

1899
6 MAY 1899
Birth of Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. in Pineville, Kentucky, USA
Pineville, Kentucky, USA
1910
1910
Age 11
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
1920
1920
Age 21
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
1920
1920
Age 21
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
1920
1920
Age 21
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA
1920
1920
Age 21
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Oregon, USA
Oregon, USA
1920
1920
Age 21
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
1933
1933
Age 34
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here
None
1933
1933
Age 34
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here
None
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Rural, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Rural, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
1935
1935
Age 36
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
1940
1940
Age 41
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1940
1 APR 1940
Age 41
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1940
1940
Age 41
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1940
1940
Age 41
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1942
1942
Age 43
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1942
1942
Age 43
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1942
1942
Age 43
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1950
1950
Age 51
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1950
1950
Age 51
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
1951
1951
Age 52
Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. resided here in West Virginia, USA
West Virginia, USA
1979
29 MAY 1979
Age 80
Death of Grant Ulysses Taylor Jr. in Beckley W. V.
Beckley W. V.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 MAY 1899
    Event Place: Pineville, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 483
    [6] Ancestry Family Tree
    [7] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11
    [8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3
    [9] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11
    [10] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 20 APR 1919
    Event Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 8 APR 1919
    Event Place: Saint Nazaire, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 483
    [2] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11
    [3] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3
    [4] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11
    [5] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 16 FEB 1942
    Event Place: Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 483

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 MAY 1979
    Event Place: Beckley W. V.
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1933
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Erose, Knox County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1951
    Event Place: West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1933
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Portland, Oregon, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Oregon, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Messer, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 25
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Allen Junction, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For West Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 483

    Genealogy Event 26
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 27
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: ??Rose, Knox County, Kentucky
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 28
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 8 APR 1919
    Event Place: St Nazaire, France
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 29
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11

    Genealogy Event 30
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3

    Genealogy Event 31
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3

    Genealogy Event 32
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: 5704; Page: 27; Enumeration District: 55-11

    Genealogy Event 33
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Wyoming, West Virginia
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3

    Genealogy Event 34
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Barkers Bidge Magisterial District, Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Barkers Ridge, Wyoming, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04455; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 55-3
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