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Melvin Alphonso Taylor 1889–1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Nov 1889

Birth Location: North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 28 Dec 1963

Death Location: Douglas County, Illinois

Father: Walter Taylor

Mother: Elizabeth Brannan

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Melvin Alphonso Taylor was born in 1889 in North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA, the child of Walter Smith Taylor And Elizabeth Ellen Brannan. In 1910, Melvin Alphonso Taylor resided in Lafayette, Coles, Illinois, USA. Melvin Alphonso Taylor passed away in 1963 in Douglas County, Illinois.

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Biography

  • Melvin Alphonso Taylor was born in 1889 in North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA, the child of Walter Smith Taylor And Elizabeth Ellen Brannan.
  • In 1910, Melvin Alphonso Taylor resided in Lafayette, Coles, Illinois, USA.
  • Melvin Alphonso Taylor passed away in 1963 in Douglas County, Illinois.

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Melvin Taylor's Ancestors

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Melvin Taylor
1889–1963
Birth Place: North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA
Parents
Walter Smith Taylor
1870–1927
Cooks Mills, Illinois, USA
Elizabeth (Ellen) Brannan
1870–1932
Bellville, St Claire, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Smith Taylor
1829–1909
Hartland, Niagara, New York,
Lucinda (Isabel) Smith
1828–1874
Genoa, Delaware, Ohio
Thomas (Stanley) Brannan
1836–1878
0 Bellville, St Clair County Illinois
Matilda (Jane) Kimery
1847–1914
1 Clay County, Indiana
Great-Grandparents
Jeromus Taylor
1781–1869
Eliza Smith
1805–1885
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob Taylor
1745–1816
Mary Bray
1755–1850
Abram Smith
1775–1853
Rebecca Smith
1776–1809

Melvin Taylor's Timeline

3 Records

1889
10 Nov 1889
Birth of Melvin Alphonso Taylor in North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA
North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA
1910
1910
Age 21
Melvin Alphonso Taylor resided here in Lafayette, Coles, Illinois, USA
Lafayette, Coles, Illinois, USA
1963
28 Dec 1963
Age 74
Death of Melvin Alphonso Taylor in Douglas County, Illinois
Douglas County, Illinois

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1889
    Event Place: North Okaw, Coles, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Lafayette, Coles, Illinois; Roll: T624_236; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1374249

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Lafayette, Coles, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Lafayette, Coles, Illinois; Roll: T624_236; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1374249

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1963
    Event Place: Douglas County, Illinois

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