Horace Dickinson Taylor
1821 - 1890 (69 years)
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Name Horace Dickinson Taylor Birth 8 Jan 1821 Sunderland, MA 
Gender Male Census 10 Nov 1860 Houston, Harris, TX H.D., age 39, born MA, merchant Census 18 Jul 1870 Houston, Harris, TX age 49, born MA, corn merchant Census 8 Jun 1880 Houston, Harris, TX H..D, age 59, born MA, cotton factor, parents, born MA/MA Death 9 Nov 1890 Houston, Harris, TX Burial Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX Person ID I1685 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2014
Father Rev James Taylor, b. 22 May 1787, Sunderland, MA d. 11 Oct 1831, Sunderland, MA (Age 44 years) Mother Elizabeth Terry Taylor, b. 16 Apr 1789, Enfield, CT d. 1831, Sunderland, MA (Age 41 years) Marriage 15 Jun 1810 Sunderland, MA Family ID F589 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emily Baker, b. 29 Jul 1827, Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY d. 20 Feb 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 78 years) [1, 2] Marriage 1 Dec 1852 Houston, Harris, TX Children + 1. Mary Taylor, b. 27 Sep 1853, Houston, Harris, TX d. 14 Jul 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 52 years)2. Ellen Taylor, b. 2 Nov 1854, Houston, Harris, TX d. 12 Jan 1860, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 5 years)3. George Taylor, b. 30 Jun 1856, Houston, Harris, TX d. 30 Jun 1859, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 3 years)4. Elizabeth “Bessie” Taylor, b. 28 Oct 1858, Houston, Harris, TX d. 16 Dec 1859, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 1 year)+ 5. Edward Wyllys Taylor, b. 17 Mar 1860, Houston, Harris, TX d. 13 Sep 1919, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 59 years)+ 6. Horace Dickinson Taylor, b. 4 Dec 1861, Houston, Harris, TX d. 4 Jul 1949, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 87 years)+ 7. William Baker Taylor, b. 5 Sep 1863, Houston, Harris, TX d. 22 Jul 1947, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 83 years)+ 8. Emily Bagby Taylor, b. 29 Mar 1870, Houston, Harris, TX d. 19 Dec 1902, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 32 years)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 Last Modified 6 Sep 2014
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Photos Horace D Taylor 
Horace D Taylor - later years
Headstones 
Taylor Family Grave Site
Plot: Sect. D-2, Lot 92
Taylor Family Gravestone Inscription
HORACE DICKINSON TAYLOR / born in Sunderland, Mass. / Jan. 8, 1821 / died in Houston, TX / Nov. 9, 1890
EMILY T. FARRAR / born Mar. 30, 1870 / died Dec. 19, 1902
EMILY BAKER TAYLOR / wife of H. D. Taylor / born in Baldwinsville, N.Y. / July 29, 1825, / died Feb'y. 20, 1906.
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Notes - HORACE DICKINSON TAYLOR (1821 - 1890)
At the age of 17 Horace Dickinson Taylor left his native Massachusetts with his brother, Edward, after the sudden death of their parents. They settled in Independence, Texas, in 1838, and in 1848 the Taylor brothers moved to Houston where they established a cotton business. Horace became sole owner of the business in 1850 and soon thereafter bought a warehouse near a steamboat landing on Buffalo Bayou. From this strategic location he could roll cotton down to boats waiting below and within a short time developed a thriving cotton brokerage enterprise.
Horace married Emily Baker in 1852. They reared three sons and two daughters here on their 3.5 acre wooded homesite. Taylor became one of the city's influential citizens, serving as Alderman in 1861-1862, Mayor in 1866, and as an elder of the First Presbyterian Church.
Buffalo Bayou, neglected during the Civil War, was dredged during Taylor's term as Mayor, effectively re-establishing commerce to the Gulf. The bayou soon became the lifeline of Houston businesses, allowing the city to successfully compete with Galveston for trade. Taylor, who was one of the founders of the Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange in 1874, continued in the cotton business until his death.
- HORACE DICKINSON TAYLOR (1821 - 1890)
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Sources - [S40] Anonymous, History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston, (Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1895), 474-475.
- [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 175, 181-182.
- [S40] Anonymous, History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston, (Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1895), 474-475.