William Baker Taylor
1863 - 1947 (83 years)-
Name William Baker Taylor Birth 5 Sep 1863 Houston, Harris, TX 
Gender Male Census 18 Jul 1870 Houston, Harris, TX age 6, born TX, living with parents Census 8 Jun 1880 Houston, Harris, TX W.B., age 16, born TX, clerk in bookstore, living with parents Census 2 Jun 1900 Houston, Harris, TX age 35, born 5 Sep 1864 in TX, marr 10 yrs, merchant, parents born MA/NY Census 19 Apr 1910 Houston, Harris, TX age 40, born NY, widowed, merchant at retail lumber co, parents born US/US Census 12 Jan 1920 Houston, Harris, TX age 54, born TX, vice president of lumber co, parents born NY/MA Census 2 Apr 1930 Houston, Harris, TX age 66, born TX, 1st marr at 27, merchant at lumber co, parents born MA/NY Census 15 Apr 1940 Houston, Harris, TX age 76, born TX, H4 ed, residing here in 1935 Death 22 Jul 1947 Houston, Harris, TX Burial 23 Jul 1947 Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX Person ID I1689 Family Tree Last Modified 14 Sep 2014
Father Horace Dickinson Taylor, b. 8 Jan 1821, Sunderland, MA d. 9 Nov 1890, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years) Mother Emily Baker, b. 29 Jul 1827, Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY d. 20 Feb 1906, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 78 years) Marriage 1 Dec 1852 Houston, Harris, TX 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
Family 1 Lizzie V Brown, b. 25 Dec 1865, Navastota, Texas d. 1908 (Age 42 years) [1] Marriage 1890 Children 1. Lucy Taylor, b. 18 Sep 1894, Houston, Harris, TX d. 28 Dec 1975, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years)+ 2. Emily B Taylor, b. 4 Nov 1896, Houston, Harris, TX d. 1 Sep 1978, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years)+ 3. William Baker Taylor, b. 6 Jun 1899, Houston, Harris, TX d. 18 May 1941, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 41 years)+ 4. Edward Wyllys Taylor, b. 1901, Texas d. 15 Mar 1990, Harris Co, TX (Age 89 years)+ 5. Robert Brown Taylor, b. 16 Mar 1903, Texas d. 5 Feb 1977 (Age 73 years)Histories Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor Family ID F591 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2014
Family 2 Susan D Dukes, b. 17 Mar 1876, San Antonio, Bexar, TX d. 28 Jan 1973, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 96 years) Marriage 1910 Family ID F1443 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2014
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Headstones 
William B Taylor Family Grave Site
Include headstones for William B & Susan (Dukes) Taylor, William B Taylor Jr, Thomas W & Lucy (Taylor) Ray, Herman E & Emily (Taylor) Dustin
Plot: Section BHS, Lot 002
William Br Taylor Headstone
WILLIAM BAKER TAYLOR / SEPT. 5, 1863 / JULY 22, 1947
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Notes - from "The Lubbock Morning Avalanche", 23 Jul 1947 (newspaperarchive.com)
HOUSTON LUMBER FIRM OFFICIAL, SON OF EARLY MAYOR, CLAIMED
HOUSTON, July 22 - William Baker Taylor, 83, son of the last H.D. Taylor, mayor of Houston in 1866, died in a Houston hospital early today. Taylor was vice president of the Taylor Lumber company, which he and tow brothers founded in 1907. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan Dukes Taylor of Houston, two daughters, Mrs. Thomas W. Ray of Austin, and Mrs. Herman E. Dustin of Houston, and two sons, Edward W. and Robert B. Taylor, both of Houston. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. - from "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976" (familysearch.org)
William Baker Taylor, a lumber dealer residing in Houston TX, born 5 Sep 1863 in Houston to H.D. Taylor b. MA & Emily Baker b. MA died on 22 Jul 1947 in Houston from MS & coronary heart disease. Burial in Glenwood Cemetery on 23 Jul 1947. Informant Mrs. Wm B Taylor.
- from "The Lubbock Morning Avalanche", 23 Jul 1947 (newspaperarchive.com)
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Sources - [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 182.
- [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 182.