TAYLOR, Mary Jane (Bray) 1859 -1911

TAYLOR, ELLIS, PITTSLEY, BRAY, LOGAN

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 8/18/2014 at 21:24:46

SOURCE: THE PRINCETON UNION, July 27, 1911 (Princeton, Minnesota)
Contributor: Connie Ellis (TAYLOR, BRAY family researcher)

DEATH OF MRS. H.C. TAYLOR

Mrs. H. C. Taylor died at her home in Princeton on Sunday evening, July 23 at 11 o'clock from cancer of the stomach, aged 51 years, 11 months, and 23 days. She had suffered from the disease for about a year.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I.N. Goodell in the Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 and the remains were laid to rest in the Oak Knoll Cemetery. Many of the friends and neighbors of the deceased attended the obsequies and a number of beautiful floral offerings bedecked the casket.

Mrs. Taylor was born in Iowa. When she was 12 years old, her parents moved the family to Nebraska where she grew up. She was married at Utica, Nebraska on January 13, 1880. With her husband, she later returned to Iowa and lived there until moving to Princeton in the fall of 1904. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Carrie Jane Ellis of Iowa and Mrs. Ida Belle Pittsley of North Dakota, and one son, Everette Lee Taylor of Princeton. She also leaves eight grandchildren, a mother, and five brothers in Iowa.

Mrs. Taylor was a good Christian woman, a kind mother and affectionate wife who was held in high esteem by all who knew her.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE TRANSCRIBER:
Mrs. Taylor who died in Princeton, Minnesota, was Mary Jane Bray, daughter of John Bray and Mary Ann Logan. Mary Jane was born on August 31, 1859 in Linton Township, Allamakee County, near Volney, Iowa. In 1880 she married Harlo Chapman Taylor. Her eldest daughter, Carrie Jane was the wife of John Pearl"J.P." Ellis and they lived in Postville, Iowa. Mary Jane's siblings were:

Amanda Bray - 1861-1877
Victor B. Bray - 1863-1944
Elijah/Abijah Bray - 1864-1880
Lura/Laura Bray - 1865-1907
John Lewis Bray - 1866-1934
Deighton Wilbur Bray - 1869-1930
Walter Everette Bray - 1875-1939
Charles Earl Bray - 1879 - 1963