Taylor, James 1850-1911

TAYLOR, BRANGWINE, BRANGWIN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 12/3/2009 at 19:44:13

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
January 17, 1911

JAMES TAYLOR DIES SUDDENLY AT THE HOME OF HIS SON NEAR WESTFIELD. HE FORMERLY MANAGED PRICE RANCH NEAR MERRILL

Mr. and Mrs. John Brangwin, of this city, were called to Westfield last week by the death of Mr. Brangwin’s step-father, James Taylor, a well known resident of this county. Mr. Taylor formerly lived on the Price Ranch near Merrill. He was known as an authority on blooded horses and cattle. The Akron Register-Tribune says of him:

The passing away of James Taylor on Sunday, January 8, 1911, came very unexpectedly to many people, and, although it was generally known that he was in ill health, few knew that he was seriously sick. “Uncle Jimmie,” as he was familiarly called, was on the street the day before New Year’s and seemed in his usual happy mood. Few thought that in a few days he would be laid to rest until the final awakening.

James Taylor was born May 1st, 1850, near Shropshire, England, and was joined in wedlock to Elizabeth Brangwine in 1874. They came to America in 1881 and have resided in Westfield township nineteen years. Mr. Taylor continued to reside on the farm after his wife’s death in June, 1905, and was living with his son, Frank, at the time of his death. Two sons and one daughter mourn the departed: Frank and Will Taylor and Mrs. R. H. Cilley. Rev. Gaynor of the Episcopal Church was to have officiated the service held in the Congregational Church here Wednesday, but was delayed by the belated train, and Rev. Nickerson proceeded with the service. Rev. Gaynor arrived in time to go with the family to the cemetery. Friends from LeMars, Merrill, and Akron, also Will Taylor, of Luton, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Brangwine, of LeMars, were present. The family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. A large procession followed the remains to their last resting place in Riverside Cemetery, Akron.