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Matthew Grant Taylor Sr.

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Matthew Grant Taylor Sr.

Birth
Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, USA
Death
6 Sep 1976 (aged 91)
Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Occupation: Farmer
Route 2, Purcell,Okla
Religion: Methodist
Education: Indianola Business College,Indian Territory.

Father: David T. Taylor b: 10 MAR 1843, Washington, IL.
Mother: Eliza Ann Pate b: 15 OCT 1845, IL.

He married Bertha Jane Peery, b: 30 JUL 1881, Wellsville, MO, on 20 JAN 1910, in Lexington, Cleveland Co., OK, and moved to the Fairview community, where they lived for many years. His wife, a teacher in her earlier years in AR, was the first teacher at the Johnson School, northwest of Purcell, in 1907, the year of Oklahoma's Statehood. She was selected Pioneer Woman of Oklahoma in 1957.

At the time of Mrs.Taylor's passing, in 1967, their living children were: daughters, Mrs. Ray Jones, Purcell; Mrs. Clay Dockery, Pauls Valley; Mrs. James Sorrels, OKC; sons, M.G., Jr. and Jack Blackwell, Purcell; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Occupation: Farmer
Route 2, Purcell,Okla
Religion: Methodist
Education: Indianola Business College,Indian Territory.

Father: David T. Taylor b: 10 MAR 1843, Washington, IL.
Mother: Eliza Ann Pate b: 15 OCT 1845, IL.

He married Bertha Jane Peery, b: 30 JUL 1881, Wellsville, MO, on 20 JAN 1910, in Lexington, Cleveland Co., OK, and moved to the Fairview community, where they lived for many years. His wife, a teacher in her earlier years in AR, was the first teacher at the Johnson School, northwest of Purcell, in 1907, the year of Oklahoma's Statehood. She was selected Pioneer Woman of Oklahoma in 1957.

At the time of Mrs.Taylor's passing, in 1967, their living children were: daughters, Mrs. Ray Jones, Purcell; Mrs. Clay Dockery, Pauls Valley; Mrs. James Sorrels, OKC; sons, M.G., Jr. and Jack Blackwell, Purcell; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.


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  • Created by: Jane
  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30921140/matthew_grant-taylor: accessed ), memorial page for Matthew Grant Taylor Sr. (18 Nov 1884–6 Sep 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30921140, citing Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Jane (contributor 46787182).