- Born October 13, 1885 in Kansas.
- Parents were SILAS LEE TAYLOR and LAURA E. BROWN.
- Married ETHEL MAGGIE COLLINS on December 13, 1911 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
- Died October 17, 1954 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
CHILDREN
- LEOTA WILMA TAYLOR, born February 28, 1913 in Bourbon County, Kansas; died October 23, 1992 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. Married OLEN LESTER ZEILER. Married HAROLD W. JOHNSON on April 28, 1940.
- LOIS M. TAYOR, born August 24, 1916 in Bourbon County, Kansas; died August 26, 1994 in Missouri. Married HAROLD W. JOHNSON. Married CHARLES THOMAS HARRELSON.
- GERALDINE LOLA TAYLOR, born August 15, 1918 in Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas; died November 25, 2004 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
- DALE FOSTER TAYLOR, born May 3, 1920 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died May 4, 1996 in Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri. Married MARGIE MAE WINGFIELD on June 15, 1940.
- LAFE MAX TAYLOR, born June 22, 1922 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died August 23, 1975 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Married EVELYN MAXINE TRIBBLE. Married THELMA FERN BARTER.
- WILLIAM LEE TAYLOR, born March 24, 1925 in Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri; died April 21, 1995 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.
- MELVIN J. "CHUCK" TAYLOR, born December 25, 1928 in Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri; died October 13, 2010 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. Married GLADYS FERN SAXSON in 1948.
- GORDON EARL TAYLOR, born February 14, 1932 in Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri; died February 2, 2004 in Lewis, Henry County, Missouri.
- PEGGY JOAN TAYLOR, born November 26, 1933 in Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri; died March 22, 2012 in Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri. Married KENNETH LEROY HALL, Jr. on April 21, 1951. Married THOMAS RICHARD HETHERINGTON, Jr..