Mary Catherine Willingham

F, b. 3 September 1856, d. 21 November 1943
Mary Catherine Willingham|b. 3 Sep 1856\nd. 21 Nov 1943|p42.htm|George W. Willingham|b. 14 Aug 1818\nd. 22 Aug 1899|p34.htm|Permelia Ann Wilson|b. 4 Feb 1823\nd. May 1907|p35.htm|Deloney Willingham|b. c 1790\nd. c 1854|p2300.htm|Susannah Mott|b. c 1795\nd. b 1830|p2388.htm|David Wilson|b. c 1785\nd. 25 Oct 1857|p398.htm|Susannah H. Ethell|b. c 1785\nd. a 1857|p6683.htm|
     Mary Catherine Willingham was born 3 September 1856 in Chariton County, Missouri.1,2,3 She was the daughter of George W. Willingham and Permelia Ann Wilson. The census of 1 June 1860 enumerated on 5 July 1860 in the Macon post office area of Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri, listed Mary "Winingham" as a 3-year-old residing with George Winingham.4 The census of 1 June 1870 enumerated on 8 July 1870 in the Cairo post office area of Salt River Township, Randolph County, Missouri, listed Mary "Wellingham", as a 14-year-old residing with George Wellingham.5 Mary Catherine Willingham married Charles F. Taylor on 7 March 1876 in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri..6
Mary Catherine Taylor was a Presbyterian. She and Charles F. Taylor lived in Dale Township, Kingman County, Kansas, in 1879.6
The census of 1 June 1900 enumerated on 1 June 1900 in Dale Township, Kingman County, Kansas, listed the following:
Chas. F. Taylor, 47-year-old head of household, a farmer, married 24 years.7
Mary C. "Taylor", 43-year-old wife, married 24 years with 8 children of whom 7 were still living.7
Walter W. "Taylor", 21-year-old son, a farm laborer.7
Nellie M. "Taylor", 18-year-old daughter.7
Louis E. "Taylor", 16-year-old son, a farm laborer.7
Susie B. "Taylor", 14-year-old daughter.7
Francis E. "Taylor", 13-year-old son, a farm laborer.7
Elizabeth "Taylor", 10-year-old daughter.7

The census of 15 April 1910 enumerated on 15 April 1910 in Dale Township, Kingman County, Kansas, listed the following:
Charles F. Taylor, 57-year-old head of household, a farmer, married 24 years.8
Mary C. "Taylor", 54-year-old wife.8
Lewis E. "Taylor", 26-year-old son, a farmer.8
Susie B. "Taylor", 24-year-old daughter, a teacher.8
Francis E. "Taylor", 22-year-old son, a teamster.8

The census of 1 April 1930 enumerated on 8 April 1930 in Dale Township, Kingman County, Kansas, listed the following:
Charles F. Taylor, 77-year-old head of household, married first at the age of 23.9
Mary C. "Taylor", 73-year-old wife, married first at the age of 18.9
Her husband, Charles F. Taylor, died on 12 May 1940 at his home on the farm in Dale Township, Kingman County, Kansas.10,11 Mary Catherine Taylor died on 21 November 1943 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.10,3 She was buried on 26 November 1943 in the Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo, Kingman County, Kansas.

Kingman Journal, 26 November 1943, page 1

Mrs. Chas. Taylor Dies Sunday Night

Pioneer Mother Passes Away In Wichita 87 Years of Age; Funeral Today

Mrs. Mary C. Taylor, 87, widow of the late Charles F. Taylor and a resident of Kingman county since 1879, died in Wichita Sunday night, November 21. She had been in poor health for the past four or five years.

Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church at Waterloo at 10:30 this (Friday) morning, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Leonard. Burial will be in the Waterloo cemetery. The Livingston mortuary is in charge.

Mrs. Taylor was born in Chariton county, Mo., September 3, 1856. She grew to womanhood there and was married to Charles F. Taylor at Keytesville, Mo., March 7, 1876. Three years later they came to Kingman county and pre-empted a claim in Dale township and on which they lived the rest of their lives, although Mrs. Taylor had spent much of her time in Wichita the past year. She was the last of the original settlers in that township and still owned the farm on which she had lived continuously for sixty-four years. Mr. Taylor died May 12, 1940, at the age of 87 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor came to Kingman county with practically all their worldly possessions in a covered wagon. When it was necessary for her husband to be away from home, hauling buffalo bones to Wichita to get a little cash, Mrs. Taylor, only little more than a girl, stayed at home alone with her babies like the true pioneer mother she was.

They took a raw piece of prairie and by hard work, thrift and good management, made it into a home for themselves and their children and reared a family of which any mother might be proud. In the formative period of that community, Mrs. Taylor was looked on as one of the influences for good in the community. Both she and Mr. Taylor were charter members of the Waterloo Presbyterian church and in which she took an active part so long as her health permitted. She was a teacher of the ladies' Bible class for many years.

Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. Blanche Endicott of Waterloo, Mrs. Nell Kinser of Hennessey, Okla., Mrs. Susie Wills of Norwich and Mrs. Lizzie Dickerson, of Wichita; and three sons, Dick at home, Emmett of Ontario, Calif., and Walter of Woodward, Okla. One daughter, Ruth, died at four years of age.6,3

Children of Mary Catherine Willingham and Charles F. Taylor

Citations

  1. [S86] Lela Wilcox Family Records.
  2. [S539] Timothy D. Dollens, "Willingham-Wilson Family Group Sheet."
  3. [S2197] Mary C. Taylor tombstone inscription.
  4. [S318] 1860 U.S. Census, Macon County, Missouri, page 263 line 27 dwelling 733 family 733.
  5. [S254] 1870 U.S. Census, Randolph County, Missouri, page 214A line 23 dwelling 5 family 5.
  6. [S698] Mary Taylor Obituary.
  7. [S701] 1900 U.S. Census, Kingman County, Kansas, ED 105 Sh 01A line 28 dwelling 5 family 5 page 233 A.
  8. [S700] 1910 U.S. Census, Kingman County, Kansas, ED 36 Sh 87B line 89 dwelling 8 family 8 page 039 A.
  9. [S2171] 1930 U.S. Census, Kingman County, Kansas, ED 08 Sh 01 B line 85 dwelling 20 family 20 page 179 B.
  10. [S697] Kingman County, Kansas Cemetery Records.
  11. [S2196] Charles F. Taylor tombstone inscription.
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