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Paul Lester Taylor

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Paul Lester Taylor

Birth
Pierson, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Death
22 Dec 1966 (aged 64)
Bonesteel, Gregory County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Bonesteel, Gregory County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Paul Lester Taylor was born Jun 12, 1902 in Kingsley, Woodbury Co. IA.

When the Rosebud country opened up for settlement in 1904, the family came to Gregory County and bought a farm a about a mile west of Bonesteel where his father engaged in farming and raised Shorthorn cattle.

He graduated from Bonesteel Public School, graduating in 1920. While in High School he played the clarinet in the Bonesteel HS Band. According to his daughter Marjorie Paul had the ability to whistle very load, it could be heard from a long way away. He and his brother Walter Justin Taylor were associated with their father Walter Llewellyn Taylor in farming and raising Shorthorn Cattle. Paul took great pride in his Shorthorn Cattle.

He married Nora Mary Sondgeroth on May 5, 1926 at Bonesteel. SD. . They lived in Pleasant Valley Township about a mile west of Bonesteel, on the farm homsteaded by Walter Llewellyn and Mary Taylor in 1904. Paul's brother Walter farmed with him.

Paul and Nora had 4 children Norma, Margorie, Robert and Jean. Jean died at age 34 on April 22, 1968 in Minneapolis, MN of a brain aneurysm, she is was a Home Economics teacher, she is buried in Mitchell, SD. Paul died Dec 22, 1966 in Bonesteel, SD. Funeral services were held Saturday Dec 24, 1966 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Bonesteel. Pall bearers were his nephews Tom Bailey, Edgar Bailey, Jim Bailey, Tom Bruce, Bob Scisson, and Tim Sonderoth. He is buried in St. Mary Cemetery in Bonesteel, Gregory Co., SD. beside his wife Nora.

Paul and Nora had 4 children:
Marjorie Taylor, husband Junior Thomson, Albuquerque, NM, she had 7 children.

Norma Peter, husband Paul Peters, Sweet Home, OR, she had 7 children.

Robert Taylor, wife Janine B Johnson, Huron, SD, they had 4 children.

Jean Taylor, husband Carney Nelson, Mitchell, SD, Jean died April 22, 1968, she had seven children, Carney has married again and has one additional child. According to Robert Taylor, Paul's son, Carney Nelson's other child is considered by the Taylor family to be as much a part of the Taylor family as the other children born to Jean.

Paul's Social Security Number: 503-26-8038; 107th SSN issued: South Dakota.

written by Keith Taylor
.
Paul Lester Taylor was born Jun 12, 1902 in Kingsley, Woodbury Co. IA.

When the Rosebud country opened up for settlement in 1904, the family came to Gregory County and bought a farm a about a mile west of Bonesteel where his father engaged in farming and raised Shorthorn cattle.

He graduated from Bonesteel Public School, graduating in 1920. While in High School he played the clarinet in the Bonesteel HS Band. According to his daughter Marjorie Paul had the ability to whistle very load, it could be heard from a long way away. He and his brother Walter Justin Taylor were associated with their father Walter Llewellyn Taylor in farming and raising Shorthorn Cattle. Paul took great pride in his Shorthorn Cattle.

He married Nora Mary Sondgeroth on May 5, 1926 at Bonesteel. SD. . They lived in Pleasant Valley Township about a mile west of Bonesteel, on the farm homsteaded by Walter Llewellyn and Mary Taylor in 1904. Paul's brother Walter farmed with him.

Paul and Nora had 4 children Norma, Margorie, Robert and Jean. Jean died at age 34 on April 22, 1968 in Minneapolis, MN of a brain aneurysm, she is was a Home Economics teacher, she is buried in Mitchell, SD. Paul died Dec 22, 1966 in Bonesteel, SD. Funeral services were held Saturday Dec 24, 1966 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Bonesteel. Pall bearers were his nephews Tom Bailey, Edgar Bailey, Jim Bailey, Tom Bruce, Bob Scisson, and Tim Sonderoth. He is buried in St. Mary Cemetery in Bonesteel, Gregory Co., SD. beside his wife Nora.

Paul and Nora had 4 children:
Marjorie Taylor, husband Junior Thomson, Albuquerque, NM, she had 7 children.

Norma Peter, husband Paul Peters, Sweet Home, OR, she had 7 children.

Robert Taylor, wife Janine B Johnson, Huron, SD, they had 4 children.

Jean Taylor, husband Carney Nelson, Mitchell, SD, Jean died April 22, 1968, she had seven children, Carney has married again and has one additional child. According to Robert Taylor, Paul's son, Carney Nelson's other child is considered by the Taylor family to be as much a part of the Taylor family as the other children born to Jean.

Paul's Social Security Number: 503-26-8038; 107th SSN issued: South Dakota.

written by Keith Taylor
.


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