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Horace Thomas TaylorAge: 95 years18941990

Name
Horace Thomas Taylor
Given names
Horace Thomas
Surname
Taylor
Birth December 14, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 23 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
MarriageMartha Francis “Fannie” SmallView this family
December 23, 1919 (Age 25 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Francis “Fannie” Small
June 1927 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death February 1, 1990 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Martha Francis “Fannie” Small - View this family
himself
Horace Thomas Taylor
Birth: December 14, 1894Lamont, Grant, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 1990Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage: December 23, 1919Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Sardius George Eddleman + Martha Francis “Fannie” Small - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 6, 1906Oklahoma, United States
2 years
step-son
Thomas Harold Eddleman
Birth: October 12, 1908 37 17Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 3, 1964Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
step-son
George Sardious “June” Eddleman
Birth: January 27, 1911 39 19Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 28, 1984Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Thomas Taylor - Household

ED 251 Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Taylor, Horace TheadMW28MYesYesARARARYesLaborRefiningW
Taylor, FanniewifeFW29MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Eddleman, HaroldstepsonMW10SYesYesYesOKARMOYesNone
Eddleman, GeorgestepsonMW8SYesYesOKARMOYesNone