Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

• Born: 11 April 1905, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ²
• Marriage: Elizabeth Josephine "Betty" MULLINER on 9 November 1928 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois ¹⁴⁵
• Died: 17 October 1963, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois at age 58 ^2,146
• Buried: 20 October 1963, Millburn Cemetery, Millburn, Lake County, Illinois ^2,146

  More Information:

• Photo: Taylor Family, 1906, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

• 1910 United States Federal Census, John C. Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ¹⁶: Hartford was living with his parents. He was listed as Hartford Taylor, son, age 5, born in Kentucky.

• 1920 United States Federal Census, John Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ¹⁸: Hartford was living with his parents. He was listed as Hartford Taylor, son, age 14, born in Kentucky.

• Photo: Hartford, ca. 1925, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

• Photo: Betty & Hartford, ca. 1928, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

• 1930 United States Federal Census, Hartford Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ¹⁴⁷: Hartford, Betty and their daughter, Betty Conn were living in Mount Vernon. He was listed as a bank bookkeeper, age 25, born in Kentucky.

• HARTFORD C. TAYLOR BURIED IN ILLINOIS:
Hartford Conn Taylor, 58, a collector for the Illinois Trailway Commission, died Oct 17 in St. Theresa Hospital at Waukegan, Ill., after a short illness.

He was born in Mt. Vernon, the son of J. C. and Emma Taylor. He moved to Chicago 33 years ago where he worked for Radio Broadcasting Company on WLS barn dance and WJJD supper time frolic.

He was a member of the American Federation of musicians in Chicago for 33 years.

Surviving are his wife, Betty; a son, Billy; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Finch and three granddaughters, all of Wild Wood, Ill; his mother, Mrs. J. C. Taylor, sisters, Mrs. Susie Krueger and Mrs. Ana Rose Chestnut of Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Elmer Hopkins, Loyall; a brother, Bill Taylor, Lawrence, Kansas.

Funeral services were held Oct 20 in the Strang Funeral Chapel with Rev. Corell Hart, pastor of the Wild Wood Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in Milburn Cemetery.

Hartford married Elizabeth Josephine "Betty" MULLINER, daughter of Walter Edward MULLINER and Edna Elliott PHILBRICK, on 9 November 1928 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.¹⁴⁵ (Elizabeth Josephine "Betty" MULLINER was born on 21 November 1905 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois,¹⁴⁸ died on 19 February 2002 in Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois ^148,149 and was buried in Millburn Cemetery, Millburn, Lake County, Illinois ¹⁴⁸.)

• Children: Hartford & Betty had one daughter and one son. ¹⁴⁰

  Marriage Notes:

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