 J. N. Taylor 30 January 1847 - 9 December 1904 Julia C. Taylor 8 September 1861 - 17 March 1932 JOHN N. TAYLOR IS DEAD
WAS UP TOWN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS A CORPSE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING DIABETES WAS HIS MALADY Attack Came on About 11 O'clock and Physician Was With Him the Re- mainder of the Night. John N. Taylor died at his home in the south part of town at 6:30 this morning of diabetes. Mr. Taylor, in company with his brother, J. H. Taylor, of McKinney, was on the streets until nearly dark yesterday afternoon and talked with a reporter, but said nothing of feeling indisposed in the least, though it is understood he had called at the office of his physician earlier in the day and complained of not feeling exactly right, stating that he had pains in one side of his chest and one arm, and was given some medicine to relieve him. After going home late in the afternoon he ate a hearty supper and conversed with his brother and the members of his family until bedtime. About 11 o'clock, however, he was seized with a very severe attack and a physician was sent for and remained with him until about 3 a.m., when his pulse had been restored to its normal condition and he was resting easy. The physician went away and the family retired, thinking that all serious phases of the case had passed, but shortly after 6 o'clock Mrs. Taylor was awakened by her husband's labored breathing and hastily recalled the physician, who came in a very few minutes, but Mr. Taylor breathed only once or twice after his arrival, passing away at 6:30 a.m. A son, Spencer Taylor, is in school at Waco, and a daughter, Miss Lillian, is in school at Bonham. They were both notified by phone shortly after their father's death and will come by the first train. Mr. Taylor, besides having large land interests, in this vicinity, was president of the Van Alstyne Cotton Oil Company and a director in the First National Bank. He was an honorable man in the fullest sense of the word, possessed of a brilliant mind and fine business foresight. While he was a busy man, he never turned a deaf ear to a worthy cause, whether in giving to charity or lending his aid in support of law and order. He was a good father and an exemplary husband and a neighbor in all that the term implies. The people of Van Alstyne and surrounding country loved him and will mourn his demise. Mr. Taylor was the picture of health and strength, which forcibly reminds us that in the . . . of life we are in death. The burial will be at Van Alstyne cemetery some time tomorrow (Saturday). The hour has not been announced at the time of going to press, but it is the desire to have it in the afternoon to allow relatives time to get here, if it can be done.  Van Alstyne Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |