Laura E. Mather

Brief Life History of Laura E.

When Laura E. Mather was born on 9 September 1857, in Brown Township, Washington, Indiana, United States, her father, Nathaniel Peck Mather, was 37 and her mother, Burnette Pollard, was 31. She married Charles M. Taylor on 23 May 1876, in Washington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Silver Creek Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Campbellsburg, Brown Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 22 August 1925, in Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Henryville, Monroe Township, Clark, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles M. Taylor
1852–1908
Laura E. Mather
1857–1925
Marriage: 23 May 1876
O. Walter Taylor
1877–1919
Gertrude Taylor
1879–1946
Virgil Emmett Taylor
1880–1938
Bernetta Jane Taylor
1883–1959
Lillian Pearl Taylor
1885–1971
Orville McBride Taylor
1887–1951
Glen Allen Taylor
1890–1939
Ruth Alberta Taylor
1893–1973

Sources (22)

  • Laura E Taylor, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Laura Mather, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
  • Laura E Mather, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Clark, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English:

occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣthere. Compare Mead , Mower . Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.

variant of Mader , reflecting an alternative pronunciation influenced by Old Norse mathra ‘madder (plant)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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