John Randolph Traylor Jr.

John Randolph Traylor Jr.

• Father: John Randolph Traylor b. 4 August 1807, d. 16 March 1864
• Mother: Sarah Simpson b. circa 1815, d. between 1850 and 1860

• John Randolph Traylor Jr. was born on 10 April 1842 in Alabama or Louisiana.
• John Randolph Traylor and Sarah Simpson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Union Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included John Randolph Traylor Jr., Simpson Elias Traylor, Mary Louisa Traylor, Sarah C. Traylor and Lucian A. Traylor.
• John Randolph Traylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Marion PO, Union Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included John Randolph Traylor Jr., Francis Marion Traylor, Sarah C. Traylor and Lucian A. Traylor. Also in the household were H. Guinn, age 12, and schoolteacher Jordan Taylor.
• He married Emily Louise Hardy, daughter of John Hardy and Sarah A. (?), on 22 December 1867 in Walker County, Texas, with T. B. Buckingham, M.G., officiating, consent by her brother Richard Hardy. Three of Emily's siblings married children of John's uncle William P. Traylor.
• John Randolph Traylor Jr. and Emily Louise Hardy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville PO, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah Katheryn Traylor and Mattie L. Traylor.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• John Randolph Traylor Jr. became a widower at the circa 1895 death of his wife Emily Louise Hardy.
• John Randolph Traylor Jr. died on 9 July 1898 at age 56.
• He was interred at Hardy Cemetery, New Waverly, Walker County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 15 Dec 2012