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Martha Jane Taylor
1855 - 1933 (78 years)
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Name Martha Jane Taylor [1, 2] Born 25 Aug 1855 Arkansas, USA 
[3] - Although Martha Jane's death cert states birth in Missouri, the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records all state her birth in Arkansas (ages 5, 15, and 25) Additionally, her younger brother Luther B. was born in Arkansas, while other siblings are listed with Missouri birth.
It seems likely that her death cert is in error.
Gender Female Census 16 Jul 1860 Willow Springs township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [4] 1. Taylor, John, 46, male, farmer, real estate $500, personal $500, Tennessee
2. _____, Mary J., 26, female, \"Dom\" [domestic?], Illinois
3. _____, Alexander, 26, male, farmer, real estate $300, personal $150, Tennessee
4. _____, Riley J., 21, male, farmer, real estate $100, personal $150, Tennessee
5. _____, Nancy J., 12, female, Missouri
6. _____, Martha J., 5, female, Arkansas
7. _____, Luther B., 3, male, Arkansas
8. _____, Adina, 8 months, female, MissouriCensus 25 Aug 1870 Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [5] 1. Smith, James K. P., 23, male, white, farmer, real estate $500, personal $300, Missouri
2. _____, Mary J., 34, female, white, keeping house, Illinois
3. Taylor, Martha J., 15, female, white, Arkansas, attended school
4. _____, Luther B., 12, male, white, farm hand, Arkansas, attended school
5. _____, Adina, 10, female, white, at home, Missouri, attended school
6. _____, Sarah A., 9, female, white, Missouri, attended school
7. _____, Nancy [initial?], 6, female, white, Missouri
8. Smith, James [C.?], 1, male, white, Missouri
9. _____, Trissa C., 2 months, female, white, Missouri, [March?]Census 17 Jun 1880 Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [6] 1. Crowder, M. Jane, white, female, 25, widowed, keeping house, Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois
2. _____, L. Jane, white, female, 5, daughter, at home, attending school, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas
3. _____, L. Bell, white, female, 3, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas
4. _____, J. Cora, white, female, 8 months, born in September, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas
5. Taylor, S Ann, white, female, sister, single, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois
6. _____, N. Susan, white, female, 16, sister, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois
7. _____, L. Benton, white, male, 22, brother, single, farm labor, Arkansas, Tennessee, IllinoisCensus 4 Jun 1900 Galena township, Joplin County, Missouri, USA [7] 1. Blythe, Martha, head, white, male, August 1855, 44, widowed, 5 children 5 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, hotel keeper, can read and write, renting house
2. Crower [Crowder], Bell, daughter, white, female, May 1877, 23, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
3. Blythe, Addie, daughter, white, female, November 1882, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
4. _____, Baxter, son, white, male, November 1885, 4, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, can read and write
5. [Harmond?], M. B., boarder, white, male, May 1849, 51, married 18 years, Ohio, New Jersey, Ohio, real estate broker, can read and write
6. Mindenhall [Mendenhall], Thomas, boarder, white, male, July 1864, 35, married 3 years, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, cement contractor, can read and write
7. _____, Cora, boarder, white, female, September 1879, 20, married 3 years, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write
8. _____, James A., son, white, male, February 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Pennsylvania
9. Parmenter, Bell, servant, white, female, December 1881, 18, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, servant, can read and write
10. Williams, S., boarder, white, male, March 1866, 34, single, Illinois, North Carolina, Illinois, carpenter, can read and write
11. Patton, F., boarder, white, male, July 1871, 28, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, machinist, can read and write
12. Lott, William, boarder, white, male, November 1862, 37, single, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, cement side[walk? work?], can read and write
13. Mitchell, Charles, boarder, white, male, December 1874, 25, single, Kentucky, Vermont, Vermont, canvasser, can read and write
14. Clay, Henry E., boarder, white, male, February 1871, 29, single, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, attorney at law, can read and write
15. Fitzgerald, Eugene, boarder, white, male, October 1876, 23, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
16. Pierce, Charley F., boarder, white, male, June 1876, 23, single, Missouri, New York, New York, day laborer, can read and write
17. Coffey, Be[nj?], boarder, white male, March 1871, 29, single, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, attorney at law, can read and write
18. Clay, Scott W., boarder, white, male, August 1880, 19, single, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, school teacher, cab read and writeCensus 29 Apr 1910 Pleasant Hill township, Cass County, Missouri, USA [8] 1. Blythe, Martha J., head, female, white, 33, widowed, 5 children 5 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, own income, can read and write, owns, free of mortgage, home
2. Crowder, Bell, daughter, female, white, 29, single, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write
3. Moran, Dora, daughter, female, white, 33, widowed, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write
4. _____, May, granddaughter, female, white, 19, single, Utah, Pennsylvania, Missouri, can read and writeCensus 10 Jan 1920 Baker township, Crawford County, Kansas, USA [9] 1. Ready, Charles T., head, owns, mortgage, male, white, 34, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, home farm, own account, farm schedule no. 20
2. _____, Cora N., wife, female, white, 40, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
3. _____, Victor L., son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee
4. Mendenhall, James A., step son, male, white, 21, single, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Missouri, electrician, merchant marine
5. Blythe, Martha, mother in law, female, white, 64, widowed, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, IllinoisDied 21 Oct 1933 Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri [3] Death Notice 22 Oct 1933 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA [10] Death notice, Martha Jane (Taylor) Crowder Blythe, Kansas City Star
"Blythe--Mrs. Martha J. Blythe, 78 years old, a widow, died last night at her home, the Netherlands hotel, 3835 Main street. Mrs. Blythe leaves two daughters, Mrs. D. J. Foster, of the Netherlands hotel, and Mrs. Leonard Boyd, of Pittsburg Kas., and a son, Baxter B. Blythe, 4276 East Sixty-first street. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o?clock Monday at the Freeman chapel, Forty-second street and Baltimore avenue. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill, Mo."
Person ID I143 Full Last Modified 3 May 2021
Father John Taylor, b. Abt 1814, Tennessee, USA , d. 1866, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 52 years) Mother Mary Jane Reece, b. Abt 1834, Illinois, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married Between 1850 and 1855 - Marriage date is a guess based on: It would appear from the 1860 census that Mary J. was the mother of the youngest three children, Martha J., Luther B. and Adena. There is a 7-yr gap up to the next child, Nancy J., who would have been born when Mary J. was only 14. It would seem reasonable to assume that John Taylor was previously married and had at least three children by the first marriage. There is a 20-year age gap between Mary J. and John Taylor.
Family ID F481 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Joshua T. Crowder, b. 23 May 1849, Giles County, Tennessee, USA , d. 9 Mar 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 29 years) Married 11 Jan 1874 Howell County, Missouri, USA [11] Children + 1. Ladora "Dora" Jane Crowder, b. 10 Dec 1875, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 7 Nov 1961, 3612 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)2. Ladybelle "Bell" Crowder, b. 7 May 1878, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 4 Jan 1911, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, USA (Age 32 years)+ 3. Cora Neel Crowder, b. 29 Sep 1879, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Feb 1923 (Age 43 years)Last Modified 28 Oct 2013 Family ID F64 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Aron Columbus Blythe, b. Abt 1858, Missouri, USA , d. Between 1885 and 1900 (Age ~ 27 years) Married 16 Dec 1881 Howell County, Missouri, USA [12] Children 1. Addie Blythe, b. Nov 1882, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. Baxter Bernard Blythe, b. 20 Nov 1885, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Mar 1957, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)Last Modified 22 May 2009 Family ID F65 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Although Martha Jane's death cert states birth in Missouri, the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census records all state her birth in Arkansas (ages 5, 15, and 25) Additionally, her younger brother Luther B. was born in Arkansas, while other siblings are listed with Missouri birth.
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Documents 
Newspaper item Baxter B. Blythe death by heart attack while driving, 1957, Kansas City, Missouri 
Martha Jane (Taylor) Crowder Blythe, death notice, 1933, Kansas City 
Second marriage of Martha Jane (Taylor) Crowder, to Aaron Columbus Blythe, 1881
Howell County, Missouri, marriage license application no. 52, A. C. Blythe-M. J. Crowder (1881); digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : downloaded 1 August 2015) > "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991" > Howell > Marriage Applications 1881-1891 > images 103-104.
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Notes - Census data is inconclusive about the parentage of Martha J. Taylor. Although she is found in the home of John Taylor in the 1860 census, it is difficult to tell whether she is his daughter or the daughter of Alexander TAYLOR, age 26, in the same household. Both John and Alexander are born in TN; it is likely that Alexander is John's son. However, there is also a Mary J. Taylor, age 26, b IL, in the household. She must be the wife of either John or Alexander, and the mother of Martha J. Taylor. The order of listing in census would lead me to conclude that Mary J. , age 26, is married to John, age 46. I would further guess that Alexander, Riley and Nancy J. were from a previous marriage of John Taylor. They youngest three children, Martha J., 5, Luther B., 3, and Adena, 8/12 are probably the children of Mary J. and John Taylor. However, this is onlly a guess.
In the 1870 census, Martha J. Taylor is in the home of James K. P. Smith and his wife, Mary J., b IL. Evidently Mary J.'s husband has died and she has remarried. Neither John Taylor nor Alexander Taylor can be found in the 1870 census, so it is impossible to tell which of them died. Cemetery records have not been helpful in this regard.
In exchanging e-mail with a descendant of Martha's sister, Sarah A. TAYLOR; Sheryl Karlowski-Brown. Sheryl was in possession of the death certificate of Sarah A. TAYLOR, which listed her parents as John TAYLOR and Jane REECE.
- Census data is inconclusive about the parentage of Martha J. Taylor. Although she is found in the home of John Taylor in the 1860 census, it is difficult to tell whether she is his daughter or the daughter of Alexander TAYLOR, age 26, in the same household. Both John and Alexander are born in TN; it is likely that Alexander is John's son. However, there is also a Mary J. Taylor, age 26, b IL, in the household. She must be the wife of either John or Alexander, and the mother of Martha J. Taylor. The order of listing in census would lead me to conclude that Mary J. , age 26, is married to John, age 46. I would further guess that Alexander, Riley and Nancy J. were from a previous marriage of John Taylor. They youngest three children, Martha J., 5, Luther B., 3, and Adena, 8/12 are probably the children of Mary J. and John Taylor. However, this is onlly a guess.
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Sources - [S450] Crowder, Joshua T. - homestead file, (Joshua T. Crowder, homestead certificate no. 2595; Ironton, Missouri, Land Office; Bureau of Land Management; Record Group 49; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.).
- [S51] Missouri, Howell - census 1880 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestrry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for Martha J. Blythe, certificate no. 33216, Jackson County, Missouri (1933) (Reliability: 3).
Place of death: Kaw township, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
at the Netherlands Hotel
Mrs. Martha J. Blythe
Residence: Netherlands Hotel
Length of residence: 45 years
female, white, widowed
78 years, 1 month, 26 days
Birthplace: Missouri
Father: Zach Taylor, bp unknown
Mother: Sarah Jane Reese, bp unknown
Informant: Baxter B. Blythe, of Pleasant Hill, MO
Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, on 23 Oct 1933
Undertaker: Freeman Mortuary, K.C., MO
Date of Death: 21 Oct 1933
Cause of death: acute [?] of the heart - [S5384] 1860 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Willow Springs township, p. 54 (penned), [no stamped no.], dwelling 353, family 353, IJohn Taylor household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 624. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4233973_00054/40283990.
- [S5389] 1870 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township (Willow Springs post office), p. 8 (penned), p. 477b (stamped), dwelling 55, family 55, James K. P. Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 780. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4273255_00490/2213107.
- [S4481] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Misosuri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 23 (penned, recto), p. 468 (stamped, recto), dwelling 183, family 183, M. Jane Crowder household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 September 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691.
- [S4479] 1900 U.S. census, Jasper County, Missouri, population schedule, Galena township, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 6A, p. 128 (stamped, recto), dwelling 113, family 120, Martha Blythe household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 865.
- [S4469] 1910 U.S. census, Cass County, Missouri, population schedule, Pleasant Hill township, enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 17B (penned), p. 245 (stamped, verso), dwelling 447, family 448, Martha J. Blythe household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 770.
- [S4483] 1920 U.S. census, Crawford County, Kansas, population schedule, Baker township, enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 4A (penned), p. 4 (stamped, recto), dwelling 70, family 71, Charles T. Ready household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 Sept 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 528.
- [S4487] “Deaths in Greater Kansas City Area: Blythe,” Kansas City (Missouri) Star, 22 October 1933, p. 6, col. 6; digital image Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 September 2014).
- [S3976] Howell County, Missouri, marriage certificate, Marriage Book [1874]: 47, Joshua Crowder-Martha J. Taylor, 11 January 1874; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
- [S6] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 1, 1866-1889 (book, Gen Soc'y), Audrey Teeter Caplinger, Irene McDaniel Kimberlin, Idell Vest Vaughan, transcribers, (West Plains, Missouri: South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.), by T. C. Bolerjack (Reliability: 3).
- [S450] Crowder, Joshua T. - homestead file, (Joshua T. Crowder, homestead certificate no. 2595; Ironton, Missouri, Land Office; Bureau of Land Management; Record Group 49; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.).
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