William Henry Taplin

William Henry Taplin

Male 1868 - 1959  (91 years)


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  • Name William Henry Taplin  [1
    Birth 25 Aug 1868  Alma, Gratiot, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1959 
    Death 14 Nov 1959  Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I75942  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father John Richard Watson Taplin,   b. May 1845, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1917, Bloomer, Montcalm, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Eliza C. Wyman,   b. 1842, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1879, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1867  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alberta L. Yerdon,   b. 20 Feb 1869, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1956 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1893  Redwood, St. Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wyon Harley Taplin,   b. 29 Jan 1896, Redfield, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1969, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Claude Ray Taplin,   b. 27 Oct 1897, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1997, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Newton William Taplin,   b. 25 Mar 1900, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1918 (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Nila Blanch Taplin,   b. 19 Sep 1902, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1913, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Elmon Lee Taplin,   b. 20 Mar 1905, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1966, Oswego, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2   
    Marriage 11 Oct 1893  Redwood, St. Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • William Henry Taplin - August 25, 1868 - November 14, 1959. Son of John and Elizabeth Wyman Taplin. Husband of Alberta Yerdon Taplin. Married October 11, 1893.

      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, November 19, 1959 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Rites Held for William Taplin, 91 - William Henry Taplin, 91, died Saturday evening at the Evergreen Nursing Home where he had been a patient two weeks. He had been in poor health the past few years, and had made his home at the residence of his son, Claude Taplin at Blind Creek Cove near Sandy Creek. Surviving besides his son, Claude, are two other sons, Elmon of Oswego and Wyon of Richland; a sister and brother in Alma, Michigan, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Foster Funeral Home with the Rev. W. Russell Clark, pastor of Park Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in Richland Cemetery. Mr. Taplin was born August 25, 1868, at Alma, Michigan, and was the son of John and Eliza Wyman Taplin. He was married 66 years ago to the former Alberta Yerdon of Redfield, who died in 1956. He had lived more than 50 years in the vicinity of Richland until the past three years since his wife's death.

      November 14, 1959 - William Henry Taplin, age 91 years. Date of birth August 25, 1868, born in Alma, Michigan. Sex, male; race, white; widowed; occupation, farmer and laborer, small farm owner. Was deceased ever in the United States Armed Forces, no. Death occurred at Evergreen nursing home. Length of stay in town where death occurred, 14 days. Usual residence, RFD, Sandy Creek, Sandy Creek Township, Oswego County, New York. Name of wife, Alberta Yerdon. Name of father, John W. Taplin. Name of mother, Eliza Wyman. Informant, Mrs. Claude Taplin, Sandy Creek, New York. Cause of death, arteriosclerotic heart disease, duration 2 years; contributed by general arteriosclerosis, duration 10 years. Signed by A. B. Thompson, M.D., November 16, 1959, Pulaski, New York. Undertaker, Paul K. Foster, Pulaski, New York. Place of burial, Richland Cemetery, Richland, New York, November 17, 1959.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1913] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;).
      Record for William Henry Taplin
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