ALBERT AND ANNA [BUTZIER] TAYLOR
Albert H. Taylor was born August 28, 1858, at Springfield, Illinois,
to Joseph and Jane (Haggart) Taylor. As a small child he moved to
Moorland, Iowa, with his parents where they homesteaded on a farm.
After his father died, he and his brother George farmed for their
mother. He married Ida Hoffman and their children were: Leon, Fort
Dodge, Iowa; Ralph, Moorland, Iowa; and Mable (Taylor) Davis,
Portland, Oregon. All are deceased. Ida died September 6, 1888.
Anna (Butzier) Taylor was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on September 1,
1876, to John and Fredericka (Geisler) Butzier. She married Albert
Taylor March 25, 1896, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. They farmed near
Moorland, Iowa, for several years. Children born in Iowa were:
Elsie, who died at two years of age; Ernest, Harry, and Josie.
[pg 421 photo Taylor’s Café with Albert and Anna Taylor and daughter
Josie]
Ernest married Fern Long and managed a cream station in Verdigre.
They later moved to Thurston and Pender, Nebraska. Their children
are Eleanor, who died at age 19; Eilene (Mrs. Harold Myers) of
Lyons, Nebraska; Leon and Lowell of Torrance, California. Ernest and
Fern are deceased.
Harry married Hazel Quimby and lived in Osmond, Nebraska. Harry was
injured in a car accident which left him disabled. He died in 1951.
In 1906 Albert and Anna moved to Nebraska where they farmed in Knox
and Antelope counties. Children born in Nebraska were: Hattie, Mae,
and Florence. In 1919 they moved to Verdigre where they owned and
operated a café. Anna did all the cooking; Albert was cashier and
took care of the candy, ice cream, and cigar counters, went to
Creighton to get supplies before there were deliveries, and helped
in many ways. Josie was a waitress along with others they hired. She
also helped at home. The North Western Railroad ran through Verdigre
and the “crew” would stop daily and eat dinner at their cafe. Anna
always said, “They were a great group and nice to have as
customers.”
In 1924 Albert suffered a stroke which paralyzed him for four years.
Anna took care of him at home and tried to operate the café, but
finally had to sell and stay home with her husband until his death
on February 14, 1928. Later Anna cooked in a café owned by Harold
“Dubs” Bruce. Albert and Anna’s daughter, Florence (Taylor)
Thompson, remembers, “The spring of 1935 my mother and I were in the
flood at Verdigre. We had three feet of water and a foot of mud in
the house. We salvaged what we could and moved to Winnetoon where I
finished my education and graduated in 1937.” In 1942 Anna moved to
Plainview to live with Florence. She passed away in 1959.
Josie married Arthur E. Fosterman in 1925, and they farmed north of
Verdigre. He died in 1930. They had one daughter, Gladys (Mrs.
George Cleveland) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She died in 1978. In 1936,
Josie married Wayne Demmer of Plainview, Nebraska. Wayne died in
1949. Josie is now residing at the Creighton Care Center.
Hattie married Dallas Woods in 1930. They have four children:
Wesley, Lois, Darlene, Daniel. Wesley resides in Sioux City, Iowa;
Lois (Mrs. Bill Patras), lives in Plainview; Darlene (Mrs. Larry
Macke), Creighton, Nebraska. Daniel lives in Plainview, Nebraska;
Hattie lives in Creighton and Dallas is deceased.
Mae married Harry Horstmann in 1944. Their children are JoAnn (Mrs.
Larry Filkins), Brunswick, Nebraska; Mary Ann (Mrs. Lyle Fischer),
Creighton; Donald, Schuyler; Raymond, Omaha; Larry, Elgin; and
Robert lives in Texas. Harry is deceased. Mae is now married to John
Wortman.
In 1941 Florence married Leonard Thompson of Plainview, Nebraska.
Leonard served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1945. He
worked for Plainview Co-op Creamery and Fort Dodge Creamery in Ft.
Dodge, Iowa. In 1980 they moved from Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Plainview,
Nebraska, to retire.
-Submitted by Florence (Taylor) Thompson
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