Mabel Hanna Colton
MABEL HANNA COLTON, daughter of EDITH MAY HANNA and ABEL HILBOURNE COLTON, was born December 27, 1885 in Artesian, Sanborn, South Dakota,1486, 629 and died September 20, 1972 in Four Seasons Nursing Center, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.1486 She is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.1486, 456
She married (1) CHARLES EDGAR DAVIS on May 8, 1906 in Grayson County, Texas.7351 He was born in Kansas,629 and died January 8, 1913.629
She married (2) CHARLES E. TAYMAN on August 4, 1920.8805 He was born October 7, 1861 in Lavansville, Somerset, Pennsylvania,7283 and died January 16, 1942 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California.7283 He is buried in Salem Reformed Church Cemetery, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.7283, 456
Personal Information
- Mabel Hanna Colton was a member of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. 7277
Clubs and Associations
- Mabel Hanna Colton was a member of the Kelly AFB Officers Wives Club.7277
Marriage Announcements and News
Healdsburg Tribune, August 6, 19208805
Col. Tayman Takes Bride
SUNNY SLOPE FARM, nestling coyly on the shoulder of grim old Fitch Mountain, has a mistress. Since Chas. E. Tayman has owned the ranch it has been run entirely devoid of womanly care. But this rule is changed, for last Wednesday the Colonel returned from a trip to San Francisco with the new mistress of his household. The marriage culminates a friendship of many years' duration.
Mrs. Tayman was Mrs. Mabel Hanna Davis, a daughter of one of the oldest families of Waterloo, Iowa. She is the niece of Consul General Phillip C. Hanna, who has retired after 30 years' service with the consular department of the United States government.
Colonel Tayman's life is a story of human interest. Of laurels won by sheer grit and determination, Chas. E. Tayman enlisted as a boy in the United States army to aid in the Philippine insurrection. So well did he like army life that he made that his career. Step by step he rose until when his time for retirement came, he was retired as a colonel.
Colonel Tayman served in the Spanish-American war and during the recent world-war was second in command of Camp Lee, Virginia, and commanding officer of the 155th Depot Brigade and the replacement and training camp at that place.
Colonel Tayman has had the good fortune of never having been wounded in any engagement, though his path of duty has taken him to rifle mouths. He was commended by General Liscum for bravery in the action of Santiago.
After September 1st the couple will be at home at their ranch on the Fitch Mountain Road.
San Francisco Examiner, August 10, 19207280
Davis-Tayman
Consul General Philip C. Hanna announces the marriage of his niece, Mrs. Mabel Hanna Davis, to Colonel Charles E. Tayman, U. S. Army (retired). They will make their home, after September 1, in Healdsburg.
Colonel Tayman entered the army at the time of the Spanish American war. He fought in the Philippine insurrection and was second in command at Fort Lee, Va., during the recent war, where he was attached to the 155th Depot Brigade, and in command of the replacement and training center. Mrs. Tayman is a member of one of the prominent families of Waterloo, Ia.
Newspaper Articles
Waterloo Daily Courier, May 10, 18997279
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Pitchfork Falls and Pierces a Young Lady's Face
Miss Mabel Colton of Mena, Ark, who is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. G. W. Hanna, met with a serious accident on day this week. She was handing a pitchfork to her cousin, Herman Lewis, who was in the barn hay-loft when the handle slipped through his hand and the sharp time struck Miss Colton in the face just below the eye. The tine was driven so deeply that the point protruded from the chin. Miss Colton's little sister, only ten years old, had enough presence of mind to hasten to her relief, mounting the ladder and drawing the fork from her sister's face. The injured girl is doing nicely.
Obituaries
Somerset Daily American, January 22, 19427283
Col. Tayman to be Given Final Salute
FULL MILITARY HONORS FOR DISTINGUISHED OFFICER WILL BE IN CHARGE OF SOMERSET LEGIONNAIRES
Burial In Native Soil
The remains of Col. Charles E. Tayman, whose death occurred in the Healdsburg hospital at Healdsburg, California, last Friday, will arrive in Somerset this Friday at noon and a brief funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 in the Walter S. Hoffman funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Dr. George L. Roth of St. Paul's Reformed church. Death was due to a heart condition from which he had been suffering for several months.
Full military honors will be accorded the distinguished officer at the Lavansville cemetery, in charge of Samuel S. Crouse post, American Legion, who will be continuing the service begun by the Legion post of Healdsburg, of which Col. Tayman was first commander. The body will be laid to rest with Col. Tayman's parents Mr. and Mrs. David Tayman, at his special request.
In addition to his widow, Mrs. Mabel H. Tayman, Col. Tayman is survived by two brothers, Thomas of Washington, D. C., and Edwin of Birmingham, Alabama; three sisters preceded him in death, Mrs. Lily Fisher of Altoona, Mrs. Edward Kantner of Somerset and Mrs. Annie Gregory of Pittsburgh. His first wife, Mrs. May Williamson Tayman, a native of Media, also preceded him in death.
Born in Lavansville, October 7, 1861 Charles E. Tayman was the eldest son of David and Frances Jane Tayman and in 1884 while in New York city he enlisted in the First regiment of the United States army infantry and in 1888 he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He saw 36 years of active military service.
Fought in Arizona
The young officer served in Arizona for seven years, seeing active and dangerous service in the Apache Indian wars. He also saw active duty in the Spanish-American war, receiving a citation for gallantry in action at Santiago. In 1899 he was a captain in the First United States infantry regiment and during a part of this period also served as regimental adjutant and personal aide-de-camp to General Adelbert Ames.
Later he was sent to Cuba and then to the Philippines where he helped to subdue the insurrection. In 1916 he was on the Mexican border with the rank of lieutenant colonel and in 1917, while in service at the officers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, he was promoted to the rank of colonel.
He organized Kelley Field and so thoroughly did he demonstrate his capacity for organization details that he was continued in this phase of war work.
Sent to Camp Lee
After organizing the 53rd infantry regiment, he formed the Sixth division and was then sent to Camp Lee, Virginia, in command of the 150th Brigade. Later he was placed in command of the replacement camp there, the largest in the United States, where he remained until the close of the war.
Following his retirement in 1919 Col. Tayman went to California and settled on a small ranch near Healdsburg, where he remained until his death. A municipal golf course Tayman park, in that city is named for the Somerset county native who also organized the Healdsburg Golf and Country club.
Mrs. Tayman who will accompany the body to Somerset will be bet in Pittsburgh by Edwin Tayman of Birmingham, Alabama, and they will be the guests of their niece, Mrs. Emily Kantner Fullman of South Center avenue.
San Antonio Express, September 21, 19727277
TAYMAN
Mrs. Mabel Colton Tayman, age 86, of San Antonio, died Wednesday at a local hospital. She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Charter member of Kelly AFB Officers Wives Club. Survivors: Brother, Dewey H. Colton, Topeka, Kansas; several nieces and nephews. Graveside service Friday at 10 o'clock at Sunset Memorial Park, the Rev. Roland A. Timberlake officiating.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 22, 19007273 | Mena, Polk, Arkansas | |
| April 18, 19107274 | Sherman, Grayson, Texas |
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| January 13, 1920793 | Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa |
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| April 2, 19307281 | Healdsburg, Sonoma, California |
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| April 30, 19407282 | Healdsburg, Sonoma, California |
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