1929 Land Transfer: Published in the Realty Transfer section of The Van Wert Daily Bulletin on 20 March 1929, "John W. Taylor and his wife, 30 acres, section 16, Willshire township and 29 acres, section 17, Willshire township, to The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, $1.00."

1930 U.S. Census:1354
Van Wert County, Ohio (Van Wert, 4th Ward, Pleasant Township)
Enumerated 19 April 1930
914 Union Street
John W. Taylor •• head, owns home, home value $2,500, no radio set, male, white, 66, married, first married at age 28, can read and write, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, no occupation
Mary •• wife, female, white, 56, married, first married at age 28, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, cosmetic sales lady, at home

1932 Death Certificate:2972 John Taylor, 914 E. Crawford St., 4th Ward;Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio; date of death, 23 August 1935; male, white, married; wife, Mary Taylor; date of birth, 25 April 1862; blind for 25 years; birthplace, Uniopolis, Ohio; father, Abraham Taylor, born Bolivar, Ohio; mother, Lydia Stamm, born Stark County, Ohio; informant, Mary M. Taylor, Van Wert, Ohio; burial, Woodland, 25 August 1935.