Martha Lois Taylor (Theilman) Biography

Birth Date:       January 7, 1861

Birth Place:      Erie County, Ohio

Father:             Charles W. Taylor (1836-1919)

Mother:           Caroline E. Wright (1833-1909)

Education[1]:      Sandusky High School (1880)

Oberlin College, Ohio (A.B. 1887)

Career / Teaching:

            1880-1883       Public Schools, Castalia, Ohio

1888-1892       Kidder Institute[2], Kidder, Missouri

            1892-1899       University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, New Mexico[3]

Married:          Robert Henry Theilman[4] (November 14, 1899; Los Angeles, CA)

Died:                November 12, 1947  Yuma, Arizona

                        Burial:  Yuma County, Arizona

Comments:

• In 1889, at the age of 28, Miss Taylor was reported to be visiting Las Vegas, Territory of New Mexico on her way to El Paso, Texas[5]
• Professor Taylor’s tenure at UNM spanned the period from its initial instruction in 1892 which focused on Normal (Teacher) instruction and secondary school/college preparatory through the transition to formal post-secondary, college curriculum in 1897.

Residence information from U.S. Census:

1870:   Perkins, Erie County, Ohio (Age 9)

1910:   Precinct 2, Yuma, Arizona (Age 49)

1930:   Somerton, Yuma, Arizona (Age 69)

1940:   T10S, Yuma, Arizona (Age 79)

[1]  It’s been reported that Miss Taylor also obtained a Master degree (listed in 1894 UNM Catalog as M.A.)

[2]  Professor in Latin, Greek & History

[3]  Professor (Chair) of English, Literature & History

[4]  Born 1859, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.  Died July 21, 1944, Yuma, Arizona

   Professor Theilman taught public school in Grant County, Territory of New Mexico (1891-1896 approx.)

   and in Globe, Territory of Arizona (1896-?)

[5]  Las Vegas Optic, April 2, 1889