Rebecca Baylor (Linn)

Per family records Rebecca Linn, named after her mother, married David Baylor on November 3, 1859 with the Rev. William J. Eyer officiating.

Per the 1850 Census Rebecca Linn, 13, was living with her parents Simon, 45, and Rebecca, 42, and her siblings: George 17, William 16, Henry 14, Susanna 11, Simon 9, Maria 7, Daniel 5, John 1 month, and her grandmother Elizabeth Linn, 91, in Montour Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

Per the 1860 Census (June 30, 1860) Rebecca Linn, 20, was living with her husband David Baylor, 31, in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania. David was employed as a Miner.

Per the 1870 Census David Baylor, 50, was living in Mahoning Towhship, Montour County with his wife Rebecca Baylor, 31, and their children Alfred, 8, Ellen, 6, Jane, 4, and Joseph, 1. David Baylor was employed as a Lime Burner.

The Lime Burner - Lime was used for making building mortar, which was in demand for the cathedrals springing up all over the country. The lime burner had a thankless, if important, task, heating chalk in a kiln at 1,100°C to make ‘quicklime’. The dust the quicklime produced could cause blindness and spontaneously combust and burn. If that wasn’t enough, the carbon monoxide could make the worker dizzy and he could fall into the kiln with ease. Health and safety was obviously not a high priority!

Per the 1880 Census Rebecca Baylor, 41, was widowed and living in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania with her children Alfred, 19, Jane M. Baylor, 14, Joseph H. Baylor, 12, and Robert Baylor, 7. Alfred was employed as a Laborer and Joseph H. was employed working on a farm.

Per the 1900 Census Rebecca Baylor, 61, was widowed and living in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania with her son Joseph R. Baylor, 32, and his son Ralf W. Baylor, 10. Joseph R. Baylor was employed as a Farm Laborer.

Per the 1910 Census Rebecca Baylor, 67, was widowed and living in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania with her son Joseph Baylor, 40. Joseph was employed as a Laborer at an Iron Mill.

Per the 1920 Census Rebecca Baylor, 79, was widowed and living in Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania with her son Joseph H. Baylor, 48. Joseph was employed as a Carpenter.

Rebecca Baylor was killed via an accidental automobile accident on July 21, 1924. She was widowed and 86 years old. Her death certificate lists Simon Lynn as her father. She lived in Mahoning Township of Montour County, Pennsylvania and she was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Danville, Pennsylvania on July 23, 1924.