Cpl. Dr. John William Tait, PhD

1894 - 1961  (67 years)

• Name	John William Tait  [1]
  Title	Cpl. Dr.
  Suffix	PhD
  Born	3 Oct 1894	Elgin, Pierce County, Washington, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Departure	22 Mar	Hoboken, New Jersey   [4]
  Race	White
  Residence	Salina, Kansas, USA   [5]
  Residence	Columbus, Ohio   [6]
  Residence	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Residence	1900	Chicago Ward 18, Cook, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Residence	1910	Wooster Ward 3, Wayne, Ohio, USA
  	15 Age: 15; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
  _MILT	1917  [6]
  Residence	1920	Columbus Ward 16, Franklin, Ohio, USA
  	StreetAddress: Summit Street; 25 Age: 25; Instructor Occupation: Instructor; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 267; Industry: University; IsEmployed: Wage or Salary; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
  Residence	1930	Marion, Marion, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Residence	1935	Salina, Saline, Kansas   [8]
  Residence	1940	, Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA   [8]
  Residence	1946	Salina, Kansas, USA   [9]
  Residence	1950	Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA   [10]
  Died	26 Oct 1961	Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA   [11]
  Buried	Salina, Saline County, Kansas, United States of America
  Person ID	I21180	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. Dr. John Leonard Tait, PhD,   b. 22 May 1868, Elora, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1962, Kansas, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Elizabeth Petch,   b. 2 Mar 1868, Duntroon, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1935, St Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	15 Mar 1893	King County, Washington, USA   [1, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F7153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Prof. Bula M Gardner, PhD,   b. Abt 1891, Kansas, USA ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	26 Jun 1939	California, USA   [14, 15]
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F7698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was born in 1894 in Elgin, Pierce County, Washington State, USA, just northwest of Tacoma. John was a professor of history at Sterling College (Kansas) from 1936-1938 and then at Kansas Wesleyan University from 1938-1945. His wife, Bula Gardner, was also a professor at Kansas Wesleyan University. No children were listed in his obituary. On 15 Apr 1919, John William Tait applied for an American passport. He indicates that he was born 1 Oct 1895 in Elgin, Washington, USA and that his father, John Leonard Tait, was born in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada and was currently residing in Le Mans, France, working for the YMCA. He indicates his permanent home is Columbus, Ohio, USA, and that he has been residing in Saint Nazaire and Bordeaux, France for the past year. John was currently employed as a clerk in the American Consolate Office in Bordeaux, France. In 1931, John was licensed to preach by a presbytery in Ohio (the specific presbytery is not named in the record). It appears that, although licensed, he was never ordained as he never took a pastoral position, but remained in university teaching positions: "Today members of the Presbytery will examine and license John Tait, son of the Rev. J.W. Tait of Polo, who, since his graduation from the theological seminary, has been teaching at the University of Ohio and working for a Ph. D. degree." (Morning Star, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA, Page 2, Published Wednesday September 16 1931) Obituary Dr. John W Tait The funeral fo Dr. John William Tait, 67, former Kansas Wesleyan University professor, will be at 5:15 pm Sunday at the Willard Lewis Memorial Chapel, Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C., the Revs C. Ross Milley, Jonathan Jackson and H. V. Mannin, president of the college, officiating. Dr. Tait, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. John L. Tait, was born Oct. 3 1894, hear Tacoma, Washington. He taught at Sterling College from 1936 to 1938, and at Kansas Wesleyan from 1938 to 1945. The widow, the former Bula Gardner, also is a fomer Kansas Wesleyan teacher. Dr. Tait had been professor of history at CLaflin College since 1959.

  
  

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