HEOPHILUS2
TAYLOR
(UNKNOWN1)
was born 1759 in Virginia, and died October 05, 1845 in Franklin County,
Georgia Buried in Carnes Cemetary Tocca, Georgia. He married (1) VIRGINA
CLINKSCALES.
She died 1843 in Buried in Carnes Cemetary Tocca, Georgia.
Notes for T
HEOPHILUS
TAYLOR:
There is an early story stating that the first we hear regarding the
Taylor Family is that "Theopheus Taylor and a Mr Keller came across from
England". This would have been the father of Theophilus (or Theophus,
alternate spelling) if the story is correct.
by Jane Taylor
Theophilus Taylor was born in 1759 in Virginia. At an early age he moved
with his family to North Carolina. In January, 1779, he was living in
Montgomery County, North Carolinam where he was drafted for three months
service in the Revolution. During this tour he served under Captain Pawns
and Colonel Childs. He was first marched from Montgomery County to
Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) to assist General Blufort's wounded men. Then
his company marched to Massy Ferry on the Pee Dee River where they remained
some time guarding the Ferry. From there they marched to Rockingham Mills
where he remained until Colonel Thomas Wade took command of the company and
marched them down to Betty's Bridge on Drowning Creek where they had a
severe engagement with Hector McNeill who was commander of the Tories and
British. After the fight was over they marched back to Kimbry near Massy
Ferry, where Theophilus was stationed until his time was out and was
discharged.
Theophilus then moved to Anson County, North Carolina where he was again
drafted for an eighteen month tour under Captain Theophilus Webb and Colonel
Lacey. He was ordered to Charleston, South Carolina and marched within forty
miles of the city. He was stationed at what was called Four Holes, where he
remained until his time was out and received a printed discharge from
General Poak.
Following his second dischargem Theophilus returned to Anson County,
North Carolina where he lived about five years. Approximately 1786 he moved
to Cheraw District (Chesterfield County, South Carolina) and lived there
eighteen years where he raised his family.
The family moved to Franklin County, Georgia around 1805, where they
purchased land from Jeremiah and Leah Taylor on the North Fork of the Broad
River (adjoining Tate and Dunagan), April 18, 1806. Theophilus and his wife
lived on this property (now Stephens County, Georgia) the remaining years of
their lives. Theophilus served as First Lieutenant in the local militia
district from 1825-1929.
On June 5, 1845, Theophilus Taylor deeded the land on which he lived to
(blind) Stephen Taylor of Habersham County, Georgia, and Henry F. L. Taylor
of DeKalb County, Alabama for natural love and affection of his grandsons.
Theophilus died October 5, 1845 and his wife died about 1843. They are
buried in Carnes Creek Cemetery near Toccoa, Georgia. His estate was
administered and settled on August 7, 1855 by Jeptha W. and Jeremiah E.
Taylor of Forsyth County, Georgia.
by Jerry A. Taylor and Steven C. Taylor
More About T
HEOPHILUS
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Carnes Creek Cemetery, Toccoa, Ga
Children of T
HEOPHILUS
TAYLOR
and VIRGINA
CLINKSCALES
are:
i. HETTY3 TAYLOR, m. UNKNOWN HOLCOMB.
More About HETTY TAYLOR:
Fact 1: first name in some records as Betty
ii. SALLIE TAYLOR, m. UNKNOWN HOLCOMB.
iii. DELPHA TAYLOR, m. UNKNOWN JOHNSON.
2. iv. JEREMIAH TAYLOR, b. 1773.
3. v. WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. 1789, Cherou, Chesterfield County, South
Carolina; d. 1867, Habersham County, Georgia.
Children of THEOPHILUS
TAYLOR
are:
4. vi. JEREMIAH3 TAYLOR, b. WFT Est. 1773-1781; d. WFT
Est. 1797-1869.
vii. WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. 1789, Cherou, Chesterfield Co, SC1;
d. WFT Est. 1820-18791; m. FRANCES GAZZAWAY, WFT
Est. 1820-18541; b. 1790, South Carolina; d. 1859,
Habersham County, Georgia.
More About FRANCES GAZZAWAY:
Fact 1: buried Carnes Creek Cemetery, Toccoa, Ga
viii. SALLY TAYLOR, b. 17911; d. WFT Est.
1819-18851; m. HOLCOMB, WFT Est. 1819-18531;
b. WFT Est. 1774-17941; d. WFT Est. 1819-18801.
ix. HETTY TAYLOR, b. 17971; d. WFT Est. 1825-18911;
m. HOLCOMB, WFT Est. 1825-18591; b. WFT Est.
1780-18001; d. WFT Est. 1825-18861.
x. DELPHA TAYLOR, b. 17991; d. WFT Est. 1827-18931;
m. JOHNSON, WFT Est. 1827-18611; b. WFT Est.
1782-18021; d. WFT Est. 1827-18881.
Generation No. 2
2. JEREMIAH3
TAYLOR
(THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1773. He married UNKNOWN.
Child of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
is:
5. i. JEREMIAH4 TAYLOR, JR., b. August 30, 1792, South
Carolina; d. November 07, 1871, Gallant, Etowah County, Alabama.
3. WILLIAM3
TAYLOR
(THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1789 in Cherou, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, and died 1867
in Habersham County, Georgia. He married FRANCES
GAZZAWAY.
She was born 1790 in South Carolina, and died 1859 in Habersham County,
Georgia.
Notes for WILLIAM
TAYLOR:
William Taylor, son of Revolutioner Theophilus Taylor, was born about
1789 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. About 1805, he moved with his
family to Franklin County, Georgia (now Stephens County) where they settled
on the North Fork of the Broad River.
William married a "Miss Gazzaway" (Frances) who was born about 1795 in
South Carolina. William raised his family on the Broad River in a "wedged"
log house with a high broad fireplace and rock chimney. Habersham County
deeds indicate that he sold his Rocky Creek property in 1825, located on the
side of the Tugalo River and bounded by John Brown on the East, William
Eddins on the North, and by Gabriel Smith on the South and purchased land on
the North Fork of the Broad River in Habersham County near his father. Also
during this period he drew land in the 1820 Lottery in Irwin County and
served on a Franklin County jury with Theophilus Taylor Jr, and Jeremiah
Taylor.
William having a son blind from infancy and losing his own sight in his
old age, provided for Stephen's security by deeding him 100 acres on the
North Fork of the Broad River adjoining the homeplace of Theophilus Taylor.
William died in 1867. Frances died prior to the 1860 Census. They are
buried in the Carnes Creek Cemetery in Stephens County Georgia.
By Jerry A Taylor and Steven C Taylor.
More About FRANCES
GAZZAWAY:
Fact 1: buried Carnes Creek Cemetery, Toccoa, Ga
Children of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and FRANCES
GAZZAWAY
are:
i. THOMAS W.4 TAYLOR, b. 1810; d. April 25, 1874; m.
NANCY COLLIER, February 13, 1856.
Notes for THOMAS W. TAYLOR:
Thomas W Taylor and his wife, Nancy, lived in Habersham County,
Georgia. In March 1838, he enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain
Charles Wright Bond in the "War In The Removal of the Cherokee Indians
From Georgia To Arkansas In The Year 1838" and served about three
months. Applying for a widow's pension, Nancy Taylor described Thomas
as "six feet high, his weight about 175 or 180, fair skin, blue gray
eyed, and yellow hair."
by Jerry A Taylor and Steven C Taylor
6. ii. CALEB TAYLOR, b. January 09, 1811, Franklin County, Georgia
(Now Stephens County); d. September 06, 1887, Habersham County,
Georgia.
7. iii. JOHN TAYLOR, b. 1813, Habersham County, Georgia; d.
February 19, 1893, Towns County, Georgia.
8. iv. SPENCER RANDOLPH TAYLOR, b. 1814; d. August 15, 1873, Dover,
Pope County, Arkansas.
9. v. MILLIE TAYLOR, b. 1816, Georgia.
10. vi. MATILDA TAYLOR, b. 1817; d. 1900.
vii. UNKNOWN TAYLOR, b. 1819.
viii. SUSAN MAMIE TAYLOR, b. 1822, Habersham Co, Georgia.
More About SUSAN MAMIE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Carnes Creek Cemetery, Toccoa, Ga
Fact 2: her tombstone is in the Taylor family plot
ix. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, b. 1823, Habersham Co, Georgia.
Notes for ELIZABETH TAYLOR:
Elizabeth and some children are shown living in the William Taylor
household in the 1860 Census.
by Jerry A Taylor and Steven C Taylor
11. x. ANDREW JACKSON TAYLOR, b. 1825, Habersham County, Georgia;
d. 1898, Towns County, Georgia.
12. xi. JEREMIAH MARTIN TAYLOR, b. December 19, 1827, Habersham
County, Georgia; d. August 07, 1904, Towns County, Georgia.
13. xii. MARY POLLY TAYLOR, b. 1829.
14. xiii. WOFFORD GILBERT TAYLOR, b. June 11, 1830, Franklin (HART)
County, GA; d. February 12, 1910, Bartow County.
15. xiv. WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. 1834.
xv. STEPHENS TAYLOR, b. 1840, Habersham Co, Georgia; d. 1897,
Habersham Co, Georgia; m. (1) KITTIE ANN EDMONDS, February 10, 1860;
m. (2) NANCY MINERVA FRIAR, August 31, 1871.
Notes for STEPHENS TAYLOR:
Although Steve was blind from infancy, he was very intelligent. He
could figure in his head how much lumber would be needed in a house
after the plans were read to him. He could also determine the day of
the week someone was born, and many other things. He was a good singer
and could play the organ. Steve Taylor lived near Toccoa, Stephens
County, Georgia. Steve's father, William, having a son blind from
infancy and losing his sight in his old age, provided for Stephen's
security by deeding him 100 acres on the North Fork of the Broad River
adjoining the homeplace of Theophilus Taylor.
Stephen is buried in the Taylor section at Carnes Creek Cemetery
beside his first wife and near his parents.
by Jerry A Taylor and Steven C Taylor
More About STEPHENS TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Carnes Creek Cemetery, Toccoa, Ga
4. JEREMIAH3
TAYLOR
(THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born WFT Est. 1773-17811, and died WFT Est. 1797-18691.
Child of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
is:
i. JEREMIAH4 TAYLOR, b. August 30, 1792, SC1;
d. November 07, 1871, Gallant, Etowah Co, AL1; m.
CHARLOTTE HOLCOMBE, WFT Est. 1827-18591; b. 1799,
GA; d. October 29, 1886, Gallant, Etowah Co, AL.
More About CHARLOTTE HOLCOMBE:
Fact 1: buried in Brasher Family Cemetery
Generation No. 3
5. JEREMIAH4
TAYLOR,
JR.
(JEREMIAH3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 30, 1792 in South Carolina, and died November 07, 1871 in
Gallant, Etowah County, Alabama. He married CHARLOTTE
HOLCOMBE.
She was born 1799 in GA, and died October 29, 1886 in Gallant, Etowah Co,
AL.
More About JEREMIAH
TAYLOR,
JR.:
Fact 1: buried Brasher Family Cemetery
Fact 2: Etowah County, Alabama
More About CHARLOTTE
HOLCOMBE:
Fact 1: buried in Brasher Family Cemetery
Children of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
and CHARLOTTE
HOLCOMBE
are:
i. ELIZABETH5 TAYLOR, b. March 1832, GA.
16. ii. SARAH P. TAYLOR, b. 1836, Georgia; d. February 04, 1908,
Gallant, Etowah County, Alabama.
6. CALEB4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 09, 1811 in Franklin County, Georgia (Now Stephens County),
and died September 06, 1887 in Habersham County, Georgia. He married MARY
JANE BELL,
daughter of THOMAS
BELL
and ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN.
She died October 29, 1884 in Habersham County, Georgia.
More About CALEB
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: lived in Stephens County, Georgia
Children of CALEB
TAYLOR
and MARY
BELL
are:
17. i. BASHEBA CAROLINE5 TAYLOR, b. September 1842; d.
December 12, 1852, Dayton, Arkansas.
ii. FRANCIS W. TAYLOR, b. 1845; d. 1861.
More About FRANCIS W. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Frank
iii. JEREMIAH CAMPBELL TAYLOR, b. 1846.
iv. BRUNETTA TAYLOR, b. 1849.
18. v. WALTON CRAWFORD TAYLOR, b. January 27, 1853, Habersham
County, Georgia; d. December 11, 1918, Stephens County, Georgia.
19. vi. ALAMEDA CATHERINE TAYLOR, b. December 30, 1854.
vii. CLARKIE ANN SAPHRONIA NAOMI TAYLOR, b. February 18, 1857; d.
March 08, 1897; m. BUTLER HUFF.
20. viii. MARY ANN NAOMI TAYLOR, b. August 14, 1859; d. August 01,
1945.
ix. MANDA TAYLOR, b. January 20, 1861; d. October 1870.
x. EMMA ANNA SAVANNAH TAYLOR, b. October 17, 1865; d. March 21,
1939; m. UNKNOWN SYMMES.
7. JOHN4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1813 in Habersham County, Georgia, and died February 19, 1893 in
Towns County, Georgia. He married MARTHA
PATSY
WHEELER
October 07, 1843 in Franklin County, Georgia (Now Stephens County). She was
born August 31, 1824 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died December 25,
1904.
Notes for JOHN
TAYLOR:
He was born 1813 in Habersham County, Georgia, and died feb 19, 1893 in
Towns County, Georgia. Buried in Mt Zion Cemetery. Son of William and
Frances Gazzaway Taylor and raised on the North Fork of the Broad River.
Applying for an Indian War Veteran's Pension on October 17, 1892, John
Taylor stated that he was "6 ft high, hair brown, eyes black and by
occupation a farmer," made an affadavit before the Ordinary that he served
"as a Private in Captain Charles Wright Bond's Company, Militia, Cherokee
Wars in the year 1838. That he enlisted at Carnesville, Franklin County,
Georgia in March 1838 and was Honorably Discharged at New Echota, Georgia on
July 2, 1838. The U.S. Treasury Department confirmed that he was paid from
March 23 to July 1, 1838- three months, 10days and 14 days travel pay, 140
miles to the place of rendezvous and 140 miles from the place of Discharge,
home
John Taylor died Feb 19, 1893, before the pension was allowed; however,
under the Act of 1855, he had received 120 acres from the State by Bounty
Land Warrant Number 78447.
Following John's death, Martha applied for a Widow's Pension November 7,
1893. She stated in an affadavit that she was born in Franklin County on
31st day of August 1824. Jeremiah Tayalor and Eliza Ann Wheeler of Mountain
Scene. Georgia attested that John Taylor and Martha Wheeler were married at
the house of Susan Wheeler in the County of Franklin, State of Georgia, on
or about the 7th day of October 1843. That one Asa Payne, a Justice of the
Peace, administered the rites of marriage and pronounced them lawfully man
and wife.
Satisfying the requirements, Martha was pensioned at the rate of $8.00
per month and received the pension until her death December 25, 1904. She
and John are buried in the Mt Zion Cemetery.
Before John and Martha Taylor moved to Union (Towns) county in the
1840's, they lived in Macon County, North Carolina for a short time. In
Towns County, John Taylor made his home one mile south of Mt Zion Church on
Lot 26 in the 19th District and First Section. Ben Taylor, in "The Taylors
Settling in Towns County," wrote "John Taylor lived out his long and useful
life of about 80 years there. And as to his occupation, he was a farmer, a
blacksmith, and could play the violin at will. He was a member of the
Baptist Church and lived a good quiet life. Reared a large and respectful
family, and was liked and respected by all who knew him."
By Jerry A Taylor
More About JOHN
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of JOHN
TAYLOR
and MARTHA
WHEELER
are:
21. i. JAMES5 TAYLOR, b. August 11, 1844, Union (Towns)
County, Georgia; d. November 18, 1917.
ii. JOHN TAYLOR, JR., b. May 03, 1848.
22. iii. BRUNETTA TAYLOR, b. December 27, 1849, Union (Towns)
County, Georgia.
23. iv. MARY ETTA TAYLOR, b. February 24, 1852, Union (Towns)
County, Georgia; d. February 09, 1936, Towns County, Georgia.
24. v. JULIA ANN TAYLOR, b. March 04, 1854.
25. vi. BUCHANAN TAYLOR, b. September 30, 1856, Towns County,
Georgia.
26. vii. ANDREW J. TAYLOR, b. January 18, 1859, Towns County,
Georgia; d. June 30, 1925, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.
27. viii. JOSEPHINE TAYLOR, b. April 28, 1861, Towns County,
Georgia; d. September 13, 1941, Towns County, Georgia.
28. ix. SARAH JANE TAYLOR, b. May 23, 1863, Towns County, Georgia;
d. March 17, 1942.
29. x. ALICE MARTHA TAYLOR, b. May 03, 1866, Towns County, Georgia.
30. xi. NEWTON TAYLOR, b. September 16, 1868, Towns County,
Georgia; d. September 25, 1936, Towns County, Georgia.
8. SPENCER
RANDOLPH4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1814, and died August 15, 1873 in Dover, Pope County, Arkansas. He
married CYNTHIA
HOLCOMBE
November 13, 1836. She died September 19, 1891 in Dover, Pope County,
Arkansas.
Children of SPENCER
TAYLOR
and CYNTHIA
HOLCOMBE
are:
i. FARIBY J.5 TAYLOR, b. 1838.
ii. MALINDA TAYLOR, b. 1839.
iii. FRANCES M. TAYLOR, b. 1841.
iv. WILLIAM L. TAYLOR, b. 1843.
31. v. JOHN MORGAN TAYLOR, b. January 04, 1846; d. April 27, 1929,
Denton Tx.
vi. FAZET M. TAYLOR, b. 1847.
vii. MARY ANN TAYLOR, b. 1849.
9. MILLIE4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1816 in Georgia. She married THEOPHILUS
ALFRED
HOLCOMB
December 15, 1840 in Habersham County, Georgia, son of JOHN
HOLCOMB
and UNKNOWN.
Children of MILLIE
TAYLOR
and THEOPHILUS
HOLCOMB
are:
i. WILLIAM W.5 HOLCOMB, b. 1842.
ii. MARY HOLCOMB, b. 1845.
32. iii. MCDANIEL HOLCOMB, b. February 1847, Georgia; d. 1925,
Cherokee, Alabama.
iv. JAMES JOSEPH HOLCOMB, b. 1849.
v. THOMAS F. HOLCOMB, b. 1850, Georgia.
vi. SARAH F. HOLCOMB, b. 1852, Georgia.
vii. SHEHARD SHERWOOD HOLCOMB, b. 1857.
viii. CICERO C. HOLCOMB, b. 1859.
10. MATILDA4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1817, and died 1900. She married BILLY
BELL,
son of THOMAS
BELL
and ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN.
Children of MATILDA
TAYLOR
and BILLY
BELL
are:
i. HARRIETT5 BELL.
ii. JABEL BELL.
iii. EMILY BELL, m. SAM DAVIS.
iv. GILBERT BELL, b. 1859; d. 1945, Stephens Co, Georgia; m.
JOSEPHINE WHITTEN.
11. ANDREW
JACKSON4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1825 in Habersham County, Georgia, and died 1898 in Towns County,
Georgia. He married (1) NANCY
ELIZABETH
GILBERT
December 31, 1848 in Towns County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN
GILBERT
and ELIZABETH
RAY.
She died in Towns County, Georgia. He married (2) M.
M. AUSTIN
November 11, 1883 in Clay County, North Carolina.
Notes for ANDREW
JACKSON
TAYLOR:
Andrew Jackson "Jackie" Taylor, son of William and Frances Gazzaway
Taylor was born in 1825 in Habersham (now Stephens) County, Georgia and
raised on the North Fork of the Broad River. In the 1840's he and two
brothers, John and Jeremiah, migrated to what is now Towns County where he
settled near the foot of Unicoi Mountain. He married Nancy Gilbert, daughter
of John and Elizabeth Ray Gilbert, on December 31, 1848. She was a sister to
his brother Jeremiah's wife, Mary .
A. J. Taylor enlisted in Company A, 6th Georgia Calvary, CSA during the
Civil War. In his application for a Confederate Pension, he stated that at
the Battle of Missionary Ridge, September 12, 1863, he was shot in the left
arm and the side of the body.
In "The Taylors Settling in Towns County." Ben Taylor wrote "Jackie
proceeded to clear up and improve his land, and set out a lot of fruit
trees. He built a corn mill and ran it with the power of water furnished by
the head of Hiawassee River and ground meal for himself and all the
surrounding settlement for as long as he lived which was to a ripe old age.
By trade he was a farmer, a miller, and a blacksmith. He had a shop and a
small store and sold goods for many years. His wife dying and leaving him
alone he married the second time but no children born to the second
marriage. He was a member of the Baptist Church, lived a good and quiet
life, and raised a nice and respectable family."
Jackie Taylor died in 1898. He and Nancy are buried in the Mt Zion
Cemetery.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About ANDREW
JACKSON
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jackie
Fact 2: buried Mt Zion Church cemetery
More About NANCY
ELIZABETH
GILBERT:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of ANDREW
TAYLOR
and NANCY
GILBERT
are:
33. i. NANCY ELIZABETH5 TAYLOR, b. December 10, 1850,
Union (Towns) County, Georgia; d. August 05, 1910.
ii. MARY A. TAYLOR, b. 1852, Towns County, Georgia; m. UNKNOWN
ROGERS.
More About MARY A. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Dart
34. iii. WILLIAM ALBERT TAYLOR, b. November 14, 1853, Union (Towns)
County, Georgia; d. July 07, 1917, Gillsville, Georgia.
iv. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, b. 1858, Towns County, Georgia; m. (1)
UNKNOWN BURCH; m. (2) UNKNOWN DOVER.
35. v. ROBERT W. TAYLOR, b. November 20, 1862, Towns County,
Georgia; d. May 05, 1936, Towns County, Georgia.
36. vi. FRANCIS BARTOW TAYLOR, b. September 13, 1866, Towns County,
Georgia; d. November 02, 1938, Towns County, Georgia.
12. JEREMIAH
MARTIN4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born December 19, 1827 in Habersham County, Georgia, and died August 07,
1904 in Towns County, Georgia. He married (1) MARY
GILBERT
October 25, 1846 in Union County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN
GILBERT
and ELIZABETH
RAY.
She died August 22, 1871 in Towns County, Georgia Buried in Mt. Zion Church
Cemetary. He married (2) DELILAH
CROW LLOYD
August 29, 1872, daughter of SILAS
CROW
and RUTH
EBETT.
She died July 10, 1936 in Towns County, Georgia Buried in Mt. Zion Church
Cemetary.
Notes for JEREMIAH
MARTIN
TAYLOR:
Jeremiah Martin "Jerry" Taylor, son of William and Frances Gazzaway
Taylor and grandson of Revolutioner Theophilus Taylor, was born December 19,
1827 in Habersham (now Stephens) County, Georgia and was raised on the North
Fork of the Broad River. In the mid 1840's, following the removal of the
Cherokees, he and two brothers, John and Andrew Jackson, all in their 20's,
left home and migrated to what is now Towns County where they settled in the
Owl Creek Community. Jeremiah went to General James R Wyly, a family friend
from Habersham County, for advice and counsil. General Wyly, an influential
man with large property and slave holdings, permitted him to live on his
land until he was financially able to buy his own land.
On the first Tuesday in December 1848, 13 interest in Lot 293 of the 18th
District was "knocked off to Jeremiah Taylor before the courthouse door in
Blairsville at the price of $15.00, he being the highest bidder." On March
12, 1851, he purchased the remaining 23 interest for $150, making a total of
160 acres. The lot had originally been drawn in the Cherokee Land Lottery by
Arthur C Perry's orphans of Twiggs County, Georgia. Matthew Wright,
Attorney, handled the sale. Since there was no safe way to send money
through the mail, Jeremiah Taylor was advised to cut the bills in half and
send them in separate mail runs, which he did and secured the land.
The home on Owl Creek in which Jeremiah Taylor raised his family was a
dog-trot style log house wedged by dovetail notches. The large living room
had puncheon board floors and a 6' broad rock fireplace with soapstone
hearth and trim. The breezeway separated the living area from the kitchen,
which was in the back, and the entire structure was covered by the sleeping
loft.
On October 25, 1846, he married Nancy Gilbert, daughter of John and
Elizabeth Ray Gilbert, who had moved from Wilkes County, North Carolina.
They had seven children prior to Jeremiah enlisting in the service during
the Civil War. Their names were Harvey Pinson, Adaline, William Gilbert,
Sarah Ann, Mary Jane (died young), John Willborn, and Josephine (died
young).
Roused by the spirit of the times, Jeremiah enlisted February 9, 1863 in
Company A, 6th Georgia Cavalry and rode under the command of Colonel John R
Hart in A J Iverson's Brigade under Brig. General John Pegram, commander of
the Calvary Division, CSA. During his Civil War tour, Jeremiah and his
company rode the grounds from Cumberland Gap, Tennessee to Chickamauga,
Georgia and were involved in numerous skirmishes. During the Chickamauga
Campaign the 6th Georgia Calvary saw action at: Leet's Tan-Yard against
Wilder's Lightning Brigade of mounted infantry, Reed's Saw Mill on the
memorable field of the Chickamaug; Missionary Ridge against Colonel Minty's
mounted infantry- part of Rosencrans Army; Chattanooga and Hiawassee Road
against the 59th Ohio infantry; and skirmishes at Pea Vine Creek against the
1st Kentucky Infantry.
During the Chickamauga Campaigns, Jeremiah was "...wounded in the right
hand from firing guns. His hand became feverent, infected, and stiffened all
his fingers to the point his hand was rendered essentially and substantially
useless." The infection also created chronic complications which further
hindered him from performing the required tasks of the Calvary. In July
1864, Jeremiah Martin Taylor was honorably discharged for the wound he
received and subsequently received a monthly pension of $25/$30 during his
and his widow's aging years respectively.
Returning home to Owl Creek, he resumed his life of farming and providing
for his family, yet the impressions of the war remained with him to the
extent that he named his next child Robert E Lee Taylor. The last child of
Jeremiah and Mary Gilbert Taylor was Georgia Lou Taylor, born July 26, 1867.
Only four years after the birth of Georgia Lou, Mary Gilbert Taylor, at
age 43, died (August 22, 1871) and was buried in Mt Zion Cemetery.
Following Mary's death, Jeremiah married Delilah, the daughter of Silas
Crow and the widow of Bryam Marshall Lloyd, August 29, 1872. They had two
children: Benjamin Hill Taylor and Alfred Taylor.
Jeremiah Martin Taylor's principal livelihood and support for his family
was farming. In addition to his first land, he accumulated lots 294, 291,
and part of 286 in the 18th District of Towns County. Maintaining and
cultivating over 300 acres, he used the remaining land as investments for
selling the timber and mineral rights. Life on the farm demanded hard labor,
family cooperation, and the use of oxen, mules, and horses for working the
soil. It was recorded in the 1850's that Jeremiah was given "a certain yoke
of oxen of a dim or brindle color with a white face, each ablout 3 years
old" for a $28 debt owed by Charles T Smith, which no doubt helped in its
own small way the chores of farming the land.
Jeremiah M Taylor was also a stock raiser, a blacksmith and mechanic, a
nurseryman-growing fruit trees, and musician-able to play the Vl'lin at
will. Being a respected member of the community, he served as a Justice of
the Peace of G M District 1243, a Commissioner of the Unicoy Turnpike and as
Clerk of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Soapstone Gap until so many people
moved out that it was dissolved and merged with Mt Zion in the 1880's.
Leaving his homestead to his wife and dispersing his property to his ten
remaining children, Jeremiah M Taylor died August 7, 1904 and was buried in
Mt Zion Cemetery beside his first wife, Mary Gilbert Taylor, and after
having dwelled in his adopted mountain homeland for 69 years. Delilah Crow
Lloyd Taylor died July 10, 1936 and was also buried in Mt Zion Cemetery.
By Jerry A Taylor and Steven C Taylor
More About JEREMIAH
MARTIN
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jerry
Fact 2: buried Mt Zion Church cemetery
Children of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
and MARY
GILBERT
are:
37. i. HARVEY PINSON5 TAYLOR, b. March 12, 1848, Towns
County, Georgia; d. February 28, 1915, Cobb County, GA.
38. ii. ADALINE TAYLOR, b. March 04, 1850, Union County, Georgia;
d. Union (Towns) County, Georgia.
39. iii. WILLIAM GILBERT TAYLOR, b. March 29, 1852, Towns County,
Georgia; d. November 11, 1933, Towns County, Georgia.
40. iv. SARAH ANN TAYLOR, b. July 07, 1854, Union (Towns) County,
Georgia.
v. MARY JANE TAYLOR, b. November 25, 1857, Towns County, Georgia.
More About MARY JANE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
41. vi. JOHN WILLBORN TAYLOR, b. July 04, 1860, Towns County,
Georgia.
vii. JOSEPHINE TAYLOR, b. March 05, 1863, Towns County, Georgia.
More About JOSEPHINE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
42. viii. ROBERT E. LEE TAYLOR, b. November 29, 1865, Towns County,
Georgia; d. October 21, 1927, Jefferson County, Alabama.
43. ix. GEORGIA LOU TAYLOR, b. July 26, 1867, Towns County,
Georgia; d. June 16, 1952, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Children of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
and DELILAH
LLOYD
are:
44. x. BENJAMIN HILL5 TAYLOR, b. February 20, 1876,
Towns County, Georgia; d. December 01, 1961, Towns County, Georgia.
45. xi. ALFRED C. TAYLOR, SR., b. November 18, 1880, Towns County,
Georgia.
13. MARY
POLLY4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1829. She married (1) UNKNOWN
HAYGOOD.
She married (2) JOSHUA
E. PURCELL.
Child of MARY
TAYLOR
and JOSHUA
PURCELL
is:
46. i. FLEMING FLETCHER5 PURCELL, b. July 26, 1866,
Georgia; d. September 21, 1936, Baxley (Appling County), Georgia.
14. WOFFORD
GILBERT4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born June 11, 1830 in Franklin (HART) County, GA, and died February 12,
1910 in Bartow County. He married UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN.
Notes for WOFFORD
GILBERT
TAYLOR:
It is passed down that Wofford Gilbert Taylor lived in or near Polk
County, Georgia.
By Jerry A Taylor and Steve A Taylor
More About WOFFORD
GILBERT
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Taylorsville GA
Fact 2: nicknamed Wilford
Children of WOFFORD
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
are:
i. UNKNOWN5 TAYLOR.
ii. UNKNOWN TAYLOR.
iii. UNKNOWN TAYLOR.
iv. H. T. TAYLOR.
v. WOFFORD TAYLOR.
vi. G. N. TAYLOR.
15. WILLIAM4
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1834. He married UNKNOWN
WIFE.
Child of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
WIFE
is:
47. i. WILLIAM JESS5 TAYLOR, b. January 31, 1858,
Franklin County, Georgia (Now Stephens County); d. March 22, 1926,
Stephens County, Georgia.
Generation No. 4
16. SARAH
P.5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH4,
JEREMIAH3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1836 in Georgia, and died February 04, 1908 in Gallant, Etowah
County, Alabama. She married (1) WILLIAM
CARROLL
LEE
January 12, 1864, son of NEEDHAM
LEE
and SUSAN
BAILEY.
He died in Buried in Conn Cemetery. She married (2) WILLIAM
CARROLL
LEE
January 12, 18641, son of NEEDHAM
LEE
and SUSAN
BAILEY.
He was born June 14, 1796 in Georgia or TN1, and died
April 06, 1884 in Gallant, Etowah Co, AL1.
Children of SARAH
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
LEE
are:
i. ROBERT E.6 LEE, b. 1865; d. Bef. 1900.
48. ii. ELIZA JANE LEE, b. October 31, 1867, Alabama; d. July 31,
1903, Gallant, Etowah County, Alabama.
Child of SARAH
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
LEE
is:
49. iii. ELIZA JANE6 LEE, b. October 31, 1867, Alabama;
d. July 31, 1903, Gallant, Etowah Co, AL.
17. BASHEBA
CAROLINE5
TAYLOR
(CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 1842, and died December 12, 1852 in Dayton, Arkansas. She
married THOMPSON
ADDISON.
Child of BASHEBA
TAYLOR
and THOMPSON
ADDISON
is:
50. i. GARRETT CALEB CHRISTOPHER6 ADDISON.
18. WALTON
CRAWFORD5
TAYLOR
(CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 27, 1853 in Habersham County, Georgia, and died December
11, 1918 in Stephens County, Georgia. He married MARTHA
ANN KEELING
February 08, 1877 in Habersham County, Georgia, daughter of LITTLETON
KEELING
and JUDITH
AYERS.
She died May 02, 1948 in Stephens County, Georgia; Buried at Liberty Hill
Baptist Church.
Notes for WALTON
CRAWFORD
TAYLOR:
Walton Crawford Taylor was born January 27, 1853 near Toccoa in Habersham
County, Georgia (now Stephens County). He was educated in the public school
of that community. He joined the Baptist Church adn started an active
membership that continued throughout his life.
On the 8th day of February, 1877, he married Miss Martha Ann Keeling.
Miss Keeling was reared there in the same community as Mr Taylor and enjoyed
the same advantages of education that he did. Miss Keeling was also a member
of the Baptist Church, having joined at an early age and continuing as an
active member throughout her lifetime. The couple was married at the home of
the bride's father L M Keeling, with the ceremony performed by the Reverend
Elder JOhn Kytle.
To this union was born fourteen children, two of whom died in infancy.
One of those two children was a twin to Oscar Lee Taylor.
Mr Taylor was a prominent farmer and business man. He operated twelve
farms, and a mercatile store at the family home near the Broad River and he
also owned rental property.
Mr Taylor lived his entire life on the same plantation where he was born
and where he died on December 11, 1918. He was buried on December 13, 1918
at the Liberty Hill Baptist Church, having been a member of that church most
of his life.
by Jane Taylor, Great Granddaughter
More About WALTON
CRAWFORD
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Liberty Hill Baptist Church
Children of WALTON
TAYLOR
and MARTHA
KEELING
are:
51. i. BURNETTE ROSA6 TAYLOR, b. May 15, 1878; d. July
05, 1971, Stephens County Georgia.
52. ii. WALTON ALEX STEPHENS TAYLOR, b. November 07, 1879; d. June
06, 1952.
53. iii. WILLIAM HARRISON TAYLOR, b. March 05, 1881; d. September
20, 1952.
54. iv. ELLA MAE TAYLOR, b. May 30, 1883; d. September 29, 1953.
55. v. LITTLETON FRANK TAYLOR, b. August 18, 1884; d. July 22,
1945.
56. vi. CALEB MADISON TAYLOR, b. April 01, 1886, Stephens County
GA; d. September 29, 1958, Atlanta GA.
57. vii. OSCAR LEE TAYLOR, b. March 13, 1888; d. May 04, 1965,
Stephens County GA.
58. viii. THOMAS HILLIARD TAYLOR, SR, b. December 18, 1889,
Stephens County GA; d. July 06, 1961, Stephens County GA.
59. ix. VINNIE TAYLOR, b. April 13, 1893; d. March 16, 1985.
x. VADA SAVILLA TAYLOR, b. July 07, 1893; m. (1) TOM ANDERSON; m.
(2) JOHN WILLIAM ADAMS, May 14, 1916; d. March 19, 1944.
60. xi. VIOLA ANN TAYLOR, b. September 28, 1895; d. July 15, 1982,
Stephens County GA.
xii. VERNICE CLEO TAYLOR, b. July 30, 1898; d. December 26, 1971.
19. ALAMEDA
CATHERINE5
TAYLOR
(CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born December 30, 1854. She married ROBERT
ALEXANDER
NAVES,
son of GEORGE
NAVES
and JANE
UNKNOWN.
He died May 10, 1909.
Children of ALAMEDA
TAYLOR
and ROBERT
NAVES
are:
61. i. ALAMEDA LORENA6 NAVES, b. August 10, 1873; d.
November 12, 1967.
ii. HARRISON HOYT NAVES, b. July 10, 1875; d. November 08, 1880.
62. iii. ROBERT WADE NAVES, b. May 07, 1877; d. June 27, 1942.
iv. ALEXANDER CRAWFORD NAVES, b. November 25, 1879; d. October 02,
1955.
v. CLARKIE JANE NAVES, b. July 16, 1883.
vi. CLARA ELVIRA NAVES, b. July 27, 1887; d. 1960; m. WILLIAM
THOMAS ACREE; b. January 12, 1853; d. May 16, 1923, Stephens Co,
Georgia.
Notes for CLARA ELVIRA NAVES:
Clara Naves married William Thomas Acree and lived in Atlanta.
William Thomas Acree was the son of James Knox Acree, born Jan 12,
1853, and died May 16, 1923 in Stephens County, Georgia, Clara was
killed in an automobile accident in the 1960's.
vii. GEORGE BRUCE NAVES, b. September 12, 1889.
viii. WILLIAM PIKE NAVES, b. August 10, 1892; d. December 10, 1913.
Notes for WILLIAM PIKE NAVES:
William Pike Naves, a flagman on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad,
met his death under the wheels of some of the cars he was switching at
the yards on Tuesday morning, December 9, 1913, at about 7:30 am. His
body was fearfully mangled and death was instant. He fell from the top
of a car between two cars. His body below the waist was ground to a
pulp. Naves was 21 years old and unmarried. He was from Toccoa, where
his remains were carried for burial.
20. MARY
ANN NAOMI5
TAYLOR
(CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 14, 1859, and died August 01, 1945. She married SAMUEL
HARRISON
LODEN
January 03, 1877. He died March 19, 1924.
Children of MARY
TAYLOR
and SAMUEL
LODEN
are:
63. i. AMANDA NAOMI6 LODEN, b. March 18, 1878; d. August
20, 1964.
64. ii. JOHN HARRISON LODEN, b. January 08, 1880; d. January 20,
1968.
65. iii. ISABELLA GABRILLA LODEN, b. February 06, 1882; d. May 09,
1948.
iv. PAUL LODEN, b. January 13, 1884; d. June 13, 1908.
v. GEORGE LUTHER LODEN, b. July 15, 1886; d. February 18, 1931; m.
(1) LUCILLE MARTIN, 1915; m. (2) NANCY DICKSON, October 26, 1917.
vi. MAUD ELIZABETH LODEN, b. October 05, 1888; d. February 10,
1981; m. SAMUEL F WILLIAMS, December 25, 1910.
vii. CHARLES SPURGEON LODEN, b. February 05, 1891; d. December 17,
1948; m. EUL JOHNSON, June 14, 1921.
66. viii. ALMEDIA LOUISE LODEN, b. January 15, 1893; d. November
09, 1981.
ix. MARY MAY LODEN, b. July 14, 1895; d. August 19, 1980; m.
RANDOLPH JOE ANDREWS, January 15, 1920.
x. SAMUEL EMERSON LODEN, b. December 31, 1897; d. January 03, 1944.
21. JAMES5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 11, 1844 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia, and died November
18, 1917. He married SARAH
E. SMITH
January 11, 1867 in Towns County, Georgia. She died November 09, 1898.
Children of JAMES
TAYLOR
and SARAH
SMITH
are:
i. AMANDA J.6 TAYLOR, b. 1868; d. 1900; m. STEVE KEMP.
ii. JOHN LUTHER TAYLOR, b. 1871; m. BETTY MCCLURE.
iii. ETTA EMILY TAYLOR, b. 1872; d. 1943; m. JOHN HENRY BROWN.
iv. LOUANA TAYLOR, b. 1873; d. 1895.
v. SUMNER J. TAYLOR, b. 1875; d. 1961; m. CARRIE REYNOLDS.
vi. RACHEL VIOLA TAYLOR, b. 1877; d. 1968; m. STEVE KEMP.
67. vii. MARY MAGDELINE TAYLOR, b. May 11, 1880; d. February 07,
1974.
viii. ALICE A. TAYLOR, b. 1883.
ix. ADDIE LEE TAYLOR, b. 1885; d. 1964; m. JERRY ROSS.
x. CARRIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR, b. 1887; d. 1948; m. (1) JIM MARLOW; m.
(2) UNKNOWN GUYTON.
xi. ISA MAE TAYLOR, b. 1889; d. 1948; m. TOM GENTRY.
xii. GEORGIA ANN TAYLOR, b. 1892; d. 1970; m. CHARLES ANDERSON.
22. BRUNETTA5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born December 27, 1849 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia. She married JOHN
L. TEAGUE.
More About BRUNETTA
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Netty
Fact 2: lived in Lula, Georgia, Banks County
More About JOHN
L. TEAGUE:
Fact 1: nicknamed Lodge
Children of BRUNETTA
TAYLOR
and JOHN
TEAGUE
are:
i. JOHN6 TEAGUE, b. 1875, North Carolina.
ii. OLIVER TEAGUE, b. 1877, Georgia.
iii. EDDY TEAGUE, b. 1878, Georgia.
iv. PARM TEAGUE, b. 1878, Georgia.
v. IOWA TEAGUE, b. 1879, Georgia.
vi. HATTIE TEAGUE, b. 1887, Towns County, Georgia.
23. MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 24, 1852 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia, and died
February 09, 1936 in Towns County, Georgia. She married AMANUEL
NELSON
WOOD
February 20, 1871 in Towns County, Georgia. He died October 26, 1924 in
Towns County, Georgia.
More About MARY
ETTA TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
Fact 2: lived near Aquone, North Carolina
More About AMANUEL
NELSON
WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of MARY
TAYLOR
and AMANUEL
WOOD
are:
68. i. THOMAS NEWTON6 WOOD, b. July 13, 1872, Towns
County, Georgia; d. 1953, Clark Co, Ga.
69. ii. LAURA WOOD, b. May 06, 1875; d. July 22, 1964.
70. iii. ELLA WOOD, b. June 17, 1877; d. April 20, 1928, Andrews,
Cherokee County, North, Carolina.
iv. MAGDALENE WOOD, b. September 07, 1879; d. March 15, 1913; m.
TOM ROPER, May 01, 1911.
More About MAGDALENE WOOD:
Fact 1: nicknamed Maggie
v. JULIA WOOD, b. September 07, 1881; d. March 01, 1901; m. JOHN
GREGORY, September 02, 1900.
vi. AMANUEL WOOD, b. February 29, 1884; d. November 10, 1886.
71. vii. MARY ETTA WOOD, b. October 18, 1886; d. July 13, 1961.
72. viii. JAMES ARTHUR WOOD, b. February 18, 1889, Natahala NC; d.
December 04, 1949, Warne, Clay county NC.
73. ix. FLORENCE WOOD, b. November 13, 1892; d. August 18, 1978,
Towns County, Georgia.
24. JULIA
ANN5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 04, 1854. She married WILLIAM
SMITH.
Notes for JULIA
ANN TAYLOR:
William and Julia Ann Smith moved to Texas. Julia was in California when
she was last heard from.
Child of JULIA
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
SMITH
is:
i. THOMAS6 SMITH.
Notes for THOMAS SMITH:
Thomas Smith followed the rodeos and was a champion bucking horse
rider.
25. BUCHANAN5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 30, 1856 in Towns County, Georgia. He married ADDIE
STEP.
Notes for BUCHANAN
TAYLOR:
Buchanan and Addie went to Texas.
Children of BUCHANAN
TAYLOR
and ADDIE
STEP
are:
i. JOHN6 TAYLOR.
ii. NISH TAYLOR.
iii. ANDREW TAYLOR.
26. ANDREW
J.5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 18, 1859 in Towns County, Georgia, and died June 30, 1925
in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. He married SARAH
LAVETA
TURNER
November 14, 1894 in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, daughter of NATHAN
TURNER
and CATHERINE
PICKLE.
She died February 19, 1940 in Colorado.
Notes for ANDREW
J. TAYLOR:
I have little information on Grandfather except he was a very nice
person, and was well liked. My mother, Josephine Taylor Beck, told me that
the Indians knew him as the man who roped cattle left handed.
They lived on or near the Indian Reservation near Cisco, Utah after he
and Sarah Turner were married. They moved the cattle over Glade Park to the
ranch in the Unaweep Canyon while the Indians were still around. He probably
came to Colorado by covered wagons with cattle, from what I remember my
mother saying.
The Taylor Ranch, upon which he lived for about 30 years was one of the
first to be developed in the Unaweep Canyon, and was a landmark of the
canyon, which was shown on maps. It is located 15 miles from Whitewater, and
was where they engaged in the cattle business.
He was a charter member of the Grand Junction Elks Lodge. He died of
diabetes while at the St Mary's Hospital at the age of 66 years of age.
By Dean Bryan Beck, Grandson
The following is an article from "The Daily Sentinal" which details life
in Unaweep Canyon, the location of the Taylor Ranch, in the early days. It
is sometimes difficult to appreciate and understand the lives of people
without some insight into their environment. I found the article very
descriptive as it discusses the delivery of mail and other "trials" in the
Unaweep Canyon of Colorado.
Jane Taylor
UNAWEEP CANYON
WHITEWATER TO GATEWAY ROUTE WAS TERROR FOR EARLY DAY MAIL CARRIER
BY ALICE WRIGHT, SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
OCTOBER 27, 1974
Unaweep Canyon's placid ranches strung at neighborly intervals along a
paved highway are notable nowadays for the beauty of their setting between
towering granite cliffs.
When Edward Martin contracted to carry the mail from Whitewater to
Gateway in 1914, each ranch was a landmark measuring his team's labored
progress along the canyon's 50-mile length.
For 20 yearsm he and his growing son, Ernest, delivered mail, hauled
freight and passengers, acted as errand boy and messenger for friends who
lived in those ranch houses.
During many a snowbound winter, the Martins were virtually the only human
link between eagerly welcomed and anxiously watched as he "hack" sled or
mount faded into a ground blizzard or disappeared behind a snowdrift.
Driving the canyon on a recent summer Sunday, Ernest Martin, now living
in Escondido, California, and his sister, Dorothy Martin Tindall, of 274
Road 28 1/2, could still visualiza a distant roof as a promise of shelter
against the threat of freezing, or a barn where fresh water and cool shade
awaited teams exhausted by pulling a loaded wagon over Nine Mile Hill. For
four years, teams were the only means of motive power.
Revenue from the mail contract alone was insufficient to justify the
investment in horses and equipment. The profit was in freight, merchandise
and supplies for the ranches and the Gateway miners. Occasional passengers
added to the income but not much. In the wagon days, the fare was $1.00. It
gradually inched upward to $2.00 and finally $3.00.
Envelopes the Martins picked up at the roadside mail boxes were
frequently addressed to Montgomery Ward or Sears Roebuck. A couple of trips
later, the packed goods would show up at the Post Office- mostly necessities
to keep the ranch functioning- tools and hardware, household equipment, and
clothing.
The ranches were almost self-sustaining. Grocery lists entrusted to the
Martins were mostly sugar, coffee, and matches. They were left at the
Whitewater store to be packed and picked up the next day. More frequent were
small errands, a spool of thread or a package of needles.
A common errand took the Martins to the cobbler's shop, bringing boots
and shoes for resoling. No leather was tough enough to resist the canyon's
rocky terrain for long. The fee for this service varied with distance,
measured against the standard 35 cents for a full roundtrip to Gateway. It
included door-to-door pickup and delivery at either end of the line.
When winter was prolonged, rancher's pantries were apt to run low on
provisions, but these coincided with the times that snow was deep, and heavy
loads least desirable. The Martin's willingness to accomodate their patrons
was understandably weakened. Cupboard had to be literally bare before they'd
agree to haul a load of groceries, and it had better be necessities only.
The hack they used was a heavy-duty spring wagon, amply supplied with
blankets at all seasons. They were useful against cold, or when showers
marred the canyon's generally pleasant weather. In winter, hot rocks helped
thaw frostbitten toes.
Blankets and rocks were the only concessions to comfort, for driver and
passengers alike. The hack had no cover, nor did Martin's first motor
vehicle, a Model T truck acquired in 1918 from a Mr Willey who won the mail
contract briefly. He soon found he could not survive on mail alone.
Passengers were responsible for their own lunch- a sandwich carried in a
pocket. There was no time to stop for a meal.
Martin took over the mail contract as a sideline, a means of
supplementing the income he earned by farming and carpentry. He well knew
what he was getting into for he'd already built Gateway's first school.
Headquarters for the business was the Martin ranch, a 40 acre spread west
of Whitewater on the old Delta-Grand Junction road. In the earliest days,
the hack picked up the mail at the Whitewater Post Office. In 1920, the
terminal was moveed to Grand Junction, adding long miles to the trip.
First stop on the route was the Wadlow Ranch, across the railroad and the
Gunnison from Whitewater. Even that wasn't always easy to reach. Bottom
lands occasionally flooded in spring, and once in June 1921. the water was
so deep that Martin left his rig at the ranch, ferrying the mail across the
pond.
entering the canyon, the road crossed East Creek on a bridge supported by
pilings which are still there. Just beyond, it began the climb up Nine Mile
Hill, named for the distance to the crest.
The canyon's floor was open to horse and foot traffic for about a mile,
at least to those agile enough to pick a path through the boulders littering
the creek bed. Quite a few people did. The attraction was a splendid picnic
spot. It was a favorite for the end-of-school outing.
Nine Mile Hill was an endurance test for teams and motors alike. Nearing
the summit, the grade was 18 per cent. Passengers were asked to alight and
walk over the top. From that point the road was partially hidden by the
cliff's curve, somebody had to walk ahead to make certain the traffic had
begun the long climb uphill. There was no room for passing on that shelf.
The descent into the canyon was literally a drop into the Lurvey Ranch,
13 miles and two hours travel time from Whitewater with good weather and
good luck. The reverse trip was particularly troublesome during the vanadium
boom of 1918.
Martin had contracted to haul the vanadium-radium or out of the Uravan
country, across Outlaw Mesa and Cactus Park, then through the canyon to the
railhead at Whitewater. On the strength of a strong government market, he
invested in two heavy wagons and a number of sturdy teams.
Two teams could tow both wagons to the bottom of Nine Mile Hill. Here one
was detached to wait until the first could be hauled over the top. For every
trip, the horses crossed that wicked grade four times.
The 1918 boom burst depressingly soon. Better ore was discovered in the
Belgian Congo and "Dad lost his shirt." The Nine Mile Hill remained a
bugbear until the canyon road was completed in the 1930's.
Lurvey's was the first of three relay stations. Fresh teams waited at all
three, harnessed so there would be no delay. Teams changed again at the
Casement Ranch, on the Divide, and the Silzell Ranch, only 17 miles out of
Gateway. Beyond Lurvey's. the first mailbox belonged to the Earl Grant
Ranch. Next came the Copper City school house, the last relic of a town
which once had a thousand or so residents. Their cabins had sprawled over a
broad meadow long since planted to alfalfa. Little evidence remains to mark
the locations of a series of mines high on the canyon walls, the source of
Copper City's visions of great wealth.
At the Taylor Ranch, now the Weil Ranch, the road passes within feet of a
shed built beside a fine spring of cold, clear water. The gate was
hospitably open, a comfort to animal and human alike.
Just beyond the Taylor Homestead, the Divide Road takes off up the cliff
side. It wasn't there until 1932, built for quick access to a granite quarry
on top. Some of the tailings dumped over the side still cling to a shelf
just below the rim, the last vestige of another dream born too soon. Without
electric power and heavy equipment, stone blocks of transportable size were
too small to suit masons in distant cities.
One of the canyon's tragedies occurred at the quarry point. John Holland,
a Kannah Creek cattleman, went over the cliff in his car and was killed in
the roll to the bottom. It happened in the early 30's, apparently an
accident. Even so, his friends could not forget his grief for a lovely young
wife who died in childbirth months later.
She had been Lela Woodring, the daughter of the Matt Woodrings who owned
the ranch next above the Taylor's.
The Woodring home was another Martin-built structure. Several times
Dorothy was a guest there for two or three days, pleased at an opportunity
to visit Mrs Woodring whom she knew as a sister of a Whitewater neighbor,
Mrs Mahannah.
From Woodrings to the Casement Ranch, also known as the Fall Creek Ranch,
is a nine mile stretch without a single occupied house. The road followed
the canyon's bottom, an engineering error which Martin kept hoping would be
corrected.
When winter's winds piled snow in 20-foot drifts, he couldn't see the
fence lines. Telephone wires strung on "quakies" were his only guidelines.
Many of the saplings are still there, witnesses to the durability of aspen
wood.
The long road has long since been moved to the sunny side of the canyon
as Martin advocated.
When the road across the canyon's mid-section was closed by bad weather,
Martin stashed his wheeled vehicles at the relay stations on either side,
relying on a sled for the pull across the 7,000 foot divide. When melting
snow created a quagmire, he rode a horse. Sometimes the going was so slow
that he never got closer to home than the Lurvey Ranch. A cousin was hired
to bring the mail that far.
It's original name, Fall Creek, was chosen for the proximity of a
beautiful water fall on the canyon's north cliff, rarely seen by westbound
travelers because of it being hidden behind a curve. Even castbound
travelers don't see it much anymore. It once ran all year, now it's dry
after midsummer.The Casement Ranch at Fall Creek was a well-kept spread
notable for it's red and white painted buildings and the warm welcome
awaiting travelers when the Dividing crossing was rough going.
Contributed by Dean Bryan Beck, Grandson
More About ANDREW
J. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Andy
Fact 2: buried Grannd Junction Municipal Cemetery,
Fact 3: Orchard Mesa, Colorado
Notes for SARAH
LAVETA
TURNER:
Sarah Laveta "Sallie" Turner Taylor was one of the true pioneers of the
West, having come overland in a covered wagon when she was five years old.
Her family drove their cattle ahead of them. A short time after they settled
in Fremont County, Colorado, the snow piled to a depth of four feet and most
of their livestock died.
She and Andrew Taylor ran cattle in Eastern Utah for several years, and
moved their cattle to the Unaweep Canyon where they made their lives for 30
years. When her husband died in 1925, she moved from the ranch to the St
Charles Hotel at 317 South 2nd in Grand Junction, Colorado, which she owned
and gave the hotel to her daughter, Josephine Taylor Beck, as a life estate
when she died.
She was affiliated with the Sunshine Chapter of the O.E.S., Grand Valley
Chapter of the Rebekah, Women's Relief Corps, and was a member of the
Episcopal faith.
She would be working in her kitchen at the Ranch and she would turn
around to find a room full of Indians watching her work, and she didn't hear
them come in! She nursed an Indian baby back to health, and the family
wanted to give her the baby. If you saved a life, that life was yours. She
said, "No", so the father left and came back with a deer as payment. These
two stories were told by daughters Lillian and Josephine. She was a
wonderful woman.
by Dean Bryan Beck, Grandson
The following article appeared in "Westworld," Sunday, August 29, 1977,
Grand Junction, Colorado, which mentioned an incident involving Sarah Turner
Taylor (Mrs A J Taylor)
UNAWEEP TOWNS GONE WITHOUT A TRACE
BY J R KIRKPATRICK
There's no evidence that the towns ever existed. They can't be called
ghost towns, because there is no remaining trace of either Pearl City or
Copper City today. Yet their sites, along Colorado 141 between Whitewater
and Gateway, have been verified by a pioneer lady who grew up in Copper
City.
The towns, both settled in 1897, were tiny, with populations ranging from
75 to 100 persons. They were close neighbors, located only two miles apart
alongside East Creek in Unaweep Canyon. Pearl City died in 1912, while
Copper City survived another two years.
More About SARAH
LAVETA
TURNER:
Fact 1: Buried on February 21, 1940 in Grand Jucntion Cemetery; Orchard
Mesa, Colorado
Fact 2: nicknamed Sallie
Children of ANDREW
TAYLOR
and SARAH
TURNER
are:
i. ALBERT BRYAN6 TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1896, Mesa County,
Colorado; d. April 06, 1900, Mesa County, Colorado.
More About ALBERT BRYAN TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
ii. ANDREW JESSE TAYLOR, b. April 23, 1899, Whitewater, Mesa
County, Colorado; d. November 20, 1942, St Charles Hotel, Grand
Junction, Mesa County, Colorado; m. LOUISE LEWIS, 1923, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Notes for ANDREW JESSE TAYLOR:
Jess lived most of his life in the Whitewater and Unaweep areas of
Colorado. He was engaged in the cattle business with his brother, Alva
Taylor, for several years.
The last six years of his life he was engaged in the vanadium
mining work, and he had been working in construction work at
Sunnyside, Utah. He had planned to enter airplane mechanics work early
in January, 1943.
He was married to Louise Lewis. She divorced him, which was an
event he never could get over. He was a big man physically, who really
enjoyed working on the ranch. He was well liked.
He died of a heart attack.
Buried on November 25, 1942, buried in Grand Junction Municipal
Cemetery, Orchard Mesa, Colorado.
By Dean Bryan Beck. Nephew
More About ANDREW JESSE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Municipal Cemetery
iii. LILA AVICE TAYLOR, b. July 02, 1901, Mesa County, Colorado; d.
June 22, 1904, Mesa County, Colorado.
More About LILA AVICE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
74. iv. LILLIAN MERLE TAYLOR, b. July 17, 1903, Whitewater,Mesa
County Colorado.
75. v. ALVA WHEELER TAYLOR, b. April 28, 1905, Gunnison River, Mesa
County Colorado; d. April 05, 1959, Grand Jucntion Colorado.
76. vi. JOSEPHINE NAOMA TAYLOR, b. November 13, 1907,
Whitewater,Mesa County Colorado; d. March 17, 1970, Grand Junction
Mesa County Co.
27. JOSEPHINE5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 28, 1861 in Towns County, Georgia, and died September 13,
1941 in Towns County, Georgia. She married BENJAMIN
LARKIN
KENDALL
March 23, 1884 in Towns County, Georgia. He died January 05, 1933 in Towns
County, Georgia.
More About JOSEPHINE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
More About BENJAMIN
LARKIN
KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of JOSEPHINE
TAYLOR
and BENJAMIN
KENDALL
are:
i. HOMER6 KENDALL, b. April 20, 1886; d. January 20,
1908, Towns County, Georgia.
More About HOMER KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery
77. ii. JAMES GROVER KENDALL, b. January 12, 1888, Towns County,
Georgia; d. April 05, 1969, Hiawassee Ga.
iii. ADA KENDALL, b. 1889; d. 1976, Hiawassee, Georgia; m. JAMES
SAMUEL OWENBY; d. 1942, Hiawassee, Georgia.
More About ADA KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery
More About JAMES SAMUEL OWENBY:
Fact 1: nicknamd Jim
Fact 2: buried Macedonia Cemetery
iv. OSCAR KENDALL, b. August 19, 1892; d. October 27, 1918, Towns
County, Georgia.
More About OSCAR KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery
Fact 2: died during World War I
78. v. ELLEN KENDALL, b. September 08, 1893; d. December 08, 1978,
Hiawassee Ga.
vi. CALLIE KENDALL, b. July 24, 1898, Towns County, Georgia; d.
June 07, 1959, Hiawassee, Georgia.
More About CALLIE KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery
vii. TASSIE KENDALL, b. September 28, 1898; d. November 01, 1904.
79. viii. LASSIE KENDALL, b. September 26, 1901, Towns Countym Ga.
80. ix. PAUL KENDALL, b. October 12, 1902, Towns County, Ga; d.
Hiawassee Ga.
x. ELLA KENDALL, m. JIM PRESLEY.
28. SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 23, 1863 in Towns County, Georgia, and died March 17, 1942. She
married JAMES
W. PATTON
January 21, 1883 in Towns County, Georgia. He died December 19, 1935.
More About SARAH
JANE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: James and Sarah Jane moved to Texas from Ga
Children of SARAH
TAYLOR
and JAMES
PATTON
are:
81. i. IDA IVALEE6 PATTON, b. November 23, 1883; d.
March 13, 1968.
82. ii. M ARVIL PATTON, b. April 26, 1885; d. December 25, 1961.
iii. ARTHUR EDWARD PATTON, b. August 10, 1886; d. June 22, 1972.
83. iv. ANNA ORA PATTON, b. February 04, 1891; d. May 01, 1952.
84. v. ARRA PATTON, b. November 03, 1894; d. June 14, 1953.
vi. VERA BELLE PATTON, b. August 27, 1896; d. December 19, 1969.
vii. GEORGIA MAE PATTON, b. February 15, 1898.
viii. LAWRENCE EDWARD PATTON, b. April 19, 1902; d. October 02,
1962.
85. ix. EVIE VIOLA PATTON, b. July 20, 1905.
29. ALICE
MARTHA5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 03, 1866 in Towns County, Georgia. She married THOMAS
J PATTON
January 03, 1886 in Towns County, Georgia.
More About ALICE
MARTHA
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Alice and Thomas J Patton moved to Lula, Ga
Fact 2: in Banks County
Children of ALICE
TAYLOR
and THOMAS
PATTON
are:
i. VALLIE6 PATTON, d. 1918.
More About VALLIE PATTON:
Fact 1: died in the flu epidemic
86. ii. MARSHALL JEFFERSON PATTON.
iii. ANDREW PATTON, d. 1918.
More About ANDREW PATTON:
Fact 1: died in the flu epidemic
iv. BURLIN PATTON, d. 1918.
More About BURLIN PATTON:
Fact 1: died in the flu epidemic
v. INFANT PATTON, b. March 27, 1888, Towns County, Georgia; d.
March 27, 1888, Towns County, Georgia.
More About INFANT PATTON:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
30. NEWTON5
TAYLOR
(JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 16, 1868 in Towns County, Georgia, and died September 25,
1936 in Towns County, Georgia. He married MARY
LOUISA
J.KENDAL
September 25, 1887 in Towns County, Georgia. She died June 03, 1947.
More About MARY
LOUISA
J.KENDAL:
Fact 1: nicknamed Lou
Children of NEWTON
TAYLOR
and MARY
J.KENDAL
are:
87. i. JAMES ANDREW6 TAYLOR.
88. ii. LILLIE TAYLOR, b. November 29, 1890; d. February 22, 1975,
Towns County, Ga.
iii. JOHN TAYLOR, b. October 30, 1892; d. May 14, 1908.
31. JOHN
MORGAN5
TAYLOR
(SPENCER
RANDOLPH4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 04, 1846, and died April 27, 1929 in Denton Tx. He married
ELIZABETH
JAMES
DAVIS
October 08, 1874. She died June 01, 1909 in Denton Tx.
Child of JOHN
TAYLOR
and ELIZABETH
DAVIS
is:
i. IDA BELLE6 TAYLOR, b. January 11, 1881, Dover, Pope
County, Arkansas.
32. MCDANIEL5
HOLCOMB
(MILLIE4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 1847 in Georgia, and died 1925 in Cherokee, Alabama. He
married ANNIS
PADGETT.
She died 1940 in Cherokee, Alabama.
Children of MCDANIEL
HOLCOMB
and ANNIS
PADGETT
are:
89. i. MARRIETTA6 HOLCOMB, b. February 03, 1868; d.
February 22, 1940, Hebron, Cherokee, Alabama.
ii. ANDREW HOLCOMB, b. 1870.
90. iii. ALBERT HOLCOMB, b. October 1872.
iv. MARION HOLCOMB, b. 1875.
v. LEWIS HOLCOMB, b. August 1878.
vi. WLATER HOLCOMB, b. 1880.
vii. OSKER HOLCOMB, b. March 1883.
viii. DOCK HOLCOMB, b. January 1886.
91. ix. VIOLA HOLCOMB, b. August 1888.
x. AMOS HOLCOMB, b. September 1890.
33. NANCY
ELIZABETH5
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born December 10, 1850 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia, and died August
05, 1910. She married DANIEL
H GURLEY.
He died 1928.
More About NANCY
ELIZABETH
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Betty
Child of NANCY
TAYLOR
and DANIEL
GURLEY
is:
92. i. ICY JANE6 GURLEY.
34. WILLIAM
ALBERT5
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 14, 1853 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia, and died July
07, 1917 in Gillsville, Georgia. He married EMMIE
SOSBE.
She died December 24, 1903 in Helen (White) County, Georgia.
More About WILLIAM
ALBERT
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery
More About EMMIE
SOSBE:
Fact 1: buried Chattahoochee Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and EMMIE
SOSBE
are:
93. i. MILLEDGE6 TAYLOR.
ii. ELLA TAYLOR, m. UNKNOWN PINKSTON.
iii. GARNET TAYLOR.
iv. NORMAN TAYLOR, m. RUBY TAYLOR.
v. BERTHA TAYLOR, m. GRADY SMITH.
94. vi. EMORY TAYLOR, b. February 23, 1880; d. April 19, 1948.
95. vii. LUTHER CARLTON TAYLOR, b. August 28, 1882, White County,
Ga; d. December 30, 1942.
35. ROBERT
W.5
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 20, 1862 in Towns County, Georgia, and died May 05, 1936
in Towns County, Georgia. He married LILLIE
DILLINGHAM
August 05, 1897 in Towns County, Georgia. She died August 16, 1968 in Towns
County, Georgia.
More About ROBERT
W. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
More About LILLIE
DILLINGHAM:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of ROBERT
TAYLOR
and LILLIE
DILLINGHAM
are:
96. i. BEULAH6 TAYLOR, b. 1897, Georgia.
97. ii. LULA FAIR TAYLOR, b. May 18, 1899, Towns County, Ga; d.
January 07, 1971, Hiawassee Ga.
98. iii. VASSIE TAYLOR, b. September 11, 1905, Towns County, Ga; d.
December 20, 1992, Towns County, Ga.
99. iv. GLEN JAMES TAYLOR, b. January 11, 1907, Towns County, Ga.
100. v. EDGAR TAYLOR, SR, b. 1910, Towns County, Ga; d. March 23,
1997, Hiawassee Ga.
101. vi. WALTER TAYLOR, b. September 11, 1912, Towns County, Ga; d.
March 11, 1986, Towns County, Ga.
102. vii. GRADY R. TAYLOR, b. 1914, Georgia.
36. FRANCIS
BARTOW5
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 13, 1866 in Towns County, Georgia, and died November 02,
1938 in Towns County, Georgia. He married LUVENIA
JANE GARRETT
May 29, 1887 in Towns County, Georgia. She died April 15, 1918 in Towns
County, Georgia.
More About FRANCIS
BARTOW
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Bart
Fact 2: buried Mt Zion Church cemetery
More About LUVENIA
JANE GARRETT:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of FRANCIS
TAYLOR
and LUVENIA
GARRETT
are:
103. i. ELLA FAIR6 TAYLOR, b. July 03, 1888, Towns
County, Ga; d. February 19, 1944, Towns County, Ga.
104. ii. GEORGE C. TAYLOR, b. January 26, 1889, Towns County, Ga;
d. March 04, 1953, Towns County, Ga.
iii. WILLARD TAYLOR, b. 1892, Towns County, Georgia.
105. iv. LASSIE B. TAYLOR, b. March 31, 1894; d. June 07, 1966,
Towns County, Ga.
106. v. LOLA BELLE TAYLOR, b. March 27, 1896, Towns County, Ga; d.
1982, Towns County, Ga.
vi. RUTH TAYLOR, b. 1898.
107. vii. BERLIN TAYLOR, b. 1900, Towns County, Ga.
viii. MAMIE TAYLOR, b. 1905.
ix. ERA TAYLOR, b. 1902, Towns County, Georgia.
37. HARVEY
PINSON5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 12, 1848 in Towns County, Georgia, and died February 28, 1915
in Cobb County, GA. He married (1) AMANDA
SMITH.
He married (2) NANCY
MATILDA
BRYAN
1869 in Hart County, Georgia, daughter of MARTIN
BRYAN
and MARTHA
JOHNSTON.
She was born February 14, 1846 in Franklin County, Georgai, and died
February 13, 1911 in Cobb County, Ga.
More About HARVEY
PINSON
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried at Blackwell Cemetary
Notes for NANCY
MATILDA
BRYAN:
Nancy Matilda Bryan, daughter of Martin and Martha Johnston Bryan, was
born February 14, 1846 in Franklin (Hart) County, Georgia. Following the
Civil War, she went on an extended visit to her aunt Agnes Johnson Rogers in
Towns County, Georgia. Aunt Agnes' husband, Johnson C Rogers, and
son-in-law, John H wike, both died during the Civil War and Nancy went to
help, especially since there was sickness in the family.
Harvey Pinson "Harve" Taylor, son of Jeremiah Martin and Mary Gilbert
Taylor, was born March 12, 1848 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia and grew up
in the Owl Creek Community. He met Nancy Matilda Bryan at the home of a
neighbor, Mrs Agnes Rogers. When Nancy Bryan ended her visit with her aunt
and returned home to Hart County, Georgia, Harve Taylor soon went over the
mountain to pay her a call. Married in 1869, they returned to Towns County-
Nancy riding on the back of a mule and Harve leading it all the way.
They built a house near the Soapstone Gap, still known as the "Harve Plac,"
and farmed for a living. The property was rather mountainous and farming was
difficult. At threshing time it took four yokes of oxen to pull the boiler
and separator up to his fields in the mountain flats. the land was also very
rocky, hence the rock piles and rock rows still on the property today.
Shortly after the turn of the century, Harve Taylor, advancing in age,
decided he would do better to move to flatter land "down in Georgia' and
grow cotton. He sold his Owl Creek property to his brother Benjamin H Taylor
and moved to Blackwell community to Cobb County, Georgia. All of his
children except Jeremiah M "Judd" moved with him.
As inscribed on her tombstone in Blackwell Cemetery, Nancy Taylor
"crossed the troubled river" on February 16, 1911. After Nancy's death,
Harve married Amanda Smith. Harve died February 28, 1915 and was buried
beside Nancy.
i. HARRISON6 TAYLOR, b. 1871, Towns County, Georgia; d.
1874, Towns County, Georgia.
Notes for HARRISON TAYLOR:
Harrison Taylor died at the age of three years and is probably
buried in an unmarked grave in Mt Zion Cemetery.
by Jerry A Taylor
More About HARRISON TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
108. ii. ICIE TEXAS TAYLOR, b. November 20, 1874, Towns County,
Georgia.
109. iii. JEREMIAH MARTIN TAYLOR, b. March 31, 1876, Towns County,
Ga; d. June 20, 1928, Towns County, Ga.
110. iv. LUCIUS QUINTUS CURTIS TAYLOR, b. November 20, 1879, Towns
County, Ga; d. March 03, 1951, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
111. v. MARTHA SUSAN TAYLOR, b. March 16, 1882, Towns County, Ga;
d. July 01, 1975, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia.
112. vi. CARRIE DELLA TAYLOR, b. May 20, 1885, Towns County, Ga; d.
March 23, 1976, Kennesaw, Georgia.
113. vii. STEPHEN GROVER TAYLOR, b. September 27, 1888, Towns
County, Ga; d. June 30, 1966, Cobb County, Georgia.
38. ADALINE5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 04, 1850 in Union County, Georgia, and died in Union (Towns)
County, Georgia. She married JOSEPH
L SPIVA
April 01, 1874 in Towns County, Georgia, son of ADANIRAM
SPIVA
and EVALINE
SOUTHER.
He died in Towns County, Georgia.
More About ADALINE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
More About JOSEPH
L SPIVA:
Fact 1: Buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
Children of ADALINE
TAYLOR
and JOSEPH
SPIVA
are:
i. LOUISA6 SPIVA.
ii. SARAH J. SPIVA, b. 1875, Towns County, Georgia; d. June 08,
1900, Union County, Georgia.
More About SARAH J. SPIVA:
Fact 1: buried Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
iii. JOHN SPIVA, b. 1877.
114. iv. FLORENCE SPIVA, b. April 1884, Georgia; d. Georgia.
39. WILLIAM
GILBERT5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 29, 1852 in Towns County, Georgia, and died November 11, 1933
in Towns County, Georgia. He married N JANE
ROBERSON
February 06, 1876 in Towns County, Georgia, daughter of WILLIAM
ROBERSON
and HARRIETT
GREEN.
She died March 23, 1914 in Towns County, Georgia.
Notes for WILLIAM
GILBERT
TAYLOR:
William Gilbert "Will" Taylor, third son of Civil War Veteran Jeremiah
Martin Taylor and Mary Gilbert Taylor, was born and raised in the Owl Creek
communtiy of Towns County, Georgia. Will was taught the ways of living off
the land and no doubt had to apply his knowledge at an early age after his
father returned from the Civil War with a wounded hand when Will was only
eleven years old. When in his early twenties, William was engaged to one of
his Owl Creek neighbors and on February 6, 1876 married N Jane Roberson,
daughter of William and Harriett Green Roberson. The Honorable James P
Goddard, JP performed the services.
Will and Jane lived in a dog-trot cabin adjoining his father's property
next to Taylor's Branch where all seven of their children were born.
Will's primary occupation and livelihood was farming, hunting, and
fishing and providing for his family. He owned 320 acres on Owl Creek, part
of which he used for selling timber and mineral rights, and the other areas
he used to cultivate corn sorghum, apples, and pears. Will was known as a
steady, hard working farmer and had a strong affection for hunting and
fishing. On occasions he would be working in the fields and when he took a
notion to go fishing, he would leave his team to the plow, go and do his
fishing, come back to the fields and take up where he left off.
Will was said to be an even natured man, a loyal Democrat and a Baptist.
As a child he attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, at Soapstone Gap, and
took his own children to Mt Zion Baptist Church. He was of medium build and
wore a heavy mustache and although he never had much to say, he was 'a right
neighborly sort of feller'. Will was also an industrious farmer and helped
supply his friends and family with "Medicinal Corn Whiskey" by 'providing
the neighborhood boys with all the corn they needed in return for half the
drippings' that were brewed at the spring on Taylor's Branch.
Despite Will's good natured ways, his love for hunting, fishing and good
honest work, his family was plagued with a series of tragedies. On March 23,
1914, he lost Jane, his wife; two years later his eldest daughter, Flora
Taylor Hooper, died at the age of 35; then around 1917, his son Gordon who
had been living in Colorado and Montana was killed, perhaps murdered after
Will had wired him #200.00 in Butte, Montana. In 1933, Will Taylor, who had
been in poor health for a few years, was found frozen to death early one
Friday morning. He regularly visited his children Bynum and Gene at their
homes and one cold November evening he left Gene's heading home where
Frances, his unmarried daughter, lived and cared for him. He never returned
home and was found the next morning, November 11, 1933, frozen to the ground
next to Owl Creek presumably dying of a heart attact. Less than two years
later Francesm the last surviving daughter, died of what folks said was the
'simple lack of will to live.' Eugene William Taylor, one of seven children
was the only child of William and Jane to enjoy longevity.
William Gilbert Taylor and his wifee N Jane Roberson Taylor are buried
side by side and surrounded by five of their children in the Mt Zion
Cemetery, Hiawassee, Georgia.
By Stephen C Taylor and Terry E Taylor
Second Great Grandsons
More About WILLIAM
GILBERT
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Will
Fact 2: buried Mt Zion Church cemetery
More About N JANE
ROBERSON:
Fact 1: Buried in Mount Zion Cemetery
Children of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and N ROBERSON
are:
i. CHARLES O'CONOR6 TAYLOR, b. February 24, 1877, Towns
County, Georgia; d. September 05, 1880, Towns County, Georgia.
More About CHARLES O'CONOR TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
115. ii. EUGENE WILLIAM TAYLOR, b. May 04, 1879, Towns County, Ga;
d. November 26, 1961, Towns County, Ga.
116. iii. FLORA TAYLOR, b. July 16, 1881, Towns County, Ga; d.
March 11, 1916, Towns County, Ga.
iv. MARY ANN TAYLOR, b. October 19, 1883, Towns County, Georgia; d.
August 02, 1886, Towns County, Georgia.
More About MARY ANN TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
v. FRANCES TAYLOR, b. April 07, 1886, Towns County, Georgia; d.
February 25, 1935, Towns County, Georgia.
Notes for FRANCES TAYLOR:
Unmarried, cared for her father in his later years until his death
in 1933. She died two years later.
More About FRANCES TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
vi. GORDON TAYLOR, b. February 05, 1888; d. 1917, Butte. Montana.
Notes for GORDON TAYLOR:
Believed to have been murdered after his father wired him $200.00
from Georgia.
117. vii. BYNUM TAYLOR, b. May 30, 1891, Towns County, Ga; d.
February 06, 1935, Towns County, Ga.
40. SARAH
ANN5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 07, 1854 in Union (Towns) County, Georgia. She married MILTON
WHEELER.
Child of SARAH
TAYLOR
and MILTON
WHEELER
is:
118. i. WILLIAM EDWARD6 WHEELER, b. 1884, Towns County,
Ga; d. 1958, Webster Co, Ga.
41. JOHN
WILLBORN5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 04, 1860 in Towns County, Georgia. He married LOUISA
ARAH HOOPER.
More About LOUISA
ARAH HOOPER:
Fact 1: nicknamed Lou Arie
Children of JOHN
TAYLOR
and LOUISA
HOOPER
are:
i. STEVE6 TAYLOR.
119. ii. MALCOM TAYLOR, b. September 15, 1886, Towns County, Ga; d.
1963.
42. ROBERT
E. LEE5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 29, 1865 in Towns County, Georgia, and died October 21,
1927 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married (1) UNKNOWN.
He married (2) ICY
ESTHER
CLAYTON
1894.
Notes for ROBERT
E. LEE
TAYLOR:
Robert E Lee Taylor as born November 29, 1865 in Towns County, Georgia,
the eighth child of Jeremiah Martin Taylor and his first wife Mary Gilbert.
Robert Lee Taylor stayed on the family farm near Hiawasseem Georgia until
1887 at age 21 when he moved to Jefferson County, Alabama, where his younger
sister Georgia Lou and her husband William Steedley had gone a year earlier.
Robert Lee Taylor worked as a blacksmith for Southern Railway Company,
acquired farm land near Birmingham, and married an Alabama girl named Icy
Esther Clayton. Robert and Icy had four children.
Robert Lee Taylor died in October, 1927 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
By Sue Miller Worts
Child of ROBERT
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
is:
120. i. PAULINE6 TAYLOR, b. July 13, 1919, Jefferson Co,
Alabama.
Children of ROBERT
TAYLOR
and ICY
CLAYTON
are:
ii. MARSHALL6 TAYLOR, b. November 11, 1897; m. GLADYS
SELF, 1926.
iii. ROBERT DUKE TAYLOR, b. November 11, 1899, Alabama; m. LYDA
SISLEY DUBES.
Notes for ROBERT DUKE TAYLOR:
Robert Duke Taylor, born November 11, 1899. At Age 18 he began to
work for the Louis and Nashville Railroad in Alabama. In 1922 moved
westward to Utah for work with the Union Pacific Railroad and the
Denver & Rio Grande Western line, and by 1924 he had reached Caliente,
Nevada with the Union Pacific. Later he moved a few miles south fo Las
Vegas. Robert Duke had no children of hi own but his marriage to Lyda
Sisley Dubes gave him Josie, Elmer, and Olivette as stepchildren to
enjoy. After 51 years of railroad work (that's right- 51 years) Robert
Duke Taylor retired. A widower now, he lives in a comfortable mobile
home near some of the family he helped raise in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Sue Miller Worts
iv. ANNIE MAE TAYLOR, b. November 30, 1901, Jefferson County,
Alabama; d. November 30, 1981, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. J T
GILLESPIE.
Notes for ANNIE MAE TAYLOR:
Annie May and J T Gillespie lived in Trussville, Alabama in
Jefferson County until she died there in November 30, 1981. She had no
children.
121. v. MAMIE LEE TAYLOR, b. March 27, 1907, Jefferson Co, Alabama;
d. May 1965, Jefferson Co, Alabama.
43. GEORGIA
LOU5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 26, 1867 in Towns County, Georgia, and died June 16, 1952 in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She married WILLIAM
BEAUREGARD
STEEDLEY
October 05, 1884 in Towns County, Georgia, son of DAVID
STEEDLEY
and JULIANNE
HUNT.
He died February 11, 1941 in Littleton, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About GEORGIA
LOU TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
More About WILLIAM
BEAUREGARD
STEEDLEY:
Fact 1: Buried in Lynn's Crossing Cemetery
Children of GEORGIA
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
STEEDLEY
are:
i. INFANT6 STEEDLEY, b. 1886, Jefferson County, Alabama;
d. 1886, Jefferson County, Alabama.
ii. MAMIE STEEDLEY, b. February 11, 1888, Jefferson County,
Alabama; d. 1976, Birmingham, Alabama; m. WILLIAM PATTERSON, 1910.
More About MAMIE STEEDLEY:
Fact 1: buried Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala
122. iii. ALICE STEEDLEY, b. April 19, 1892, Jefferson Co, Alabama;
d. May 25, 1978, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama.
123. iv. JESSIE ETHEL STEEDLEY, b. August 02, 1894, East Lake,
Jefferson Co, Alabama; d. February 12, 1977, Las Vegas, Clark Co,
Nevada.
124. v. CLARA PEARL STEEDLEY, b. November 29, 1896, East Lake,
Jefferson Co, Alabama; d. October 16, 1978, Atlanta GA.
125. vi. WILLIE LOUISE STEEDLEY, b. November 05, 1899, Jefferson
Co, Alabama; d. September 05, 1951, Atlanta GA.
44. BENJAMIN
HILL5
TAYLOR
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 20, 1876 in Towns County, Georgia, and died December 01,
1961 in Towns County, Georgia. He married ETHEL
SANDERS
November 10, 1901 in Towns County, Georgia, daughter of JOEL
SANDERS
and OMA
LLOYD.
She died August 17, 1960 in Towns County, Georgia.
Notes for BENJAMIN
HILL TAYLOR:
Benjamin Hill Taylor, son of Jeremiah and Delilah Crow Lloyd Taylor, was
born February 20, 1876 on Owl Creek in Towns county, Georgia. He married
Ethel Sanders and they had seven children.
Ben lived on Owl Creek and worked as a blacksmith and a farmer. He made
and repaire most of the tools used by himself and his neighbors. He also
served as Justice of the Peace in his district for a number of years. Ben
attended church and school in what he called the "little log house in the
Soapstone Gap" where he learned the basics from the Blue Book Speller.
In the early 1940's Ben was stricken with crippling arthritis and
eventually became bedfast. To pass the time he began writing essays and
poems. Although he was in great pain and his hands gnarled, his penmanship
was a beautiful script. The topics he chose to write about ranged from
political commentaries ("Let's Swap the Jack Ass In") and humorous musings
("Who Made the First Cream Gravy") to family history ("The Taylor Race").
As stated in Ben's own words:
I can't do much
But read and write
And that's mostly what I do
From morn to night.
I read of the future, I write of the past
All summed up, but not much at last
But it keeps me busy, and my mind
content
And off the hardships I have underwent.
Ethel Sanders Taylor died August 17, 1960. Ben died December 1, 1961.
They were members of Mt Zion Baptist Church where Ben once served as church
clerk. They are buried in the church cemetery.
by Hilda Thomason
More About BENJAMIN
HILL TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
More About ETHEL
SANDERS:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
Children of BENJAMIN
TAYLOR
and ETHEL
SANDERS
are:
126. i. ORBREY FRANK6 TAYLOR, b. October 20, 1902, Towns
County, Ga; d. May 25, 1942, Towns County, Ga.
127. ii. INEZ DELILAH TAYLOR, b. August 20, 1905, Towns County, Ga.
128. iii. TEE MONTAREE TAYLOR, b. February 20, 1910, Towns County,
Ga.
129. iv. ILAH MELLIE TAYLOR, b. August 23, 1912, Towns County, Ga.
v. ARP FERNANDO TAYLOR, b. August 11, 1915, Towns County, Georgia;
d. December 29, 1934, Towns County, Georgia.
More About ARP FERNANDO TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery
130. vi. MILES WROTH TAYLOR, b. April 26, 1919, Towns County, Ga;
d. November 06, 1993, Towns County, Ga.
131. vii. CLIFFORD DEVEREAUX TAYLOR, b. July 27, 1922, Towns
County, Ga; d. September 28, 1971, Towns County, Ga.
45. ALFRED
C.5
TAYLOR,
SR.
(JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 18, 1880 in Towns County, Georgia. He married JANE
ELIZABETH
TANNER
November 27, 1898 in Towns County, Georgia. She died 1951 in Hall County,
Georgia; Buried in Alta Vista Cemeterty, Gainesville, Georgia.
Children of ALFRED
TAYLOR
and JANE
TANNER
are:
i. IDUS6 TAYLOR.
ii. ALFRED C. TAYLOR, JR..
iii. NORA TAYLOR, b. May 30, 1902.
iv. RANSEY TAYLOR.
v. EVA MAE TAYLOR.
vi. ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
More About ELIZABETH TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Bill
vii. MARVIN TAYLOR.
46. FLEMING
FLETCHER5
PURCELL
(MARY
POLLY4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 26, 1866 in Georgia, and died September 21, 1936 in Baxley
(Appling County), Georgia. He married SARAH
ELIZABETH
SMITH
April 12, 1896. She died May 29, 1960 in Baxley (Appling County), Georgia.
More About FLEMING
FLETCHER
PURCELL:
Fact 1: Buried in Sunshine Methodist Church Cemetery; Tocca, Georgia
Fact 2: Toccoa, Georgia
More About SARAH
ELIZABETH
SMITH:
Fact 1: Buried in Shunshine Methodist church Cemetery; Tocca, Georgia
Child of FLEMING
PURCELL
and SARAH
SMITH
is:
132. i. AUSEY EPPS6 PURCELL, b. November 04, 1908,
Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia; d. January 19, 1973, Tucson,
Arizona.
47. WILLIAM
JESS5
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 31, 1858 in Franklin County, Georgia (Now Stephens County),
and died March 22, 1926 in Stephens County, Georgia. He married SARAH
C. ANDREWS.
Children of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and SARAH
ANDREWS
are:
133. i. MOLLIE6 TAYLOR, b. October 09, 1885, Franklin
County, Georgia.
134. ii. JOHN TAYLOR, b. March 31, 1889, Franklin County, Georgia;
d. August 14, 1945, Stephens County, Georgia.
135. iii. GLADYS TAYLOR, b. April 12, 1889, Franklin County,
Georgia; d. April 21, 1950, Stephens County, Georgia.
136. iv. SUSIE TAYLOR, b. February 29, 1892, Franklin County,
Georgia; d. June 11, 1964, Stephens County, Georgia.
v. EDWARD TAYLOR, b. December 31, 1894; d. August 07, 1942.
137. vi. JESSIE TAYLOR, b. April 20, 1896.
vii. MYRTLE TAYLOR, b. April 28, 1903, Franklin County, Georgai; d.
March 24, 1934, Stephens Co, Georgia; m. GROVER HUGHES.
138. viii. BESSIE TAYLOR, b. January 09, 1906, Stephens County,
Georgia.
139. ix. RUBY TAYLOR, b. January 01, 1911, Stephens County,
Georgia.
Generation No. 5
48. ELIZA
JANE6
LEE
(SARAH
P.5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH4,
JEREMIAH3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 31, 1867 in Alabama, and died July 31, 1903 in Gallant,
Etowah County, Alabama. She married SIMON
S. CONN,JR.
September 28, 1884, son of SIMON
CONN
and ALSREY
GENTRY.
More About ELIZA
JANE LEE:
Fact 1: Buried in Conn Cemetery
More About SIMON
S. CONN,JR.:
Fact 1: Buried in Conn Cemetery
Children of ELIZA
LEE
and SIMON
CONN
are:
i. WINNIE L.7 CONN.
ii. HERSEL CONN.
iii. COMMELLA GRACE CONN, b. January 01, 1888, Etowah Co, Alabama;
d. July 27, 1977, Oneonta, Blount Co, Alabama; m. CHARLES COLUMBUS
BROTHERS, May 1903.
More About COMMELLA GRACE CONN:
Fact 1: buried New Clear Creek Church Cemetery
Fact 2: Marshall Co, Al
More About CHARLES COLUMBUS BROTHERS:
Fact 1: buried Clear Creek New Primitive Baptist
Fact 2: Church Cemetery, Marshall Co, Al
iv. STELLA CONN, b. September 1889, Alabama.
v. CORA CONN, b. November 1889, Alabama.
vi. DE WITT CONN, b. August 1891, Alabama.
vii. WILLIAM CONN, b. October 1893, Alabama.
viii. ALLIS CONN, b. December 1895, Alabama.
49. ELIZA
JANE6
LEE
(SARAH
P.5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH4,
JEREMIAH3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 31, 1867 in Alabama1, and died July 31,
1903 in Gallant, Etowah Co, AL1. She married SIMON
S. CONN
September 28, 18841, son of SIMON
CONN
and ALSREY
GENTRY.
He was born February 22, 1861 in Alabama1, and died
December 11, 1930 in Gallant, Etowah Co, AL1.
Children of ELIZA
LEE
and SIMON
CONN
are:
i. CORA7 CONN, b. November 1885, Al1;
d. WFT Est. 1886-19791.
ii. COMMELLA GRACE CONN, b. January 01, 1888, Etowah Co, Al1;
d. July 27, 1977, Oneonta, Blount Co, Al1; m.
CHARLES COLUMBUS BROTHERS, May 19031; b. April 27,
1876, Etowah Co, Al1; d. September 26, 1948,
Marshall Co, Al1.
iii. DEWITT CONN, b. August 1891, Al1; d. WFT
Est. 1892-19811.
iv. WINNIE L CONN, b. Private.
50. GARRETT
CALEB
CHRISTOPHER6
ADDISON
(BASHEBA
CAROLINE5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
He married DORA
LOU WOOD.
Child of GARRETT
ADDISON
and DORA
WOOD
is:
i. WILLA GRACE7 ADDISON, m. THOMAS WOODROW STEWART.
51. BURNETTE
ROSA6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 15, 1878, and died July 05, 1971 in Stephens County Georgia.
She married WILLIAM
M HICKS.
He died November 19, 1935.
Child of BURNETTE
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
HICKS
is:
i. WILLIAM KETRON7 HICKS, b. December 20, 1900; d.
February 24, 1950.
52. WALTON
ALEX STEPHENS6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 07, 1879, and died June 06, 1952. He married VINA
AYERS
October 07, 1900.
Children of WALTON
TAYLOR
and VINA
AYERS
are:
i. FRED HENRY7 TAYLOR, SR, m. RUBY GIBSON, December 03,
1922.
ii. ADA TAYLOR, m. FRED ERICSON, January 18, 1928.
iii. FLEETA TAYLOR, b. August 04, 1901; m. HARRIS GIBSON, December
19, 1920.
53. WILLIAM
HARRISON6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 05, 1881, and died September 20, 1952. He married CORA
DAVIS
December 22, 1902, daughter of FREELAND
DAVIS.
She died April 20, 1942 in Stephens County GA.
Children of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and CORA
DAVIS
are:
i. GENERAL CEVERA7 TAYLOR, b. December 25, 1903,
Habersham Co, Ga; m. LOIS CRUMP.
ii. RAYMOND GUY TAYLOR, b. April 09, 1906, Stephens County,
Georgia; m. MACY WHITEHEAD.
iii. WILLIE RUTH TAYLOR, b. March 12, 1908; m. J C RAMSEY.
iv. JOHN COBEN TAYLOR, b. February 26, 1910, Stephens County,
Georgia; m. EZMA TAYLOR.
v. JOE HARRISON TAYLOR, b. October 10, 1914, Stephens County,
Georgia; m. WILLARD HEMPHILL.
54. ELLA
MAE6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 30, 1883, and died September 29, 1953. She married MARION
H. DAVIS.
Children of ELLA
TAYLOR
and MARION
DAVIS
are:
i. MYRTIS PEARL7 DAVIS, m. YODA WHITMIRE.
ii. CLARENCE CRAWFORD DAVIS, b. March 06, 1905; m. ROSA LEE NELSON,
November 05, 1929.
iii. GLYNN ASBURY DAVIS, b. November 01, 1906; d. January 29, 1908.
iv. PAUL LANDERS DAVIS, b. January 30, 1909; d. January 26, 1997;
m. LOUISE WAYNE.
v. OPAL ERLENE DAVIS, b. November 20, 1912; m. CHARLES SNYDER.
vi. ORENE DAVIS, b. April 21, 1916; m. OSCAR ADAMS, June 27, 1940.
vii. ORA MAE DAVIS, b. October 26, 1918; m. MYRON MCCLAIN.
viii. BONNIE FAYE DAVIS, b. December 19, 1922; m. GERALD WILLIAMS,
May 21, 1942.
55. LITTLETON
FRANK6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 18, 1884, and died July 22, 1945. He married SALLY
ISBELL
October 31, 1915.
Children of LITTLETON
TAYLOR
and SALLY
ISBELL
are:
i. CRAWFORD7 TAYLOR, b. October 02, 1916; m. AUDREY
TIMBERLAKE, October 22, 1940.
ii. MARTHA ELIZABETH TAYLOR, b. February 22, 1918; m. STANLEY
PACEWICZ, August 25, 1944; d. July 18, 1963.
iii. ISABELL TAYLOR, b. May 22, 1919; d. July 18, 1919.
iv. HAROLD TAYLOR, SR, b. March 22, 1920; m. RUTH STEWART, January
23, 1945.
56. CALEB
MADISON6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 01, 1886 in Stephens County GA, and died September 29, 1958
in Atlanta GA. He married MAE
DUVALL
October 19, 1910 in Hiawassee Ga. She died April 08, 1978 in East Point GA.
Notes for CALEB
MADISON
TAYLOR:
Occupation:
Pullman Conductor for The Pullman Company
Hobbys: Carpentry
Resided in East Point GA
Religon Baptist
More About CALEB
MADISON
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried College Park Cemetery, College Park, Ga
Children of CALEB
TAYLOR
and MAE
DUVALL
are:
i. CYRUS MADISON7 TAYLOR, b. December 13, 1911, Stephens
Co, Georgia; d. August 16, 1935, East Point, Georgia.
More About CYRUS MADISON TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried College Park Cemetery, College Park, Ga
ii. CHARLES ELBURTUS TAYLOR, b. January 04, 1917, Brookton,
Georgia; d. June 07, 1918, East Point, Georgia.
More About CHARLES ELBURTUS TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried College Park Cemetery, College Park, Ga
iii. WILLIAM HAROLD TAYLOR, b. March 06, 1919, East Point, Georgia;
m. WILLIE MAE SHAW, July 18, 1945, Long Beach, California.
Notes for WILLIAM HAROLD TAYLOR:
William Harold Taylor, son of Caleb Madison Taylor and Mae Duvall
Taylor was born March 6, 1919 in East Point, Georgia. Harold graduated
from Russell High School in East Point, and attended Gordon Military
College and Georgia State University.
On July 18, 1945, Harold married Willie Mae Shaw of Belfast,
Tennessee. They married in Long Beach California, where Harold was
stationed in the United States Navy. The couple had met in Nashville,
Tennessee prior to World War II, where they were both working at the
time. Willie Mae, known as "Cotton", worked for National Life and
Casualty Insurance Company and Harold worked for Dupont Company.
During World War II, Harold served at Pacific Fleet Headquarters under
Admiral Chester Nimitz. Later he was assigned to U. S. Naval
Intelligence in San Diego.
At the end of the war, the couple moved back to Nashville, where
their first daughter, Jane Taylor, was born on October 25, 1946 at
Vanderbilt Hospital. In January 1947, the family moved back to East
Point, Georgia. Harold began working for Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company. The family was transferred briefly to LaGrange, Georgia with
Firestone, during which time their second daughter, Margaret Taylor,
was born on March 21, 1954. In 1955, the family was transferred back
to East Point, Georgia and Harold became Store Manager of the
Firestone Store in East Point. After 33 years with Firestone, Harold
retired in 1980.
Harold was an active member of his community. He was a member of
the East Point First Baptist Church, is a member of East Point Lodge
No 288 Free and Accepted Masons, Past President of the East Point
Lions Club, a charter member of the East Point Historical Society, and
served as Treasurer and on the Board of Directors of the Historical
Society. He was also a Director of the East Point Chamber of Commerce.
Harold and "Cotton" moved in July 1996 to Fayetteville, Georgia, to
be closer to their children and grandchildren. They have joined the
First Baptist Church of Fayetteville where they are active members.
More About WILLIE MAE SHAW:
Fact 1: nicknamed Cotton
iv. STEPHEN DUVALL TAYLOR, b. November 11, 1923, East Point,
Georgia; d. January 15, 1924, East Point, Georgia.
More About STEPHEN DUVALL TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried College Park Cemetery, College Park, Ga
v. VIRGINIA ANN TAYLOR, b. September 26, 1929, East Point, Georgia;
d. September 26, 1929, East Point, Georgia.
More About VIRGINIA ANN TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried College Park Cemetery, College Park, Ga
57. OSCAR
LEE6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 13, 1888, and died May 04, 1965 in Stephens County GA. He
married ANNIE
SAYER
December 22, 1907. She died November 26, 1965 in stephens County GA.
Children of OSCAR
TAYLOR
and ANNIE
SAYER
are:
i. MARVIN7 TAYLOR, b. December 17, 1908; m. INEZ DAVIS,
December 23, 1933.
ii. LOREN TAYLOR, b. January 03, 1913; m. LUCY TAYLOR, November 23,
1938.
iii. MARY ETRULIA TAYLOR, b. November 26, 1915; m. CLIFTON JAMES
ROTHELL; d. November 08, 1968.
iv. HENRY KEELING TAYLOR, b. June 06, 1918; d. February 29, 1956;
m. DOROTHY WALTERS, November 07, 1941.
v. ODESSIA RUNELLE TAYLOR, b. August 14, 1920.
vi. HUBERT TAYLOR, b. March 05, 1923; m. CRESSIE DEFOOR, November
12, 1947.
58. THOMAS
HILLIARD6
TAYLOR,
SR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born December 18, 1889 in Stephens County GA, and died July 06, 1961 in
Stephens County GA. He married (1) MARY
MILLER
WHITMIRE
September 22, 1912 in Stephens County GA. She died February 24, 1929 in
Stephens County GA. He married (2) LOU
SISK
September 30, 1930. She died March 15, 1936. He married (3) NEZZIE
BLAIR
JACKSON
December 23, 1956.
Notes for THOMAS
HILLIARD
TAYLOR,
SR:
Thomas Hilliard Taylor owned Taylor Baking Company and other real estate.
He was a member of the Toccoa City Council and a real estate Tax Adjuster
for Stephens County Ga. From "The History of Stephens County, Georgia
1715-1972" by Kathryn Curtis Trogden
Children of THOMAS
TAYLOR
and MARY
WHITMIRE
are:
i. ROBERT HERSCHEL7 TAYLOR, b. November 06, 1915; d.
June 06, 1959; m. AGNES ROBINSON, December 12, 1952.
ii. CRAWFORD LOGAN TAYLOR, SR, b. March 22, 1917, Stephens County
GA; d. February 21, 1989, Anniston, Calhoun Co, Alabama; m. CATHERINE
CAMILLE JOHNSON, September 16, 1939, Anniston, Alabama.
More About CATHERINE CAMILLE JOHNSON:
Fact 1: nicknamed Kitty
iii. ROY CLIFTON TAYLOR, b. August 20, 1920, Stephens County GA.
iv. THOMAS HILLIARD TAYLOR, JR, b. December 23, 1922; d. March 25,
1972.
v. MARY NELL TAYLOR, b. January 13, 1925; d. October 22, 1971.
vi. CHARLES GRADY TAYLOR, b. February 09, 1927, Stephens County GA.
Children of THOMAS
TAYLOR
and NEZZIE
JACKSON
are:
vii. JOSEPHINE BLAIR7 TAYLOR, b. October 19, 1927; m.
WILLIAM H. ODUM, February 24, 1950.
More About JOSEPHINE BLAIR TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Stepchild of Thomas Hilliard
viii. JIMMIE RUTH BLAIR TAYLOR, b. May 07, 1930; d. 1997; m.
WILLIAM FRIAR, August 02, 1947.
More About JIMMIE RUTH BLAIR TAYLOR:
Fact 1: stepchild of Thomas Hilliard
More About WILLIAM FRIAR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Bill
59. VINNIE6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 13, 1893, and died March 16, 1985. She married BUREN
WHITMIRE.
He died September 04, 1947.
Children of VINNIE
TAYLOR
and BUREN
WHITMIRE
are:
i. DORIS GWENDOLYN7 WHITMIRE, m. WAYNE MILTON WILEY, May
25, 1946.
ii. MARTHA SWEET WHITMIRE, b. September 16, 1914; d. May 24, 1916.
iii. SAM LLOYD WHITMIRE, b. May 28, 1916; m. ALICE FLAKE HENRY,
August 29, 1942.
iv. LAVINIA WHITMIRE, b. May 10, 1918; m. WILLIAM PAUL NEAL, August
14, 1948.
v. WILLIAM TAYLOR WHITMIRE, b. March 14, 1923; d. August 10, 1984;
m. EDNA PURCELL, August 14, 1948.
vi. JANNIS QUILLA WHITMIRE, b. February 25, 1929; m. ELMER L.
WHITEN, May 04, 1952.
60. VIOLA
ANN6
TAYLOR
(WALTON
CRAWFORD5,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 28, 1895, and died July 15, 1982 in Stephens County GA.
She married HARLEY
C. CARPENTER.
He died July 08, 1965.
Children of VIOLA
TAYLOR
and HARLEY
CARPENTER
are:
i. JAMES WELTON7 CARPENTER, SR., b. May 27, 1923,
Stephens County, Georgia; m. RUTH VIRGINIA CRENSHAW, October 01, 1955.
ii. FRANCES JEANETTE CARPENTER, b. May 17, 1928, Stephens County,
Georgia; m. KYLE WOODSON PURCELL, May 21, 1950.
61. ALAMEDA
LORENA6
NAVES
(ALAMEDA
CATHERINE5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 10, 1873, and died November 12, 1967. She married (1) UNKNOWN
BAILEY.
She married (2) WILLIAM
HENRY
BRADFORD
December 09, 1916.
More About ALAMEDA
LORENA
NAVES:
Fact 1: nicknamed Mattie
Children of ALAMEDA
NAVES
and UNKNOWN
BAILEY
are:
i. MINNIE7 BAILEY.
ii. BERNICE MYRTLE BAILEY, b. June 23, 1896; d. July 29, 1991; m.
ALBERT SIDNEY ROWLAND, 1918; d. 1960.
Notes for ALBERT SIDNEY ROWLAND:
At the time of their divorce, Albert was ordered to pay $12.00 per
week in child support. Albert was to be given visits at reasonable
time and places.
iii. ERNEST BAILEY, b. June 23, 1896.
62. ROBERT
WADE6
NAVES
(ALAMEDA
CATHERINE5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 07, 1877, and died June 27, 1942. He married UNKNOWN
WIFE.
Notes for ROBERT
WADE NAVES:
Robert Wade Naves was killed by a Streamlined Passenger Train about 10:30
PM north of Cornelia, Georgia. He was a carpenter and former railway
employee. It was believed that he was sitting on the track and was hit by
the wheels of the engine. His body was thrown onto the outbound track. He
was survived by five sons, Henry, Claude, Olan, Joe, and Worth Naves; two
sisters, Mrs W T Acree of Valdosta, Georgia and Mrs W L Bradford of
Nashville, Tennessee; one brother, A D Naves of Birmingham, Alabama.
Children of ROBERT
NAVES
and UNKNOWN
WIFE
are:
i. HENRY7 NAVES.
ii. CLAUDE NAVES.
iii. OLAN NAVES.
iv. JOE NAVES.
v. WORTH NAVES.
63. AMANDA
NAOMI6
LODEN
(MARY
ANN NAOMI5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 18, 1878, and died August 20, 1964. She married EMORY
SPEAR
WILLIAMS
June 03, 1900. He died January 18, 1951.
Children of AMANDA
LODEN
and EMORY
WILLIAMS
are:
i. ANNA BILLE7 WILLIAMS, m. (1) BOB JONES; m. (2) GEORGE
WILLIS.
ii. RILLA GRACE WILLIAMS, b. July 14, 1901; m. (1) JOHN WESLEY
MILES; m. (2) LUTHER SMITH, March 19, 1916.
iii. MYRTLE WILLIAMS, b. November 09, 1905.
iv. MAUDE WILLIAMS, b. October 03, 1908; m. EARL LOY BRADEN, July
24, 1926.
v. RUTH WILLIAMS, b. February 17, 1911; m. BERNARD HANCOCK
THOMPSON, August 17, 1928.
vi. ROBERT HARRISON WILLIAMS, b. March 17, 1913; m. DREXELL WANSLEY,
September 22, 1934.
64. JOHN
HARRISON6
LODEN
(MARY
ANN NAOMI5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 08, 1880, and died January 20, 1968. He married SARAH
IDA MAXWELL
January 15, 1908.
Children of JOHN
LODEN
and SARAH
MAXWELL
are:
i. WILLIAM7 LODEN.
More About WILLIAM LODEN:
Fact 1: nicknamed Bill
ii. SAMUEL ELLISON LODEN.
iii. THOMAS EDISON LODEN, b. February 19, 1916.
65. ISABELLA
GABRILLA6
LODEN
(MARY
ANN NAOMI5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 06, 1882, and died May 09, 1948. She married JAMES
MARTIN
WILLIAMS
February 07, 1904. He died October 29, 1957.
Children of ISABELLA
LODEN
and JAMES
WILLIAMS
are:
i. ROBERT HARRISON7 WILLIAMS, b. November 1904; d.
December 25, 1904.
ii. LILLIE MAE WILLIAMS, b. November 19, 1905.
iii. ROY ROOSEVELT WILLIAMS, b. July 14, 1907; d. March 01, 1937.
iv. REVEL PAUL WILLIAMS, b. July 31, 1909.
v. MARY RUTH WILLIAMS, b. February 18, 1912; m. EDWIN B COPELAND.
vi. GEORGE JAMES WILLIAMS, b. September 16, 1914; d. September 05,
1988; m. ELIZABETH BURKETT.
vii. DAVID WILLIAMS, b. June 01, 1918; m. IDA MAE ZETTEROWER.
viii. WILMA JEANETTE WILLIAMS, b. November 19, 1920; m. WILLIAM H
THRASHER.
ix. CHARLES TRUMAN WILLIAMS, b. January 08, 1924; m. ROSEMARY
LEHMANN.
x. JO LINDBERG WILLIAMS, b. February 16, 1927; m. RUSSELL BOWLIN.
66. ALMEDIA
LOUISE6
LODEN
(MARY
ANN NAOMI5
TAYLOR,
CALEB4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 15, 1893, and died November 09, 1981. She married CHARLIE
FRANKLIN
HEMPHILL
December 19, 1915. He died November 04, 1977.
Children of ALMEDIA
LODEN
and CHARLIE
HEMPHILL
are:
i. MARY CHARLOTTE7 HEMPHILL, b. October 20, 1916; d.
September 07, 1995; m. ELMER WILSON WALTERS, December 28, 1936.
ii. FRANK LODEN HEMPHILL, b. January 30, 1919; m. MARTHA FRANCES
SEGARS, January 25, 1947.
iii. EMILY LOUISE HEMPHILL, b. July 20, 1921; m. LEO BURGESS, June
21, 1941.
iv. JULIA FAYE HEMPHILL, b. June 13, 1924; m. JOHN FOSTER KINNEY,
December 13, 1943.
More About JOHN FOSTER KINNEY:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jack
v. FRED KENNETH HEMPHILL, b. September 10, 1926; m. (1) MILDRED
LOUISE POWELL, September 21, 1951; m. (2) BARBARA JUNE EBERHART
GRIFFIN, December 04, 1984.
vi. JONELL HEMPHILL, b. July 09, 1929; m. (1) JOE EARL KIRBY; m.
(2) PLEMON FRANK FOLDS, June 13, 1948.
vii. MARGARET ANNE HEMPHILL, b. August 26, 1932.
67. MARY
MAGDELINE6
TAYLOR
(JAMES5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 11, 1880, and died February 07, 1974. She married WILLIAM
JAMES
RILEY
MCCONNELL.
He died December 29, 1984.
More About WILLIAM
JAMES
RILEY
MCCONNELL:
Fact 1: nicknamed Ed
Child of MARY
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
MCCONNELL
is:
i. DORIS GENEVA7 MCCONNELL, b. May 13, 1924; m. UNKNOWN
MARTIN.
68. THOMAS
NEWTON6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 13, 1872 in Towns County, Georgia, and died 1953 in Clark Co,
Ga. He married NANCY
EMMA NEAL
January 11, 1895 in Aquone, Macon Co, NC. She died September 22, 1961 in
Clark Co, Ga.
More About THOMAS
NEWTON
WOOD:
Fact 1: Buried Attica Baptist Church Cemetery, Athens
Fact 2: Ga
More About NANCY
EMMA NEAL:
Fact 1: buried Attica Baptist Church Cemetery, Athens
Fact 2: Ga
Children of THOMAS
WOOD
and NANCY
NEAL
are:
i. ELDA MAE7 WOOD, b. May 11, 1896, North Carolina; m.
FRANK CLINGLAND DILLS, November 08, 1914, Union (Towns) County,
Georgia; d. March 28, 1962.
More About FRANK CLINGLAND DILLS:
Fact 1: buried Memorial Cemetery, Athens Ga
ii. JOHN NELSON WOOD, b. November 21, 1896, North Carolina; d. July
11, 1972, Clarke Co Ga; m. (1) LASSIE MAE LOWE; d. February 22, 1942;
m. (2) HESTER CLEO COOK.
iii. CARL HERMAN WOOD, b. February 25, 1899, North Carolina; d.
March 17, 1970, Clarke Co Ga; m. MARY LUCILLE CLOSE, November 29,
1932.
iv. LILLIE IOWA WOOD, b. January 24, 1901, Aquone, Macon Co, NC; m.
(1) JAMES GRAYSON PARHAM; d. March 29, 1959; m. (2) ROBERT MARSH,
August 02, 1978.
More About JAMES GRAYSON PARHAM:
Fact 1: buried Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Athens
v. MARY IRENE WOOD, b. December 19, 1902, Aquone, Macon Co, NC; m.
WINFRED WILLIAM MARTIN LOWE, August 08, 1925, Clarke Co, Ga; d. August
12, 1964.
vi. BARBARA HELEN WOOD, b. September 20, 1904; d. April 02, 1977;
m. HARRY S. KENNEY, July 04, 1924, Barberton, Summit Co, Ohio; d.
1980.
More About BARBARA HELEN WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Athens
Fact 2: Ga
More About HARRY S. KENNEY:
Fact 1: buried Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Athens
vii. JULIA OCTAVIA WOOD, b. October 03, 1906; m. RONALD ERB
MILLHOFF, August 31, 1926, Barberton, Summit Co, Ohio; d. September
11, 1967.
viii. DOROTHY INEZ WOOD, b. June 18, 1908, Aquone, Macon Co, NC; m.
JOSEPH ALLEN PARHAM, August 19, 1930, Canton. Stark Co, Ohio; d. March
29, 1971, Clarke Co, Ga.
ix. EULA EVANGELINE WOOD, b. September 22, 1911, Union (Towns)
County, Georgia; m. OLIVER FRANKLIN WATSON, December 24, 1929,
Anderson, SC; d. April 08, 1958, Stephens County, Georgia.
x. JENNIE EMMA WOOD, b. October 26, 1913, Union (Towns) County,
Georgia; m. DONALD WATERING ROBINSON, January 29, 1932, Barberton,
Summit Co, Ohio; d. October 04, 1970, Barberton, Summit Co, Ohio.
xi. THOMAS LEON WOOD, b. May 16, 1918, Clarke Co Ga; m. NAOMI
ALWAYNE LOGAN, November 04, 1939, Clarke Co, Ga.
More About THOMAS LEON WOOD:
Fact 1: nicknamed Lee
69. LAURA6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 06, 1875, and died July 22, 1964. She married (1) DAVID
KILPATRICK.
He died August 12, 1932 in Clay County, North Carolina. She married (2) JOHN
TATHAM.
More About DAVID
KILPATRICK:
Fact 1: buried Old Ledford Chapel Cemetery
Children of LAURA
WOOD
and DAVID
KILPATRICK
are:
i. ROY7 KILPATRICK, d. March 19, 1965; m. SARAH
CALDWELL.
ii. ROSS KILPATRICK, b. June 12, 1911; m. RUBY CLARK, May 26, 1935.
iii. ROSETTA KILPATRICK, b. October 18, 1913; m. VAUGHN TWIGGS.
iv. HAZEL KILPATRICK, b. May 12, 1915; m. RALPH P. HOGSED, June 05,
1936; d. June 15, 1962.
v. MAGGIE KILPATRICK, b. January 10, 1917; m. RICHARD HERRING, June
06, 1934, Towns County, Ga.
Child of LAURA
WOOD
and JOHN
TATHAM
is:
vi. NELLIE7 TATHAM, b. January 11, 1899; d. June 15,
1978; m. DOCK BAILEY MCGAHA, SR; d. 1968.
70. ELLA6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born June 17, 1877, and died April 20, 1928 in Andrews, Cherokee County,
North, Carolina. She married GEORGE
STEPP
July 22, 1897 in Macon County NC. He died 1928 in Cherokee County, North
Carolina.
Children of ELLA
WOOD
and GEORGE
STEPP
are:
i. BILL7 STEPP.
ii. WARREN STEPP.
iii. OLLIE STEPP, b. April 24, 1897; d. June 24, 1944; m. HORACE
LLOYD HIGDON; d. March 20, 1953.
iv. DIXIE STEPP, b. March 26, 1904; d. January 17, 1913.
v. FRANK STEPP, b. 1906; d. 1941.
71. MARY
ETTA6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 18, 1886, and died July 13, 1961. She married JEHU
EDWIN
BARNARD,
SR
August 29, 1907. He died July 13, 1961.
More About JEHU
EDWIN
BARNARD,
SR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jace
Children of MARY
WOOD
and JEHU
BARNARD
are:
i. CAREY WILLIAM7 BARNARD, b. August 16, 1908, Kile,
Macon Co, North Carolina; m. LILLIE MAE PENLAND, June 30, 1929.
ii. MILDRED BARNARD, b. April 14, 1910, Aquone, Macon Co, NC; m.
WAYNE GRADE WEST, June 08, 1930; d. March 04, 1990.
iii. ARTHUR LEON BARNARD, b. April 05, 1912, Aquone, Macon Co, NC;
d. June 04, 1976, Towns County, Ga; m. WILDA CLARE CHAMBERS, June 29,
1935.
iv. GUSTAVE A BARNARD, b. February 08, 1914, Aquone, Macon County,
North Carolina; d. September 22, 1933, Towns County, Georgia.
More About GUSTAVE A BARNARD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
v. MARY RUTH BARNARD, b. November 01, 1916, Warne, Clay County,
North Carolina; d. March 27, 1918.
More About MARY RUTH BARNARD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
vi. LUCILLE FRANCES BARNARD, b. October 02, 1918, Towns County, Ga;
d. April 26, 1989; m. JESSE ALBERT PRATHER, June 03, 1945, Towns
County, Ga; d. November 13, 1976, Buried Canton Ohio.
More About LUCILLE FRANCES BARNARD:
Fact 1: buried West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio
vii. JEHUE EDWIN BARNARD, JR, b. April 19, 1921, Towns County, Ga;
d. November 12, 1987, Warren NC; m. MARY SUE SWANSON, September 14,
1942.
More About JEHUE EDWIN BARNARD, JR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Pisgah Cemetery, Warne, NC
viii. LORENA KATHLEEN BARNARD, b. November 21, 1924, Towns County,
Ga; m. DONALD EARL PHILLIPS, October 06, 1945.
72. JAMES
ARTHUR6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 18, 1889 in Natahala NC, and died December 04, 1949 in
Warne, Clay county NC. He married EDITH
R ERWIN
February 18, 1917. She died January 29, 1954 in Warne, Clay county NC.
More About JAMES
ARTHUR
WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
More About EDITH
R ERWIN:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of JAMES
WOOD
and EDITH
ERWIN
are:
i. JAMES E.7 WOOD, b. February 17, 1918, Clay County NC;
m. (1) ITASKA BOYD; m. (2) ELFREIDA SELMYER, 1952, Germany.
ii. FANNIE LOUIS WOOD, b. January 09, 1920; d. February 27, 1920,
Towns County, Georgia.
More About FANNIE LOUIS WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
iii. FRANK LEE WOOD, b. May 16, 1921; d. August 05, 1943, Cape
Hatteras, North Carolina.
Notes for FRANK LEE WOOD:
Frank Lee Wood died in World World II, off the coast of Cape
Hatteras, North Carolina.
iv. TOM WOOD, b. April 21, 1923; d. September 26, 1929, Warne, Clay
County, North Carolina.
More About TOM WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
v. JACK D. WOOD, b. June 05, 1925, Warne, Clay Co, NC; m. IRENE
PALMER, September 1956, Cherokee Co. NC.
vi. JOHN C. WOOD, b. December 20, 1927, Warne, Clay Co, NC; m.
GAYNELLE MINGUS, 1954, Dillon SC.
vii. MARY JO WOOD, b. May 18, 1930, Clay County NC; m. CHARLES
WARREN SMITH, July 01, 1951.
viii. ELLA FRANCES WOOD, b. September 05, 1932, Clay clounty NC; m.
ROLAND LILLEY, June 25, 1956, Lapeer Michagan.
ix. ROBERT E. WOOD, b. June 15, 1935, Clay clounty NC; m. CAROLYN
GIRARD, May 1956, Alma,Bacon Co. GA.
x. VIRGINIA R. WOOD, b. September 28, 1937, Clay clounty NC; m.
MICHEAL FLANNERY, August 03, 1969, Jacksonville Florida.
73. FLORENCE6
WOOD
(MARY
ETTA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 13, 1892, and died August 18, 1978 in Towns County,
Georgia. She married GUSTAVE
MCKINLEY
PUETT
January 28, 1917 in Clay County NC. He died April 10, 1965 in Towns County
NC.
More About FLORENCE
WOOD:
Fact 1: buried Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery
Children of FLORENCE
WOOD
and GUSTAVE
PUETT
are:
i. HELEN7 PUETT.
ii. HAL PUETT.
iii. LORENA PUETT.
iv. WARD PUETT.
v. HILDRED PUETT.
vi. DIXIE PUETT.
74. LILLIAN
MERLE6
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
J.5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 17, 1903 in Whitewater,Mesa County Colorado. She married (1) WILLIAM
ROSS FARMER
October 18, 1921 in Glenwood Springs Garfield County Colorado. He died May
19, 1974. She married (2) PHILLIP
W. MASSEY
March 24, 1971.
Notes for LILLIAN
MERLE
TAYLOR:
Lillian Merle Taylor is a housewife who is outgoing and has a great sense
of humor. She loves the outdoor. She loved the time she spent at her cabin
on Grand Mesa. She is a family person who will tell you about her family,
and how much she loves each one.
She is currently living with her daughter, Wink Dryden, in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
By Dean Bryan Beck, Nephew
THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN BY LILLIAN TAYLOR FARMER MASSEY;
As I think back over my child days, I appreciate my parents more than
ever. They had some rough times.
When they were first married, the country where they had to graze their
cattle was in the Indian Region. Any way close. My mother would be busy
baking bread or cooking and when she turned around the room would be filled
with Indians sitting along the wall watching her cook. And she never heard a
one come in.
They moved from there to the Unaweep Canyon where we were reared. We had
a good home and lots to eat, but always had to work hard. I always had to
milk 6 or 7 cows before going to school and walk 3/4 of a mile. Help with
the haying and after it was stacked, weed the big garden. So I was raised to
work and it never hurt me a bit. In fact, it prepared me for the hard knocks
that we come to face with our life.
I look back on my life and I am grateful for my good child life of lots
of freedom and happiness and, that a child can have growing up.
By Lillian Massey
More About WILLIAM
ROSS FARMER:
Fact 1: nicknamed Bill
Fact 2: May 25, 1974, buried Grand Junction Municipal Cemetery
Fact 3: Orchard Mesa, Colorado
Children of LILLIAN
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
FARMER
are:
i. ZELDA LUCILLE7 FARMER, b. December 27, 1925, Grand
Junction, Colorado.
ii. WILLA MERLE FARMER, b. December 01, 1930, Grand Junction, Mesa
County,Colorado; m. JOSEPH HENRY DRYDEN, August 27, 1950, Grand
Junction, Mesa County,Colorado.
More About WILLA MERLE FARMER:
Fact 1: Episcopalian
Fact 2: nicknamed Winky
More About JOSEPH HENRY DRYDEN:
Fact 1: Episcopalean
75. ALVA
WHEELER6
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
J.5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 28, 1905 in Gunnison River, Mesa County Colorado, and died
April 05, 1959 in Grand Jucntion Colorado. He married LOLA
MAE SMITH
March 29, 1928 in Delta County Colorado, daughter of WILLIAM
SMITH
and MARY
MEDCALF.
Notes for ALVA
WHEELER
TAYLOR:
Alva Wheeler "Alvie" Taylor was a cattleman on the Taylor and Heskett
ranches for many years, south of Whitewate, Colorado. A very hard working
man with a great disposition. A very likable person who had no enemies, and
was the best father and friend you could ever have in your life. His son
Jerry, calls him the best friend he has ever known.
At the age of 54, he was thrown from his horse when fording the Gunnison
River with his son, Jerry Taylor, and a herd of cattle, and it took several
days for searchers to locate his body, which was found about 150 yards from
the point where he was thrown from his horse. The rancher's horse apparently
stepped into a hole or lost it's footing as Taylor forded the river while
gathering cattle some 20 miles south of Grand Junction and several miles
upstream from the Indian Rock Orchard Company Ranch. His son, Jerry, then 20
years of age, saw his father disappear in the water, and jumped in to find
his father, but the older man was swept away. A friend of the family said
Taylor couldn't swim. Other accounts stated he could. The riderless horse
scrambled to safety.
A score of men in boats, horseback and on foot took part in the search
which lasted for three days and continued in drenching rain. The body was
discovered from a boat using a barbed wire grapple in a deep hole. It
snagged on clothing about 10 feet below the surface of the water. Deputy
Sheriff Earl Sawyer said many persons voluntarily helped out during the
search period. Among these were members of the Colorado River Skippers with
their boats, the Kannah Creek Cowbelles, ranchers, Game and Fish Department
employees and Rio Grande Railroad crews. Two boats were taken to Whitewater
and taken upstream by rail to the site. The boats belonged to Bill Jarvis
and Mesa County. Skin divers were also used.
Alva Taylor was a lifelong resident of Unaweep Canyon Mesa. He attended
schools in Unaweep and Grand Junction. Taylor operated a large ranch located
about 14 miles up Unaweep Canyon which was first bought by his father, the
late Andrew J Taylor, in the 1890's. It is one of the early ranches in the
Unaweep and has large acreage both in the canyon and on the Uncompahgre
forest.
He was a member of the National Cattlemen's Association, the Colorado
Cattleman's Association, the Mesa County Farm Bureau and the Elk's Lodge.
BPOE Lodge 575 was in charge of his funeral services. Reverend Earl Goss was
officiating. Pall Bearers were George Lockhart, Vern Wood, Byrl Casto, Clyde
Robinson, Frank Calhoun, and Bob Knox. Honorary Bearers were Jack Wadlow,
Wes Devenney, E J Heskett, Charles Silzell, Jerome Craig, Joe Scales,
Lawrence Mash, Sharon Billings, Raymond Woodring, and Ute Osborne.
At the services there was a bunch of cattle close by who were bawling.
Son, Jerry, said that even the cows were crying at the loss of his father.
By Dean Bryan Beck, Nephew
More About ALVA
WHEELER
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: March 20, 1970, buried Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
Fact 2: Municipal Cemetery
Fact 3: nicknamed Alvie
Children of ALVA
TAYLOR
and LOLA
SMITH
are:
i. ELVA MAYE7 TAYLOR, b. April 10, 1933, Grand Junction,
Mesa County,Colorado; m. THOMAS CHARLES BURWELL, June 29, 1951, Taylor
ranch, Mesa County Colorado.
ii. BYRON JARIS TAYLOR, b. August 17, 1938, Grand Junction,
Colorado; m. PAT HERMANN.
76. JOSEPHINE
NAOMA6
TAYLOR
(ANDREW
J.5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 13, 1907 in Whitewater,Mesa County Colorado, and died
March 17, 1970 in Grand Junction Mesa County Co. She married (1) EDWIN
LORAINE
BLANCHARD.
She married (2) EDWIN
ELLERY
BECK
September 02, 1926 in Grand Jucntion Colorado. He died March 18, 1968 in
Flint, Genesse County, Michigan.
Notes for JOSEPHINE
NAOMA
TAYLOR:
Jo Taylor was a housewife who played the piano by ear, and would play
dances and over radio station KFXJ in Grand Junction, Colorado, with husband
Ed playing the alto saxophone. Her mother left the St Charles Hotel, located
at 317 South 2nd St, Grand Junction, Colorado to Jo when she passed away in
1940. She was an easy touch for those in need.
She was beaten by a man who was drunk in the hotel, and the man was not
prosecuted because of a slick lawyer.
She had a massive stroke which left her unable to speak, and she was in
nursing homes until she died. She was a very caring person, who loved
horses, people, music, and had a strong belief in God.
Her memorial services took place at St Martin's Chapel, Grand Junction,
Colorado, on March 20, 1970, at 4:00 pm. Reverend Ronald R Hamilton
officiated from the First United Methodist Church. Pall Bearers were Ross
Unger, Ira Berry, Maurice Ford, Keith Moore, Arthur Gilbert, and Tom
Toughridge.
i. DEAN BRYAN7 BECK, b. August 16, 1928, Grand Junction,
Mesa County,Colorado; m. (1) BONNIE ROSE COLESCOTT, January 21, 1950,
Raton New Mexico; m. (2) DONNA LEE STEVENSON, May 21, 1983, Lyons,
Boulder County, Colorado.
Notes for DEAN BRYAN BECK:
Some Early Memories
The road into the Unaweep Canyon was quite a ride when I was small.
It was a one way road where you got out of your car and honked your
horn to see if anyone was coming down from the narrow one lane road
built on the side of the mountain. I recall that there was one place
for two cars to pass, and if someone was coming down the hill, the
person who was going up had to back down. It was a real THRILLER. They
later built the road close to the streambed and that was better, but a
mess when you had a flash flood, and then the cars would be turned
around and they would try to beat the wall of water to where it went
into Whitewater.
They had a big party line from Whitewater to all the ranches in the
Unaweep- 1 long and 2 short and you could be at a close ranch and get
your phone call- but so could everyone else listen in to hear what was
said. Many of the ranchers had places to live in Whitewater so the
kids could go to school during the winter and know they would make it.
In the canyon it was not too good a road in those days.
by Dean Bryan Beck
More About DEAN BRYAN BECK:
Fact 1: November 21, 1940, Baptized Nov 21 1940 St. Matthews
Episcopal Church
77. JAMES
GROVER6
KENDALL
(JOSEPHINE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 12, 1888 in Towns County, Georgia, and died April 05, 1969
in Hiawassee Ga. He married ICY
MAE PRESLEY
February 05, 1911. She died January 06, 1975.
More About JAMES
GROVER
KENDALL:
Fact 1: Buried in Macedonia Cemetery
Fact 2: nicknamed Jim
More About ICY
MAE PRESLEY:
Fact 1: Buried in Macedonia Cemetery
Children of JAMES
KENDALL
and ICY
PRESLEY
are:
i. RUTH7 KENDALL, b. May 12, 1912; d. November 17, 1918,
Hiawassee, Georgia.
More About RUTH KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery
ii. HOMER ALVIN KENDALL, b. May 11, 1914, Towns County, Ga; d. June
06, 1945, Okinawa, Japan; m. VELMA REE NICHOLS, January 16, 1941,
Union (Towns) County, Georgia; d. September 18, 1995, Towns County,
Ga.
More About HOMER ALVIN KENDALL:
Fact 1: Died in WWII
Fact 2: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawasseem Ga
iii. INFANT DAUGHTER KENDALL, b. April 21, 1916, Hiawassee Ga; d.
April 21, 1916, Hiawassee Ga.
More About INFANT DAUGHTER KENDALL:
Fact 1: Buried in Macedonia Cemetery
iv. JAMES MACK KENDALL, b. June 21, 1919, Towns County, Ga; m.
CARLENE MEDLEY, October 06, 1940, Tennessee.
v. CREDE PRESTON KENDALL, b. January 21, 1922; m. MATILDA DELORES
GUSTOF, March 05, 1946, New Jersey.
78. ELLEN6
KENDALL
(JOSEPHINE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 08, 1893, and died December 08, 1978 in Hiawassee Ga. She
married FRANKLIN
ROGERS.
He died March 15, 1986 in Hiawassee Ga.
More About ELLEN
KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
More About FRANKLIN
ROGERS:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Child of ELLEN
KENDALL
and FRANKLIN
ROGERS
is:
i. JAMES FRANKLIN7 ROGERS, b. June 23, 1933, Towns
County, Ga; d. August 19, 1961, Hiawassee Ga; m. ETHELDA GRIBBLE.
More About JAMES FRANKLIN ROGERS:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
79. LASSIE6
KENDALL
(JOSEPHINE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 26, 1901 in Towns Countym Ga. She married JACK
HOWARD.
Children of LASSIE
KENDALL
and JACK
HOWARD
are:
i. PAT7 HOWARD.
ii. LORETTA HOWARD.
80. PAUL6
KENDALL
(JOSEPHINE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 12, 1902 in Towns County, Ga, and died in Hiawassee Ga. He
married LENA
SUTTON
1926. She died September 25, 1975 in Towns County, Ga.
More About PAUL
KENDALL:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
More About LENA
SUTTON:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Fact 2: September 14, 1913, baptized Hiawassee Baptist Church
Children of PAUL
KENDALL
and LENA
SUTTON
are:
i. BENJAMIN EDWARD7 KENDALL, m. RUTH KENDALL.
More About BENJAMIN EDWARD KENDALL:
Fact 1: nicknamed Benny
ii. BILLY PAUL KENDALL, b. April 04, 1937, Towns County, Ga; m.
MARY JEAN PARKER, August 16, 1963.
81. IDA
IVALEE6
PATTON
(SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 23, 1883, and died March 13, 1968. She married J G WARNER
July 06, 1913. He died March 25, 1944.
Child of IDA
PATTON
and J WARNER
is:
i. LELA SARAH7 WARNER, b. March 09, 1916; m. HALLIE
TRUMAN PARKER, October 27, 1945.
82. M ARVIL6
PATTON
(SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 26, 1885, and died December 25, 1961. He married AUDIE
LASATER.
Children of M PATTON
and AUDIE
LASATER
are:
i. RENZO7 PATTON.
ii. VELLA PATTON, m. OSCAR MOTLE.
iii. VELMA PATTON, d. 1961.
iv. ORA PATTON, b. February 28, 1915; d. May 15, 1916.
83. ANNA
ORA6
PATTON
(SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 04, 1891, and died May 01, 1952. She married ALBERT
GARY.
Children of ANNA
PATTON
and ALBERT
GARY
are:
i. OPAL7 GARY, b. December 21, 1914; m. HAROLD BRODIE.
ii. HANEL GARY, b. 1916.
iii. RUBY GARY, b. August 18, 1918; d. October 1968; m. WILLARD
HENDERSON.
iv. J T GARY, b. March 10, 1920; m. DORIS GARY.
v. WYLEY GARY, b. August 17, 1921; m. LOIS CRISP.
vi. JOHNNIE GARY, b. October 07, 1925; m. ALBERT ALLEN.
84. ARRA6
PATTON
(SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 03, 1894, and died June 14, 1953. She married AZZIE
LASATER.
Children of ARRA
PATTON
and AZZIE
LASATER
are:
i. GEORGE WILLIAM7 LASATER, m. CALLIE LASATER.
ii. EUNICE LASATER, m. UNKNOWN GORDON.
iii. BEULAH LASATER, m. ELBERT HUNT.
iv. LOMETA LASATER.
85. EVIE
VIOLA6
PATTON
(SARAH
JANE5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 20, 1905. She married LAWRENCE
WHITTLEY.
Children of EVIE
PATTON
and LAWRENCE
WHITTLEY
are:
i. LOIS7 WHITTLEY, m. PAUL ARMSTRONG.
ii. JUANITA WHITTLEY, m. CARL BRADFORD.
iii. HUBERT WHITTLEY, m. PAT WHITTLEY.
86. MARSHALL
JEFFERSON6
PATTON
(ALICE
MARTHA5
TAYLOR,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
He married UNKNOWN.
Child of MARSHALL
PATTON
and UNKNOWN
is:
i. IRENE7 PATTON, m. UNKNOWN DYER.
87. JAMES
ANDREW6
TAYLOR
(NEWTON5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
He married (1) FLORANCE
DILLINGHAM.
He married (2) ALLIE
FOSTER
MCFALLS.
More About JAMES
ANDREW
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jim
Fact 2: nicknamed Pa-paw
Children of JAMES
TAYLOR
and FLORANCE
DILLINGHAM
are:
i. JAMES7 VON TAYLOR, b. May 15, 1916, Towns County Ga;
d. 1986, Helen, Georgia; m. MAGGIE JANE BERRONG, July 18, 1937, Towns
County GA; b. February 12, 1913, Towns County Georgia; d. July 28,
1989, Towns County Georgia.
ii. ADA TAYLOR, b. August 01, 1926; m. ARTHUR C. ABERNATHY; d.
October 15, 1981.
iii. ALVIN TAYLOR, b. January 05, 1921, Towns County GA; d. October
17, 1997, Towns County GA; m. GENEIEVE NICHOLS.
iv. NOEL TAYLOR, b. September 21, 1913, Towns County, Ga; d. March
06, 1989, Towns County, Ga; m. THELMA CORA HOOPER, October 04, 1942;
d. January 22, 1994, Towns County, Ga.
88. LILLIE6
TAYLOR
(NEWTON5,
JOHN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 29, 1890, and died February 22, 1975 in Towns County, Ga.
She married BYNUM
TAYLOR
December 19, 1920 in Towns County, Ga, son of WILLIAM
TAYLOR
and N ROBERSON.
He was born May 30, 1891 in Towns County, Ga, and died February 06, 1935 in
Towns County, Ga.
Notes for LILLIE
TAYLOR:
When Bynum passed away Lillie was left with the seven children. The
youngest was three years old. In order to rear her children she and the
older children worked long hours on the farm. For a number of years she also
kept a grocery store located at the junction of Mill and Owl Creek Roads to
supplement the farm income.
Lillie, daughter of Newton and Louisa Kendall Taylor, was born in Towns
County on November 29, 1890. She had blue eyes, and black hair which she
wore in a bun on the back of her head. She was a large woman weighing over
200 pounds. Lillie attended school at Mountain Scene and was a member of Mt
Zion Baptist Church.
Living to be 84 years old, Lillie passed away February 22, 1975 and is
buried in Mt Zion Cemetery near her husband.
By Ola Taylor Foster
More About LILLIE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Church Cemetery
Notes for BYNUM
TAYLOR:
Bynum Taylor received his education in a log school house located on
School House Branch on Owl Creek in Towns County. After serving in WW1, he
married Lillie Taylor on December 19, 1920. He started his family in a log
cabin constructed by himself, his father, and his neighbors.
Bynum was a handsome man of average build, with light brown hair, ruddy
complexion and blue eyes. He had a pleasant personality. He wore overalls
and chambray shirts, except on Sundays when he wore a blue serge suit. He
was a member of Mt Zion Baptist Church, Mountain Scene, Ga, where he was
organist most of the time. He loved to sing and enjoyed working with the
children and teaching them what he knew about music. He was the Tenor Member
of a quartet consisting of himself, his brother Eugene, John Turpin, and
Boyd Underwood. At the time there were a lot of singing conventions which
were a great pastime for them. Bynum also liked to play the fiddle and spent
many hours playing for people who came by his home to listen to him play.
Bynum was stricken with an abscess in his hip joint in 1934. Dr Rice did
surgery on his hip at home without anesthesia to lance the affected joint.
He never fully recovered, and the following winter he developed pneumonia
and passed away February 6, 1935. He was buried in the Mt Zion Church
Cemetery.
By Ola Taylor Foster
More About BYNUM
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Fact 2: served in World War I
Fact 3: cause of death-abscess in hip joint and
Fact 4: pneumonia
Children of LILLIE
TAYLOR
and BYNUM
TAYLOR
are:
i. VERA7 TAYLOR, b. September 29, 1921, Towns County, Ga;
m. MARION CASH, June 04, 1943.
ii. ORA TAYLOR, b. January 31, 1923, Towns County, Ga; d. December
04, 1946, Baldwin Co, Ga.
More About ORA TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
iii. LON TAYLOR, b. July 30, 1924, Towns County, Ga.
iv. LEWIS TAYLOR, b. January 30, 1926, Towns County, Ga; d. October
23, 1991, Towns County, Ga.
More About LEWIS TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
v. CLARA TAYLOR, b. January 18, 1928, Towns County, Ga; m. MARVIN
MASON, May 13, 1949.
vi. OLA TINSEY TAYLOR, b. December 11, 1929, Towns County, Ga; m.
WILLIS FRANKLIN FOSTER, January 14, 1947; d. September 20, 1985, Towns
County GA.
vii. WOFFORD N TAYLOR, b. May 09, 1931, Towns County, Ga; m. JOYCE
GIBSON.
89. MARRIETTA6
HOLCOMB
(MCDANIEL5,
MILLIE4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 03, 1868, and died February 22, 1940 in Hebron, Cherokee,
Alabama. She married W HENRY
KINES
1886.
Children of MARRIETTA
HOLCOMB
and W KINES
are:
i. ERNEST M7 KINES, b. July 1887, Alabama; m. OLA
WATSON, December 17, 1905, Cherokee Al.
ii. CARRY KINES, b. September 1889.
iii. RICHARD W KINES, b. December 1891.
iv. WILLIAM H KINES, b. May 1892.
v. LAURA R KINES, b. May 1896.
vi. ELLIE M KINES, b. May 1898.
90. ALBERT6
HOLCOMB
(MCDANIEL5,
MILLIE4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 1872. He married (1) ELLA
HOLCOMB.
He married (2) MAGGIE
GRIFFIN
September 08, 1895 in Cherokee Alabama, daughter of JOHN
GRIFFIN
and LOUISA
GREEN.
She died February 24, 1904 in Cherokee Alabama.
Children of ALBERT
HOLCOMB
and ELLA
HOLCOMB
are:
i. MITTIE A7 HOLCOMB.
ii. EVIE S HOLCOMB.
iii. MINNIE L HOLCOMB.
Child of ALBERT
HOLCOMB
and MAGGIE
GRIFFIN
is:
iv. BERTIS HORTON7 HOLCOMB, b. November 26, 1896; d.
1974, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia; m. LULA MAE LONG, May
1919, Cherokee Al; d. October 22, 1948, Rome GA.
91. VIOLA6
HOLCOMB
(MCDANIEL5,
MILLIE4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 1888. She married LAFAYETTE
BRADLEY.
Children of VIOLA
HOLCOMB
and LAFAYETTE
BRADLEY
are:
i. FAYE7 BRADLEY.
ii. CORA BRADLEY.
92. ICY
JANE6
GURLEY
(NANCY
ELIZABETH5
TAYLOR,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
She married JOHN
KIMBRELL.
Child of ICY
GURLEY
and JOHN
KIMBRELL
is:
i. MARY BELLE7 KIMBRELL, m. AMOS LOWERY.
93. MILLEDGE6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
ALBERT5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
He married MARY
LEE DILLINGHAM
December 14, 1899 in Towns County, Ga.
More About MARY
LEE DILLINGHAM:
Fact 1: buried Jefferson Memorial Cem, Jefferson Ga
Children of MILLEDGE
TAYLOR
and MARY
DILLINGHAM
are:
i. HENRY7 TAYLOR, m. TERESA DUNCAN.
ii. IRENE TAYLOR.
iii. RILLIA TAYLOR.
iv. W. A. DOUG TAYLOR, b. 1914; d. 1967; m. MYRTLE C. TAYLOR.
More About W. A. DOUG TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Jefferson Memorial Cem, Jefferson Ga
v. RUBY TAYLOR, b. February 05, 1916; d. May 15, 1990; m. UNKNOWN
BOND.
More About RUBY TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Jefferson Memorial Cem, Jefferson Ga
94. EMORY6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
ALBERT5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 23, 1880, and died April 19, 1948. He married (1) ETTIE
UNDERWOOD.
She died December 1932. He married (2) ALICE
PARSONS.
More About EMORY
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
Children of EMORY
TAYLOR
and ETTIE
UNDERWOOD
are:
i. GARVIN7 TAYLOR.
ii. FRANK TAYLOR.
iii. JOHN TAYLOR.
iv. LEILA TAYLOR.
v. LILLIAN TAYLOR.
vi. BLANCHE TAYLOR.
vii. ETHEL TAYLOR.
viii. GERALDINE TAYLOR.
ix. ELBERT TAYLOR, b. May 24, 1912; d. February 22, 1947; m. JESSIE
MERRITT; d. May 03, 1951.
Children of EMORY
TAYLOR
and ALICE
PARSONS
are:
x. BERTHA7 TAYLOR.
xi. FLOY TAYLOR.
xii. GLADYS TAYLOR.
95. LUTHER
CARLTON6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
ALBERT5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 28, 1882 in White County, Ga, and died December 30, 1942. He
married ANNIE
JANE UNDERWOOD
October 15, 1902, daughter of MONROE
UNDERWOOD
and JANE
WATSON.
She died April 12, 1952.
More About LUTHER
CARLTON
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
More About ANNIE
JANE UNDERWOOD:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
Fact 2: nicknamed Ann
Children of LUTHER
TAYLOR
and ANNIE
UNDERWOOD
are:
i. LEONARD7 TAYLOR, b. March 17, 1904; d. November 17,
1982; m. LOTTIE MAE WESTBROOKS; d. 1988.
ii. LELLAN TAYLOR, b. February 13, 1906; d. 1985; m. WILLIE WATERS.
iii. LAWRENCE CARLTON TAYLOR, b. December 09, 1907; d. April 13,
1952, Buried in Gillsville Cemetery, HALL County GA; m. ROSALIE NIX;
d. August 31, 1997, Buried In Gillsville Cemetery, HALL County GA.
More About LAWRENCE CARLTON TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
iv. ANNIE JANE TAYLOR, b. April 08, 1910; d. October 20, 1949,
Buried Gillsville Cemetery Hall Co GA; m. FLOYD NIX.
More About ANNIE JANE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
v. CHARLIE TAYLOR, b. October 01, 1912, Hall County, Ga.
vi. WINNIE PAULINE TAYLOR, b. August 14, 1913; d. August 15, 1996,
Memorial Park Cemetery SC; m. ROY STEPHENSON.
More About WINNIE PAULINE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Greenwood SC
vii. NORMAN HUGH TAYLOR, b. June 09, 1916; d. January 04, 1981,
Buried in Gillsville Cemetery, HALL County GA; m. (1) CLYDE TRUITT; m.
(2) HELEN WHITMIRE; d. 1995.
More About NORMAN HUGH TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Gillsville Cemetery, Gillsville Ga
viii. RUTH TAYLOR, b. May 01, 1921, Hall County, Ga; m. HERMAN A.
WHITE, November 04, 1939; d. February 27, 1983.
ix. KATHERINE TAYLOR, b. February 28, 1924; m. PHILLIP PHAGAN,
September 21, 1940.
x. JOE ZACHARY TAYLOR, b. June 03, 1927, Clarke Co Ga; d. March 08,
1986, Gainsville GA; m. IDA STOVER.
More About JOE ZACHARY TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Memorial Pk Cemetery, Gainesville Ga
96. BEULAH6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1897 in Georgia. She met UNKNOWN
QUEEN.
Children of BEULAH
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
QUEEN
are:
i. HOWARD7 TAYLOR.
ii. EFFIE TAYLOR, m. WAYNE CLARK.
97. LULA
FAIR6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 18, 1899 in Towns County, Ga, and died January 07, 1971 in
Hiawassee Ga. She married THOMAS
ALVA PRESLEY
March 24, 1920. He died April 08, 1973 in Hiawassee Ga.
More About LULA
FAIR TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
More About THOMAS
ALVA PRESLEY:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Children of LULA
TAYLOR
and THOMAS
PRESLEY
are:
i. FLOY LENA7 PRESLEY, b. March 12, 1921, Towns County,
Ga; m. WOODFIN BENJAMIN WOOD, September 30, 1939; d. December 24,
1988, Towns County GA.
More About WOODFIN BENJAMIN WOOD:
Fact 1: nicknamed Woody
ii. ROY PRESLEY, b. April 27, 1927, Hiawassee Ga; d. April 30,
1927, Hiawassee Ga.
More About ROY PRESLEY:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
98. VASSIE6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 11, 1905 in Towns County, Ga, and died December 20, 1992
in Towns County, Ga. She married JIMMY
GARRETT.
He died September 27, 1959 in Towns County, Ga.
More About VASSIE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
More About JIMMY
GARRETT:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Children of VASSIE
TAYLOR
and JIMMY
GARRETT
are:
i. VAUGHN7 GARRETT.
ii. CALVIN GARRETT, m. VONZY GARRETT.
iii. LORENE GARRETT.
iv. SUE GARRETT, m. UNKNOWN SHELTON.
v. DORIS GARRETT.
vi. EVIE MARIE GARRETT, b. February 08, 1923, Towns County, Ga; m.
VERNER ADAMS.
vii. KATE GARRETT, b. April 28, 1928, Towns County, Ga.
viii. EDNA MAE GARRETT, b. May 15, 1942, Towns County, Ga.
ix. VIRGINIA ANN GARRETT, b. February 03, 1944, Towns County, Ga;
m. BARNEY CHASTAIN.
99. GLEN
JAMES6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 11, 1907 in Towns County, Ga. He married RUBY
BELLE
TURPIN
April 16, 1932. She died November 25, 1979 in Hall County, Ga.
More About RUBY
BELLE
TURPIN:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Children of GLEN
TAYLOR
and RUBY
TURPIN
are:
i. JAMES WILLIAM7 TAYLOR, b. January 21, 1933, Towns
County, Ga; m. RUTH VICTORIA MOSS, December 19, 1954, Towns County GA.
ii. DENA FAYE TAYLOR, b. June 08, 1934, Dekalb County, Ga; m. JAMES
F. DURHAM; d. April 23, 1995, Towns County GA.
More About JAMES F. DURHAM:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
iii. BETTY SUE TAYLOR, b. August 22, 1935, White County, Ga; m. LOY
YORK.
iv. BOBBY DAVID TAYLOR, b. July 16, 1939, Hapeville, Ga; m. CAROLYN
LLOYD, August 09, 1957.
v. JACKIE TIMOTHY TAYLOR, b. May 23, 1943, Hapeville, Ga; m. (1)
PEGGY SUE BERRONG; m. (2) JOYCE ANN BROWN, January 27, 1962.
vi. MATTIE LOU TAYLOR, b. April 30, 1947, Towns County, Ga.
vii. JERALD GLEN TAYLOR, b. January 20, 1950, Towns County, Ga.
100. EDGAR6
TAYLOR,
SR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1910 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 23, 1997 in Hiawassee Ga.
He married HATTIE
KASTNER.
More About EDGAR
TAYLOR,
SR:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Children of EDGAR
TAYLOR
and HATTIE
KASTNER
are:
i. BEATRICE7 TAYLOR, b. October 25, 1929, Towns County,
Ga; m. UNKNOWN PYLES.
ii. EDGAR TAYLOR, JR, b. September 14, 1931, Towns County, Ga; m.
BETTY GIBSON.
101. WALTER6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 11, 1912 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 11, 1986 in
Towns County, Ga. He married (1) VELMA
BROWN.
He married (2) WILLIE
MAE FOSTER.
More About WALTER
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Child of WALTER
TAYLOR
and VELMA
BROWN
is:
i. MARGIE7 TAYLOR, b. August 11, 1942, Towns County, Ga;
m. JAROLD MAULDIN, July 27, 1963.
102. GRADY
R.6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
W.5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1914 in Georgia. He married LOUELL
TURPIN,
daughter of JOHN
TURPIN
and MARY
MCFALLS.
She died December 13, 1996 in Towns County, Ga.
More About LOUELL
TURPIN:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Children of GRADY
TAYLOR
and LOUELL
TURPIN
are:
i. JOUNIDA7 TAYLOR, m. ARNOLD RAY BRADLEY, October 31,
1959.
ii. JEWELL TAYLOR, m. WADE NICHOLSON.
iii. L. G. TAYLOR, m. SANDRA HAIGLER.
iv. TERRY TAYLOR.
103. ELLA
FAIR6
TAYLOR
(FRANCIS
BARTOW5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 03, 1888 in Towns County, Ga, and died February 19, 1944 in
Towns County, Ga. She married RICHARD
HERSCHEL
WHEELER.
He died September 21, 1966 in Towns County, Ga.
More About ELLA
FAIR TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Towns County, Georgia
More About RICHARD
HERSCHEL
WHEELER:
Fact 1: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Towns County, Georgia
Children of ELLA
TAYLOR
and RICHARD
WHEELER
are:
i. R. B.7 WHEELER, b. 1914.
ii. ELGIN WHEELER, b. 1915.
iii. LILLIE WHEELER, b. July 17, 1918, Towns County GA; m. ARNOLD
NICHOLS; d. December 12, 1984.
More About ARNOLD NICHOLS:
Fact 1: buried Old Union Cemetery, Young Harris Ga
104. GEORGE
C.6
TAYLOR
(FRANCIS
BARTOW5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 26, 1889 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 04, 1953 in
Towns County, Ga. He married (1) RUBY
BERRONG.
She died February 26, 1927 in Towns County, Ga. He married (2) SARAH
JANE ELLER.
She died April 22, 1979 in Towns County, Ga.
More About GEORGE
C. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Lower Hightower Baptist Cemetery
More About RUBY
BERRONG:
Fact 1: buried Lower Hightower Baptist Cemetery
More About SARAH
JANE ELLER:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Children of GEORGE
TAYLOR
and RUBY
BERRONG
are:
i. VELMA7 TAYLOR, b. September 13, 1914, Towns County,
Ga.
ii. OPAL TAYLOR, b. 1915, Towns County, Ga; m. PAT DYER.
iii. LEES TAYLOR, b. 1919.
iv. GEORGE TAYLOR, b. 1923; m. GERALDINE MURRAY.
Children of GEORGE
TAYLOR
and SARAH
ELLER
are:
v. MILDRED7 TAYLOR, b. October 28, 1932, Towns County,
Ga; m. JIMMY WIGGINS.
vi. JOHNNY FRANK TAYLOR, b. May 04, 1940, Towns County, Ga; m.
BARBARA LEE RAMSEY.
105. LASSIE
B.6
TAYLOR
(FRANCIS
BARTOW5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 31, 1894, and died June 07, 1966 in Towns County, Ga. She
married GROVER
HENDRIX
BERRONG.
He died July 16, 1967 in Towns County, Ga.
More About LASSIE
B. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Lower Hightower Baptist Cemetery
More About GROVER
HENDRIX
BERRONG:
Fact 1: buried Lower Hightower Baptist Cemetery
Children of LASSIE
TAYLOR
and GROVER
BERRONG
are:
i. RALPH EUGENE7 BERRONG, b. June 06, 1913, Towns
County, Ga.
ii. JOSEPH BARTOW BERRONG, b. June 28, 1917, Towns County, Ga.
iii. MARIE BERRONG, b. July 19, 1919, Towns County, Ga.
106. LOLA
BELLE6
TAYLOR
(FRANCIS
BARTOW5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 27, 1896 in Towns County, Ga, and died 1982 in Towns County,
Ga. She married ROBERT
M CHASTAIN.
He died 1993 in Hiawassee Ga.
More About LOLA
BELLE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
More About ROBERT
M CHASTAIN:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
Children of LOLA
TAYLOR
and ROBERT
CHASTAIN
are:
i. BESSIE7 CHASTAIN, m. HERBERT ADAMS.
ii. DOLLIE CHASTAIN.
iii. WANDA MAE CHASTAIN, b. May 25, 1913, Towns County, Ga.
iv. RALPH WADE CHASTAIN, b. February 16, 1915, Towns County, Ga; d.
1969, Towns County, Ga; m. EVA NELL MCCLURE.
More About RALPH WADE CHASTAIN:
Fact 1: buried Macedonia Cemetery, Hiawassee Ga
v. KITTIE LORA CHASTAIN, b. December 27, 1922, Towns County, Ga.
vi. TRUETT LEVI CHASTAIN, b. June 21, 1928, Towns County, Ga.
107. BERLIN6
TAYLOR
(FRANCIS
BARTOW5,
ANDREW
JACKSON4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1900 in Towns County, Ga. He married UNKNOWN.
Children of BERLIN
TAYLOR
and UNKNOWN
are:
i. KENNETH7 TAYLOR.
ii. ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
108. ICIE
TEXAS6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 20, 1874 in Towns County, Georgia. She married ALEXANDER
J. BROOKSHIRE
December 23, 1894 in Towns County, Ga.
Children of ICIE
TAYLOR
and ALEXANDER
BROOKSHIRE
are:
i. INFANT BOY7 BROOKSHIRE.
ii. BESSIE BROOKSHIRE, b. September 19, 1898, Towns County,
Georgia; d. September 05, 1910, Cherokee County, Georgia.
iii. JAMES VESTER BROOKSHIRE, b. May 24, 1900, Towns County,
Georgia; d. September 01, 1910.
iv. THEODORE BROOKSHIRE, b. February 02, 1902; d. 1967, Georgia.
More About THEODORE BROOKSHIRE:
Fact 1: nicknamed Ted
v. GLENN BROOKSHIRE, b. June 08, 1903; d. 1969, New York.
vi. RUBY PAULINE BROOKSHIRE, b. August 26, 1905; m. ARTHUR MCRONALD.
vii. FRANKLIN BROOKSHIRE, b. February 26, 1907; m. UNKNOWN WIFE.
viii. HOWARD LEANDER BROOKSHIRE, b. December 06, 1908; d. July 17,
1978; m. UNKNOWN WIFE.
ix. FRED BROOKSHIRE, b. August 29, 1911; d. 1971, New York; m.
SOPHIA UNKNOWN.
More About FRED BROOKSHIRE:
Fact 1: buried in New York
x. HUGH JOSEPH BROOKSHIRE, b. July 11, 1914.
xi. IRENE BROOKSHIRE, b. May 12, 1917; m. UNKNOWN NOYES.
109. JEREMIAH
MARTIN6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 31, 1876 in Towns County, Ga, and died June 20, 1928 in Towns
County, Ga. He married ROSA
JANE NICHOLSON
August 21, 1899 in Towns County, Ga, daughter of ANDREW
NICHOLSON
and VIRGINIA
JAMESON.
She was born December 23, 1879 in Fodder Creek, and died April 21, 1972.
Notes for JEREMIAH
MARTIN
TAYLOR:
Jeremiah Martin "Judd" Taylor, son of Harvey Pinson and Nancy Matilda
Bryan Taylor, was born March 31, 1876 on Owl Creek where he grew up.
Although the extent of his education was from the Blue Back Speller ar the
"Little Log House in the Soapstone Gap," he was well read and regularly
suscribed to the "Atlanta Contstitution". He served as postmaster of
Hopeland, Georgia from 1900 to 1902. A member of the Fodder Creek Lodge (of
the Farmer's Union) No 777, he served as president for a term. Joining
Enotah Baptist Church in 1910, he later served as Sunday School
Superintendent. Initiated in 1919, he also belonged to Unicoy Lodge No 259,
Free and Accepted Masons.
J M Taylor is best remembered as a musician. At the age of 16, while
working as a farm laborer in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, he learned shaped
not music. Putting his talent and low booming bass voice to use, he served
as chorister and organist at Enotah Baptist Church for many years. Competing
at county singing conventions, the Enotah choir won the banner for eight
consecutive years while he was head of the class. He also conducted singing
schools throughout Towns and surrounding counties and composed a number of
songs which appeared in the Gospel songbooks of the early 1900's.
Having "met in the settlement," J M and Rosa Jane Nicholson were married
August 21, 1899. They set up housekeeping on Owl Creek but moved to Fodder
Creek in 1902. In 1908 they moved to Lula, Georgia in Banks County. to work
on a cotton farm. When their son Paul became sick, the doctor prescribed
freestone water. They returned to Fodder Creek where they purchased 30 acres
from Jane Alston, built a log house, resumed farming, and started an
orchard. Apple, peach, pear, cherry. plum, quince, and apricot trees were
cultivated. A monumental task was keeping the trees sprayed and usually
required the muscle power of Paul, Pauline, and Mary to pump. Later
strawberries and grapes were added to the orchard.
In 1923 a larger two-story house was built of oak and ceiled with pine
from timber cut on the property by Marlor and Jack Galloway. Paul hauled the
lumber to Hayesville where it was planed and grooved. Joe Kirby, Luther
Hooper, and Arnold Woodring "raised" the house, and Ruth and Cora carried
the shingles for the roof. The oak mantles framing the fireplaces were made
by Ed McConnell.
Purchasing a new Model T in 1924, the Taylors were among the first owner
of an automobile on Fodder Creek. They also were early subscribers to the
Western Electric Telephone Company. Another telephone was installed in their
house by Morris Brothers Lumber Company. It was connected to the tower on
Bald Mountain and was used to spread the word about fires.
On June 20, 1928m J M Taylor died of a stroke. He was prepared for burial
by Luther, John and Arvel Hooper. The casket was homemade and trimmed in
black. An epidemic of measles having broken out previously at Luther
Melton's funeral at which J M sang, the community was quarantined;
therefore, Reverend Buice conducted the funeral service at home. The Masons
conducted the graveside service at Enotah Cemetery.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About JEREMIAH
MARTIN
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Enotah Cemetery, Fodder Creek, Towns County, GA
Fact 2: nicknamed Judd
Notes for ROSA
JANE NICHOLSON:
Rosa Jane Nicholson Taylor, daughter of Andrew Absalom and Virginia
Caroline Pope Jameson Nicholson, was born December 23, 1879 on Fodder Creek
where she grew up, attended school, and joined Enotah Baptist Church. A good
homemaker and manager, she excelled at spinning, weaving, knitting,
crocheting, quilting, and sewing. Often people would bring her material and
a picture from the catalog and she would copy the pattern. After her
husband's death she continued to farm with the assistance of her children. A
kind neighbor, whe knew many "recipes" for teas and poultices and always
assisted whenever and wherever there was sickness in the community. A lady
in the truest sense, Rosa was noted for her hospitality to all. Known as
"Maw-maw" to her grandchildren, she trotted them many miles on her knees and
chided them by saying, "Ah pshaw!"
Rosa lived her last days in the homes of her daughters. On April 21,
1972, after a long fight with cancer and diabetes, she died and was buried
beside her husband in Enotah Cemetery.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About ROSA
JANE NICHOLSON:
Fact 1: Buried in Enotah Cemetery, Fodder Creek, Towns County, GA
Children of JEREMIAH
TAYLOR
and ROSA
NICHOLSON
are:
i. HOMER LEE7 TAYLOR, b. November 09, 1900, Towns
County, Georgia; d. March 31, 1982, Hall County, Georgia.
Notes for HOMER LEE TAYLOR:
Born November 8, 1900, near Soapstone Gap on Owl Creek, Jeremiah
Martin and Rosa Jane (Nicholson) Taylor's oldest child, Homer Lee,
grew up on Fodder Creek which remained home to him all his life.
Securing a sawmill job in nieghboring Habersham County and later
working as a farm laborer, he set out on his own at the age of
sixteen. Before traveling to Kissimmee, Florida, where he worked on a
road construction job, he enrolled at Hiawassee High School in 1918.
Returning to Fodder Creek in 1933 after having worked for a number of
years in the copper mines at Fontana, North Carolina, he took over
management of the family farm. Supplementing the farm income, he
worked on various other jobs including Ritter's Lumber Company,
relocating cemeteries when Chatugue Dam was built, as a driller at
Fontana Dam, and road construction jobs including the road to Clayton
in 1948. He was working for Floyd Saltz on a timber job at the head of
the River in the early 1950's when Joel Abernathy returned from
Walden, Colorado, boasting of the opportunities there- jobs paying as
much as $30 a day! Deciding to seek his fortune in this land of
opportunity, he headed west. Much to the dismay of his companions, Guy
Taylor and Cline Garrett, he rarely exceded 40 MPH! Settling at
Walden, Colorado, he worked first for the Michigan River Timber
Company, but the majority of his work was with the North Park Timber
Company. Retiring after 17 years of skidding logs, he returned home.
Purchasing the old Fodder Creek School site, he built a comfortable,
modern house.
Active in Masonic affairs for forty years, Homer belonged to Unicoy
Lodge No 259, F&AM, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1953. He
also belonged to Hiawassee Chapter # 305 Order of the Eastern Star.
Professing faith at the age of fourteen, he joined Enotah Baptist
Church. As a loyal Democrat he was active in the political affairs of
the county. He was a prolific reader of mysteries and an avid sports
fan- often listening to two ballgames simultaneously- one on the
pick-up radio and one in the house. He loved to talk about olden times
and was a wealth of information regarding the family's history.
Homer often said," When my time comes, I just want to move on out."
This he did on March 31, 1982. Reflecting on Homer's baseball days.
Reverend John F Moore eulogized him as "a man who played hard and who
played fair." He was laid to rest beside his parents in Enotah
Cemetery on Fodder Creek.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About HOMER LEE TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Enotah Cemetery, Towns County, Ga
ii. LILLIE PEARL TAYLOR, b. September 30, 1902, Towns County,
Georgia; d. February 14, 1980, Murphy, North Carolina; m. (1) JOSEPH
BOYD WOODRING; d. November 01, 1983, Towns County, Ga; m. (2) HARVEY
C. GRIBBLE, May 06, 1923; d. June 08, 1938, Towns County, Ga; m. (3)
DAVID GORMAN KITCHENS, Aft. 1960; d. August 29, 1983.
Notes for LILLIE PEARL TAYLOR:
Lillie Pearl Taylor was born September 30, 1902, on Fodder Creek
where she grew up and attended school. Furthering her education, she
enrolled at Hiawassee High School. Taking the state teacher's
examination, she earned a teaching certificate and began teaching in
the public schools of the county in the 1920's. Two of her schools
were Pine Grove and Upper Bell Creek.
Wearing a grown silk dress, which she had made, and a brown satin
hat, Pearl was married on May 6, 1923 to Harve Gribble. They lived on
Bell Creek and she cooked for logging camps.
On her own after 1929, Pearl worked for a short time at Timken
Roller Bearing Company, Canton, Ohio. Moving to Enka, North Carolina,
she worked at a rayon plant. Afterwards she worked at Bekin Mfg.
Company and as a housekeeper in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Helping
with the war effort, she worked at Union Carbide Company, Charlotte,
North Carolina, making batteries during World War II. Before returning
home to Fodder Creek in the early 1950's where she looked after the
farm and raised broilers, she worked at a mercantile company in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Joining Enotah Baptist Church at the age of twelve, Pearl remained
an active member through the years. She sang in the church choir,
assisted in Vacation Bible Schools, and participated in the annual
drive to collect canned goods for the Georgia Baptist Children's Home.
Pearl, an excellent cook, always prepared meals for singing
conventions, homecomings, and family reunions. Her deliciously
prepared Sunday dinners made the Taylor home a popular gathering place
for gamily and friends on Sunday afternoons.
Active in community affairs, Pearl served as a Heart Fund Volunteer
for many years. She was also a promoter of the Nicholson Family
Reunion of which she served as secretary for a number of years. As one
of the first and most popular exhibitors of the Georgia Mountain Fair,
Pearl is well remembered for her quilting and expert needlework.
A very polite lady who enjoyed growing flowers, Pearl was always
mindful of the rules of grammar and consistantly stressed correct
English usage. She would say, "We LOVE our sweethearts and we LIKE
tomatoes." A hard worker, she was frequently the only woman who came
to cemetery workdays at Enotah Cemetery.
Although she had no children of her own, her neices and nephews
held a special place in her heart, and she, in theirs.
In the late 1960's Pearl married David Gorman Kitchens, a widower,
of Clay County, North Carolina. She moved to his home on Shooting
Creek and there lived out the rest of her life. After a period of
declining health she became a resident of Franklin, North Carolina
nursing home. While a patient in Murphy Medical Center, Murphy, North
Carolina, Pearl died on St Valentine's Day 1980. She was buried in the
Shooting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About LILLIE PEARL TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Shooting Creek Baptist Church
Fact 2: Cemetery
More About JOSEPH BOYD WOODRING:
Fact 1: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Towns County, Georgia
More About HARVEY C. GRIBBLE:
Fact 1: Buried in Lower Bell Creek Cemetery
More About DAVID GORMAN KITCHENS:
Fact 1: Buried in Shooting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery; Clay
County, North Carolina
iii. ROBERT PAUL TAYLOR, b. September 29, 1905, Towns County, Ga;
d. June 21, 1965, Towns County, Ga; m. ELLA FAIR NICHOLSON, June 07,
1936, Towns County, Ga; d. July 05, 1990, Hall County, Ga.
Notes for ROBERT PAUL TAYLOR:
With the exception of a short time out west working in the timber
business and a short time in Ohio working at Goodyear Rubber Company,
Paul lived on Fodder Creek, Towns County, Georgia where he farmed and
worked in timber for a living.
More About ROBERT PAUL TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Enotah Cemetery, Fodder Creek, Towns County, GA
Notes for ELLA FAIR NICHOLSON:
Ella Fair Nicholson married Robert Paul Taylor. She was a cook for
manay years at Hiawassee Elementary School, where she retired. Prior
to that she worked for a while in Ohio as a nurse's aide.
iv. ROXIE PAULINE TAYLOR, b. September 29, 1905, Towns County GA;
m. LEMUEL FUNDERBURK, June 29, 1927, Charlotte, NC; d. April 23, 1988,
Charlotte, NC.
Notes for ROXIE PAULINE TAYLOR:
Roxie Pauline Taylor, a twin to Robert Paul, was born September 29,
1905. Attending Hiawassee High School, Pauline earned a teaching
certificate and taught school on Scataway at Pine Grove School. Using
her savings, she left Fodder Creek in 1926 and went to Charlotte,
North Carolina to work. There she met Lemuel Funderburk and they were
married on June 29, 1927. They have two daughter, Betty Jane King and
Joyce Ann Murphy. With the exception of several years in Forest Park,
Ga, home for the Funderburks has been 2500 Daniel Street, Charlotte,
North Carolina.
by Jerry A Taylor
More About LEMUEL FUNDERBURK:
Fact 1: buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC
Fact 2: Sharon Memorial Cemetery
v. MARY DEXTER TAYLOR, b. January 30, 1908, Towns County, Ga; d.
April 08, 1995, South Carolina; m. EVERETTE GLENN COX, August 21,
1948; d. October 09, 1994, Laurens County, South Carolina.
Notes for MARY DEXTER TAYLOR:
Mary Dexter Taylor was born January 30, 1908. Leaving Fodder Creek
in 1927, Mary worked in Winston Salem, North Carolina; R W Eldridge
Company, Charlotte, North Carolina; and Southern Hankerchief Company,
Greenville, South Carolina. She was married on August 21, 1948 to
Everette Glenn Cox. Mary and Glenn have lived and worked in New York,
New Jersey, and Nevada. Now retired, they live near Fountain Inn,
South Carolina where they farm and raise beef cattle.
More About EVERETTE GLENN COX:
Fact 1: Buried in Bramlett United Methodist Church Cemetery
Fact 2: occupation Line construction worker
vi. CORA MAE TAYLOR, b. April 19, 1911, Towns County GA; m. (1)
LOYD ELTON HADAWAY, October 27, 1934; d. November 04, 1994, Paragould,
Arkansas; m. (2) WALTER ROTHGERY, 1953; d. June 18, 1976, Columbia,
SC.
Notes for CORA MAE TAYLOR:
Cora Mae Taylor was born April 19, 1911. Leaving Fodder Creek in
1929, Cora has worked at Eldridge Mfg. Co. Charlotte, NC, Beacon Mfg ,
Swannonoa NC, an automobile mfg company in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and a
luggage company in Miami Fl. Her first marriage was on October 27,
1934 to Loyd Hadaway. They had one daughter, Marilyn Yvonne Hadaway
Kaiser. In 1953 Cora was married to Walter Rothgery. Leaving Florida
in 1961, they moved to South Carolina where Walter died in 1976. Cora
lives in Simpsonville, SC.
vii. RUTH EDITH TAYLOR, b. November 08, 1913, Towns County GA; m.
JULIUS REX KENNEDY, October 14, 1939, Aiken, South Carolina.
Notes for RUTH EDITH TAYLOR:
Ruth Edith Taylor was born November 8, 1913. Leaving Fodder Creek
in 1935, she went ot Charlotte, NC to live with her sister Pauline and
Lem Funderburk to help care for their two small children. She was also
employed by Charles' 5 & 10 and later by Hudson Hosiery Co. On October
14, 1939 she was married to Julius Rex Kennedy. They have one son,
Jerry Robert Kennedy. Rex and Ruth live at Matthews, North Carolina
where they farm and raise beef cattle.
by Jerry A Taylor
viii. JOHN GUY TAYLOR, b. October 25, 1919, Towns County GA; d.
July 20, 1985, Towns County GA; m. HELEN BARRETT, September 09, 1950,
Towns County GA; b. July 03, 1930, Hog Creek, Georgia.
Notes for JOHN GUY TAYLOR:
John Guy Taylor, son of Jeremiah Martin and Rosa Jane Nicholson
Taylor was born October 25, 1919 on Fodder Creek where he grew up and
attended school. Enrolling in Towns County High School in the fall of
1933, he missed the first day due 6to his baptism anad reception into
Enotah Baptist Church. Since there were no school buses, he bicycled
to school during good weather and batched during the winter quarter.
To help with expensesm he built fires and swept floors for the school.
Each job paid 5 cents per day and enabled him the occasional treat of
a Mr Goodbar and NeHi. Active in the Utopian Debating Society, he
spoke on the affirmative for the cahmpion debate his senior
year:"Resolved: That All Electrical Utilities Should be Governmentally
Owned and Operated." He graduated May 3, 1937 in the largest
graduating class up to that time.
Immediately after his eighteenth birthday, he signed up with the
Civilian Conservation Corps and was stationed at Camp Roundbottom,
Ravensford, North Carolina, where he worked as a blacksmith's helper
grinding axes. During World War II the Park Service was discontinued
and the camp was moved to Fort Bragg where Guy worked as supply
sergeant until the CCC's were disbanded in July, 1942.
Awaiting greetings from Uncle Sam, Guy went to Atlanta with Noel
Taylor and Hugh Plott to join the US Navy. Frank Nicholson, a postal
employee originally from Fodder Creek, took them to see the Admiral
who suggested that they consider the Seabees.
Guy was sworn in December 4, 1942 in Atlanta and inducted at Camp
Perry, Magruder, Virginia as Seaman First Class. Later he was rated
Fireman First Class. His unit was later moved to Camp Thomas,
Providence, Rhode Island where they were prepared for service
overseas. They were sent to King's Point, Bermuda to relieve the
construction crew and maintain the base. Guy worked as fireman and
truck driver on the base.
Farming and raising chickens has been Guy's primary occupation, but
he has worked on a variety of other jobs. His first job was with
Woodall Construction Company during the summer of 1937 building a new
road from Duckworth's Store in Hiawassee to the old Macedonia Bridge.
He was paid 20 cents per hour for a 10 hour day. He has also worked at
Sharp's Ranch in Santa Paula. Colorado, Michigan River Timber Company
in Walden, Colorado, and a malibdinum mine in Climax, Colorado, a
uranium mine in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, and at North Park Timber
Company in Laramie, Wyoming.
Although he doesn't play an instrument, Guy enjoys music and
singing, a Taylor trait. He often serenades his family with old
ballads and gospel songs. Most of his contemporaries remember him a
good baseball player and pitcher.
By Jerry A Taylor
More About JOHN GUY TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Burch Cemetery, Sunnyside, Towns Co Ga
Notes for HELEN BARRETT:
On September 9, 1950, Guy Taylor and Helen Barrett were married.
Helen, daughter of Cicero an Pauline Burch Barrett, was born July 3,
1930, on Hog Creek where she grew up and attended school. She
continued her education at Towns County High School, graduating in
1947. She later attended Young Harris College.
Received into the membership of Union Hill United Methodist Church
on Aug 20, 1940 by the Reverend E L Adams, Helen has remained an
active member. She currently serves as Communion Steward.
Helen has worked at a variety of jobs. Following her graduation
from high school she worked as a housekeeper for Colonel and Mrs W V
Rice and Mr and Mrs Harry England. In addition to her rose as
homemaker since her marriage, she has "tended" chickens, worked at
Young's Hatchery, Peachtree Products, Georgia Boot Company, Union
County Nursing Home, and Kimsey Egg Company.
By Jerry A Taylor
110. LUCIUS
QUINTUS
CURTIS6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 20, 1879 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 03, 1951 in
Hot Springs, Arkansas. He married (1) BONNIE
MCAFFEE
1904. He married (2) WILLIE
H. BROWN
1920. He married (3) ANN
EMMONS
1930 in Harlan County, Kentucky. She died January 27, 1956 in Hot Springs,
Arkansas. He married (4) EDDIS
ANDERSON
October 21, 1941 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She died January 15, 1979
in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Notes for LUCIUS
QUINTUS
CURTIS
TAYLOR:
Lucius Quintus Curtis "Curt" Taylor, son of Harven Pinson and Nancy
Matilda Bryan Taylor, was born November 20, 1879 on Owl Creek, Towns County,
Georgia.
In 1904 he married Bonnie McAffee of Blairsville, Georgia. They had two
sons, Reuben Randall, born 1905 of Atlanta, Georgia, and Charles, born 1906
of New York. The marriage was unsuccessful and neither parent was able to
give the children the proper care and attention they needed and deserved so
they were adopted by families that provided them with an array of
opportunities and as a result both enjoyed successful social and career
lives.
Having learned shaped note music from his brother "Judd" , Curt took to
the road and traveled extensively throughout the southern and midwestern
United States supporting himself and selling gospel songbooks. On occasions
Curt appeared in and around Towns County, driving his little Willis, to
visit, hold singing schools, and do business.
By 1909 Curt left Georgia and went West to be a cowboy. At Gail, Texas, a
wealthy rancher found out that he could teach singing and had him give voice
lessons to his three teen-age children. Here Curt was the principal of the
West Texas Normal School of Music. In the teens he continued teaching music
schools in Artesia, New Mexico, where he and D B Mills published "Joyous
Praise". He also taught music schools in Amarillo, Texas, where he and J S
Earp published "Melodies for Jesus."
By 1920 Curt was married in Kansas City, Missouri, to Ms Willie H Brown.
However, Curt's travels, profession, and lifestyle were not complimentary
with the demands of settled married life which resulted in another
unsuccessful marriage.
In th 1930's Curt was living in Harlan County, Kentucky, where he met Ann
Emmons who managed the boarding quarters and cooked for the Bennett Mine
Company and later became his wife. While teaching singing schools in
Southeastern Kentucky, Curt sang as lyric tenor with the Kentucky Yellow
Jackets, billed as "the hottest thing this side of the equator" by George W
Sebren in "Teh Sacred Singer", Asheville, North Carolina.
Curts fourth marriage was to Eddis Anderson of Bryson City, North
Carolina. Besides Bryson City, they also lived at Gainesville, Georgia for a
while. Their children were: Doran, Naomi Brenda Sue, Deems Theophilus, and
Curtis Truman.
Curt also lived in Hot Springs, Arkansas, from 1943 until his death. He
resided at 127 1/2 Central Avenue with his wifem Ann Emmons, who worked from
1940 until her death as chef at Park Hotel, Lewis B-B-Q, and The Flame Cafe.
In Hot Springs he was a member of the First Assembly of God where he was a
Sunday School teacher and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Curt returned to his native Georgia in 1950 to conduct a round of singing
schools in White and Hall Counties. While teaching a school at Chattahoochee
Methodist Church near Helen, he was given the role of choirmaster in the
movie, "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain."
Curt's relaince on his talents and wit was his primary occupation and
livelihood. He was a colorful character, of tall stature with a dark
complexion and attractive features. He was meticulously dressed and groomed
regardless of the occasion. His voice took him many places, filled many
rooms with a resounding tenor, and told tales that sparked the imagination
and brought smitles to many.
At the age of 71, Curt developed cerebral arterio-sclerosis and after a
life filled with music and travel died March 3, 1951 at St Joseph Hospital
in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Five years later Ann Emmons Taylor died on January
27, 1956. They are buried side by side at Memorial Park Cemetery in Hot
Springs, Arkansas.
By Steven Curtis Taylor and Jerry A Taylor
More About LUCIUS
QUINTUS
CURTIS
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Bureied in Memorial Park Cemetery
Fact 2: nicknamed Curt
More About ANN
EMMONS:
Fact 1: Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery
More About EDDIS
ANDERSON:
Fact 1: Buried in Tellico Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina
Children of LUCIUS
TAYLOR
and BONNIE
MCAFFEE
are:
i. REUBEN RANDALL7 TAYLOR, b. November 20, 1904; d.
September 01, 1983; m. PEARL ARTELLE WEST.
ii. CHARLES WALTER TAYLOR, b. August 21, 1906; d. April 09, 1962,
Buried in Miami, Florida.
Children of LUCIUS
TAYLOR
and EDDIS
ANDERSON
are:
iii. DORAN7 TAYLOR, b. July 31, 1942; d. August 05,
1942.
iv. NAOMI BRENDA SUE TAYLOR, b. March 16, 1944, Gainsville GA; m.
(1) ROBERT COGGINS; m. (2) JOSE JUAN MARINO; m. (3) BERNARD LINCOLN
TABOR, April 06, 1963; m. (4) HIRAM SYLVANUS PETTY, February 14, 1985.
v. DEEMS THEOPHILUS TAYLOR, b. August 16, 1946, Bryson City, NC; m.
(1) JESSIE RUTH WOFFORD, June 20, 1967, Redding, California; m. (2)
KATHLEEN SUZANNE MILLER, September 25, 1977, Igo, California; m. (3)
MARY ANN TARVIN, January 06, 1996, Redding, California.
More About MARY ANN TARVIN:
Fact 1: married St James Lutheran Church,
Fact 2: Redding California
vi. CURTIS TRUMAN TAYLOR, b. March 16, 1949, Bryson City, NC; m.
LINDA LUCRETIA PAYTON, January 30, 1971, North Miami Beach, Florida.
111. MARTHA
SUSAN6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 16, 1882 in Towns County, Ga, and died July 01, 1975 in
LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. She married JOHN
GRIZZLE
1906.
More About MARTHA
SUSAN
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Lyda, Alabama; Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Children of MARTHA
TAYLOR
and JOHN
GRIZZLE
are:
i. JOHN LEE7 GRIZZLE, b. September 01, 1908, Cobb Co, Ga;
m. ANNIE SUE JOHNSON.
ii. CORRINE GRIZZLE, b. August 04, 1911, Cobb Co, Ga; m. CHARLES
WALLACE BOULDIN.
iii. MINNIE ESTELLE GRIZZLE, b. October 31, 1913, Cobb County,
Georgia; m. RICHARD DORR.
iv. OLLIE MAE GRIZZLE, b. January 24, 1916, Cobb Co, Ga; m. S. J.
PANNELL.
v. HUBERT CLARENCE GRIZZLE, SR., b. January 24, 1918, Berrien Co,
Ga; m. ELOISE FANN.
vi. HENRY GRADY GRIZZLE, b. October 21, 1922; d. May 1949, Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington DC.
112. CARRIE
DELLA6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 20, 1885 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 23, 1976 in
Kennesaw, Georgia. She married LEE
SELF
1910.
More About CARRIE
DELLA
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Dunedin Cemetery, Dunedin, Florida
Children of CARRIE
TAYLOR
and LEE
SELF
are:
i. NANCY ALTIE7 SELF, b. March 28, 1911, Cobb Co, Ga; m.
TOMMY LEE CONN, November 29, 1932; d. July 12, 1971, Cobb Co, Ga.
ii. WILLIAM EDGAR SELF, b. March 14, 1912, Cobb Co, Ga; m. IRENE
SCROGGINS.
iii. RUBY BEATRICE SELF, b. August 14, 1913, Cobb Co, Ga; m. MARVIN
AKINS.
iv. GLADYS DELAWARE SELF, b. July 30, 1917, Ty Ty, Tift Co, Ga; m.
(1) JAMES BLACK; m. (2) CHARLES PHILLIPS.
v. JEWEL LEO SELF, b. June 17, 1919, Alapaha, Berrien Co, Ga; d.
1964, San Fernando Valley, California; m. TRUMAN PHILLIPS.
vi. RUTHIE JO SELF, b. October 13, 1921, Alapaha, Berrien Co, Ga;
d. 1964, San Fernando Valley, California; m. CLIFFORD DAVIS.
113. STEPHEN
GROVER6
TAYLOR
(HARVEY
PINSON5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 27, 1888 in Towns County, Ga, and died June 30, 1966 in
Cobb County, Georgia. He married MATTIE
MAE RICE
September 17, 1911.
More About STEPHEN
GROVER
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Riverview Memorial Park, Smyrna, Georgia
Children of STEPHEN
TAYLOR
and MATTIE
RICE
are:
i. WILLIE LOUISE7 TAYLOR, b. May 14, 1914, Cobb Co, Ga;
d. July 20, 1975, Fulton Co, Ga; m. (1) J. C. JOLLY, 1929; m. (2) R.
J. RENO, 1940; m. (3) WALTER THOMAS MARKS, 1949.
ii. MARJORIE ELAINE TAYLOR, b. March 20, 1920, Cobb Co, Ga; m.
CLAUDE NEWT HENDRIX, January 17, 1946, Carroll Co, Ga.
114. FLORENCE6
SPIVA
(ADALINE5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 1884 in Georgia, and died in Georgia. She married ROBERT
B. SUTHERLAND.
He was born in Georgia, and died in Georgia.
More About FLORENCE
SPIVA:
Fact 1: buried Shady Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
Fact 2: Union county, Georgia
More About ROBERT
B. SUTHERLAND:
Fact 1: buried in Shady Grove Methodist Church
Fact 2: Cemetery, Union County, Georgia
Children of FLORENCE
SPIVA
and ROBERT
SUTHERLAND
are:
i. LOUISA7 SUTHERLAND.
ii. J. P. SUTHERLAND, b. October 24, 1924; m. (1) GRAPELLE BROWN;
m. (2) BEULAH DAVIS.
115. EUGENE
WILLIAM6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
GILBERT5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 04, 1879 in Towns County, Ga, and died November 26, 1961 in
Towns County, Ga. He married CARRIE
ADA BURCH
December 24, 1911 in Towns County, Ga, daughter of MONIMER
BURCH
and LOUISA
LEDFORD.
She died June 19, 1973 in Towns County, Ga.
Notes for EUGENE
WILLIAM
TAYLOR:
Eugene William (Gene) Taylor, the second son of William Gilbert and N.
Jane (Roberson) Taylor was born May 4, !879 and raised near Taylor's branch
in the Owl Creek community of Towns County, Georgia. As a youth, Gene
learned the mountian traditions handed down from previous generations of
farming the land and maintaining self-sufficiency. Gene was educated at the
Soapstone Gap Schoolhouse and learned the basics from the Blue Black
Speller. By his teen years, his interest centered around mechanics, music,
and travels, and by 1903, he had left his homelands for Oklahoma. During hs
travels, he lived and worked as a farmer and ranch hand with his Uncle
Lafayette Puett and his close friend L. R. Johnson.Gene also homesteaded a
620 acre track of land in Clayton, New Mexico which he sold before returning
to North Georgia. In the last years of his westward adventures, Gene moved
to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1907) where he attended Draughon's Practical
Business College.
Having returned to Town's County in the Spring of 1908, Gene first
purchased 400 acres of land on Soapstone Gap for $400.00 which he later
sold, and acquried 90 acres of land on Owl Creek from his father. This
property, which adjoined his Uncle Ben Taylor, included a three-room
split-log house that Gene renovated and lived in until the late 1930's.In
the Autumn of 1908 Gene met " and sparked a well-turned lady" whom he knew
from singins at Mountian Scene, Mt. Zion and Union Hill Churches. This lady
would become his wife after a three year courtship. On Christmas Eve, 1911,
Eugene married Carrie Ada Burch, the youngest daughter of Civil War Veteran
Monimer Burch and Louisa (Ledford) Burch, leaders in the Methodist Episcopal
Church and Republicans! Carrie's Uncle, Marshall Burch, J.P., performed the
Holy Service of Matrimony.
Seven children were born to the Eugene Taylors as they lived in their Owl
Creek home. Carrie and Gene taught their children the ways of the farm, yet
made certain they recieved as much education as possible in Towns County.
The family also faithfully attened the Mt. Zion Baptist Church on second
Sundays and the Mountian Scene Methodist Service on forth Sundays.
Gene's principal occupation was farming which included raising cattle,
chickens, pigs, corn, apples, and honey bees. In addition, he was a
jack-of-all-trades type and was a skilled carpenter, blacksmith, and clock
repairer. Gene repaired time pieces in a weather boarded side room he added
to his cabin. Folks from all around the community would drop in and leave
their clocks and watches, picking them up sometime later for the usual fee
of 50 cents. Gene was also known about the community (like many Taylor's) as
an accomplished musician an 'struck a fine tune' on the fiddle, banjo, and
pump organ. He often attended music gatherings and in his more settled life,
after he was married, could be found sounding the reed organ during the Mt.
Zion Baptist Services as well as in the comfort of his own home playing the
Beck (pump-style) reed-organ he ordered out of Chicago, Illinois.
Both Gene and Carrie served their community in the public and private
sectors. Gene was appointed as a Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the
1243rd District of Towns County from March 1913 until the late 1940's. He
also served on the Board of Education, 1916-1920, and was on the Public
Welfare Board in the 1940's. Carrie having been formally educated at
Hiawassee Academy (graduating in 1909) served as a school teacher of grades
1-12. She first taught at the Old Swannee School in Buford, Georgia
(1909-1910) and later taught at Hog Creek School and other Towns County
Schools until the arrival of her second child. She also faithfully served
the Methodist Church. first at the Union Hill Methodist Episcopal Churchm
where she was admitted from probation at the early age of 14, and after
moving to Owl Creek faithfully served the Mountain Scene Methodist Church.
In their later years, the Taylors left their Owl Creek home and moved
into Hiawassee for the conveniences the town provided. There they spent
their remaining days until, as Gene wrote in a published hymn, they entered
"... A Home of Peace and Pure Delight." Eugene William Taylor passed away
November 26, 1961, at the age of 82, and Carrie Ada Burch Taylor lived to
the age of 89. They are buried side by side in Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns
County, Georgia.
By Nuel Wilmont Taylor and Ray Emmett Taylor, Sons
And Terry Emmett and Steven Curtis Taylor, Grandsons
More About EUGENE
WILLIAM
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Fact 2: nicknamed Gene
More About CARRIE
ADA BURCH:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Children of EUGENE
TAYLOR
and CARRIE
BURCH
are:
i. INFANT SON7 TAYLOR, b. October 24, 1912, Towns
County, Ga; d. October 24, 1912, Towns County, Ga.
More About INFANT SON TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
ii. RANDAL TAYLOR, b. April 20, 1914, Towns County, Ga; d. July 08,
1914, Towns County, Ga.
More About RANDAL TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
iii. PAUL BAUREN TAYLOR, b. September 10, 1915, Towns County, Ga;
d. October 18, 1920, Towns County, Ga.
More About PAUL BAUREN TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
iv. NEUL WILMONT TAYLOR, SR., b. October 17, 1918, Towns County, Ga;
m. JOYCE EMMAJEAN COPELAND, December 16, 1951, Waynesboro, Tn.
Notes for NEUL WILMONT TAYLOR, SR.:
Nuel Wilmont Taylor, son of Eugene William and Carrie Ada Burch
Taylor and great grandson of Civil War Veteran and Towns County
Pioneer Jeremiah Martin Taylor was among the third generation of
Taylors born and raised in the Owl Creek Community of Town County,
Georgia. He was delivered in his father's home October 17, 1918 by Dr
J F Johnson. The delivery fee was $10.00.
Nuel was taught the ways of the farm by his father, yet the
strongest emphasis in the Taylor household was placed on education and
religion. As a youth, Nuel attended Mt Zion Baptist Church and
Mountain Scene Methodist church, being baptized at Blue Hole, and from
1926 until 1932 attended the Mountain Scene Elementary School. In 1933
Nuel entered Hiawassee High School and due to the lack of
transportation and the distance from home to school, he like most
students, boarded with families who lived nearer the school. In the
8th grade, Nuel lived with his Uncle William (Bill) Burch and in the
9th grade boarded with Roy Ozmer, owner/operator of the Mountain
Highlander, where he assisted in setting type and running the printing
presses. His remaining two years of school, he was able to live at
home due to the beginning of school bus services in Towns County.
After graduating from high school in 1937, Nuel enlisted in the CCC
and was assigned to Co 485 in Cartersville, Georgia where he developed
an interest and solid background in surveying. In 1942, Nuel left the
CCC and on the 2nd of February accepted a position as an Engineering
Aide with the Tennessee Valley Authority where he trained until he was
drafted into the Armed Services during World War II.
During the war, Nuel served in the Infantry with the American
Division in Army Intelligence in the Southwest Pacific Theater of
Operations. He was stationed at Guadalcanal, New Caledonia, the Fiji
Islands and other SW Pacific locations. Nuel was discharged from
service in January of 1946.
After the war, Nuel resumed his position with TVA and travelled
throughout the Southeast working as an Engineer's Aide from 1946 until
early 1950 when he was titled Civil Engineer. In 1951 while working in
Wayne County, Tennessee, he met the lady who would become his wife
after a one year courtship. On December 16, 1951 Neul W Taylor married
JOyce Emmajean Copeland, daughter of Emerald Wayne Copeland and Vertie
Veva Morris Copeland and great-great-grandaughter of Northern Alabama
and West Tennessee pioneer James Copeland. Joyce attended Collinwood
High School, graduating at the age of 16, entered Florence State
Teacher's College and in 1950 met Nuel while working for the
Department of Agriculture in Waynesboro, Tennessee. Nuel and Joyce
were married in the First Baptist Church of Waynesboro, Tennessee,
with the Reverend B B Powers performing the ceremony.
The Taylor's first child, Nuel Wilmont Taylor, Jr was born January
15, 1953 in Knoxville, Tennessee. After 10+ years of travelling for
TVA, Nuel and family settled in the Chattanooga vicinity shortly
before the birth of their second son, Steven Curtis Taylor, on May 10,
1955.
By 1957, Nuel and family had moved to Catoosa County, Georgia,
bordering Chattanooga. There the Taylors joined the Boynton Methodist
Church and Nuel and Joyce were actively involved with the Lions Club,
PTA, Dixie Youth Baseball, Cub Scouts, MYF, The Center Society of
Ringgold, Georgia, and The Woman's Guild. In 1967, they left their
country setting and moved to the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee
where they became members of The Trinity Woodmore United Methodist
Church, the Lions and Lioness Clubs, PTA, and Band Boosters.
Although Nuel, like his brothers, broke the traditions of working
the soil for a livlihood, he carries throughout his life a love for
the mountain environment of his parents, grandparents, and
greatgrandparents. Nuel retired from TVA April 4, 1981, lives
comfortably in Chattanooga, Tennessee and frequently visits his native
homeland of Hiawassee, Georgia.
By Nuel W Taylor, Sr and Steven C Taylor
v. RAY EMMETT TAYLOR, b. July 30, 1921, Towns County, Ga; m.
LOUGENE DILLS, January 04, 1943, Fannin Co, Ga.
vi. EUGENE REX TAYLOR, b. August 08, 1924, Towns County, Ga; m.
SARA CAROLYN JONES, November 27, 1959.
vii. FRANKLIN POE TAYLOR, b. December 20, 1928, Towns County, Ga;
m. HELEN EUGENIA THOMPSON, May 20, 1954.
116. FLORA6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
GILBERT5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 16, 1881 in Towns County, Ga, and died March 11, 1916 in Towns
County, Ga. She married WILLIAM
LUTHER
HOOPER.
He died Unknown in Towns County, Ga.
More About FLORA
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Enotah Cemetery, Fodder Creek,
Fact 2: Towns Co, Ga
More About WILLIAM
LUTHER
HOOPER:
Fact 1: buried Enotah Cemetery, Fodder Creek
Fact 2: Towns Co, Ga
Children of FLORA
TAYLOR
and WILLIAM
HOOPER
are:
i. AVIS7 HOOPER, b. 1905.
ii. ADA HOOPER, b. 1909.
117. BYNUM6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
GILBERT5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born May 30, 1891 in Towns County, Ga, and died February 06, 1935 in
Towns County, Ga. He married LILLIE
TAYLOR
December 19, 1920 in Towns County, Ga, daughter of NEWTON
TAYLOR
and MARY
J.KENDAL.
She was born November 29, 1890, and died February 22, 1975 in Towns County,
Ga.
Notes for BYNUM
TAYLOR:
Bynum Taylor received his education in a log school house located on
School House Branch on Owl Creek in Towns County. After serving in WW1, he
married Lillie Taylor on December 19, 1920. He started his family in a log
cabin constructed by himself, his father, and his neighbors.
Bynum was a handsome man of average build, with light brown hair, ruddy
complexion and blue eyes. He had a pleasant personality. He wore overalls
and chambray shirts, except on Sundays when he wore a blue serge suit. He
was a member of Mt Zion Baptist Church, Mountain Scene, Ga, where he was
organist most of the time. He loved to sing and enjoyed working with the
children and teaching them what he knew about music. He was the Tenor Member
of a quartet consisting of himself, his brother Eugene, John Turpin, and
Boyd Underwood. At the time there were a lot of singing conventions which
were a great pastime for them. Bynum also liked to play the fiddle and spent
many hours playing for people who came by his home to listen to him play.
Bynum was stricken with an abscess in his hip joint in 1934. Dr Rice did
surgery on his hip at home without anesthesia to lance the affected joint.
He never fully recovered, and the following winter he developed pneumonia
and passed away February 6, 1935. He was buried in the Mt Zion Church
Cemetery.
By Ola Taylor Foster
More About BYNUM
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Fact 2: served in World War I
Fact 3: cause of death-abscess in hip joint and
Fact 4: pneumonia
Notes for LILLIE
TAYLOR:
When Bynum passed away Lillie was left with the seven children. The
youngest was three years old. In order to rear her children she and the
older children worked long hours on the farm. For a number of years she also
kept a grocery store located at the junction of Mill and Owl Creek Roads to
supplement the farm income.
Lillie, daughter of Newton and Louisa Kendall Taylor, was born in Towns
County on November 29, 1890. She had blue eyes, and black hair which she
wore in a bun on the back of her head. She was a large woman weighing over
200 pounds. Lillie attended school at Mountain Scene and was a member of Mt
Zion Baptist Church.
Living to be 84 years old, Lillie passed away February 22, 1975 and is
buried in Mt Zion Cemetery near her husband.
By Ola Taylor Foster
More About LILLIE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Church Cemetery
Children are listed above under (88) Lillie Taylor.
118. WILLIAM
EDWARD6
WHEELER
(SARAH
ANN5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born 1884 in Towns County, Ga, and died 1958 in Webster Co, Ga. He
married MAGGIE
HOOPER.
More About WILLIAM
EDWARD
WHEELER:
Fact 1: nicknamed Mike
Children of WILLIAM
WHEELER
and MAGGIE
HOOPER
are:
i. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER7 WHEELER, m. D. P. SNYDER.
ii. GUSTAVA WHEELER, m. D. L. GOARE.
iii. JOEL H. WHEELER, SR, d. May 20, 1962; m. UNKNOWN WIFE.
119. MALCOM6
TAYLOR
(JOHN
WILLBORN5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born September 15, 1886 in Towns County, Ga, and died 1963. He married
(1) LUCY
GREENWAY.
She died July 15, 1983. He married (2) MARTHA
TAYLOR.
More About MALCOM
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Lorraine Assembly of God Cemetery,
Fact 2: McDonough, Rockdale Co, Ga
More About LUCY
GREENWAY:
Fact 1: buried Lorraine Assembly of God Cemetery,
Fact 2: McDonough, Rockdale Co, Ga
Children of MALCOM
TAYLOR
and LUCY
GREENWAY
are:
i. CECIL7 TAYLOR, b. October 10, 1922, Hall County, Ga;
d. February 05, 1989, Rockdale Co, Ga; m. EVA SMITH, November 01,
1941.
ii. EDWARD TAYLOR, b. November 11, 1924; m. EARLENE GEORGE, June
09, 1945.
Children of MALCOM
TAYLOR
and MARTHA
TAYLOR
are:
iii. SYLVIA7 TAYLOR.
iv. INEZ TAYLOR.
120. PAULINE6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
E. LEE5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 13, 1919 in Jefferson Co, Alabama. She married H.
O. WASHINGTON.
More About PAULINE
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: lives in Odenville, Alabama, near Birmingham
Children of PAULINE
TAYLOR
and H.
WASHINGTON
are:
i. UNNAMED SON7 WASHINGTON.
ii. UNNAMED SECOND SON WASHINGTON.
iii. UNNAMED FIRST DAUGHTER WASHINGTON.
iv. UNNAMED SECOND DAUGHTER WASHINGTON.
121. MAMIE
LEE6
TAYLOR
(ROBERT
E. LEE5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 27, 1907 in Jefferson Co, Alabama, and died May 1965 in
Jefferson Co, Alabama. She married T.
K. CHANDLER.
Children of MAMIE
TAYLOR
and T.
CHANDLER
are:
i. HOWARD7 CHANDLER, b. Jefferson Co, Alabama.
ii. HARRY LEE CHANDLER, b. Jefferson Co, Alabama.
iii. MARY CHANDLER, b. Jefferson Co, Alabama; m. HOMER MARTIN.
More About HOMER MARTIN:
Fact 1: lives in Trussville, Alabama
122. ALICE6
STEEDLEY
(GEORGIA
LOU5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 19, 1892 in Jefferson Co, Alabama, and died May 25, 1978 in
Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama. She married THERON
OVIE WALDROP
1922.
Children of ALICE
STEEDLEY
and THERON
WALDROP
are:
i. THERON ELLIS7 WALDROP, b. April 19, 1923, Jefferson
Co, Alabama.
ii. MAMIE WALDROP, b. July 23, 1926, Jefferson Co, Alabama; m.
FRANK NEIL FENDLEY.
iii. JESSIE ETHEL WALDROP, b. May 31, 1928, Jefferson Co, Alabama.
123. JESSIE
ETHEL6
STEEDLEY
(GEORGIA
LOU5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 02, 1894 in East Lake, Jefferson Co, Alabama, and died
February 12, 1977 in Las Vegas, Clark Co, Nevada. She married OLIVER
PIERCE
MILLER
August 09, 1914, son of REUBEN
MILLER
and KATE
CUNNINGHAM.
He died March 07, 1946 in Opelika, Alabama.
Children of JESSIE
STEEDLEY
and OLIVER
MILLER
are:
i. THOMAS OLIVER7 MILLER, b. January 03, 1916, Carbon
Hill, Walker Co, Alabama.
ii. SAMUEL ARTHUR MILLER, b. September 26, 1917, Carbon Hill,
Walker Co, Alabama.
iii. NINA KATE MILLER, b. January 07, 1919, Carbon Hill, Walker Co,
Alabama.
iv. ANNIE SUE MILLER, b. July 04, 1920, Carbon Hill, Walker Co,
Alabama; m. (1) ROBERT BERRIMAN WORKS; m. (2) W. S. PEARSON, March 16,
1942.
v. CHARLES FRANKLIN MILLER, b. July 01, 1923, Carbon Hill, Walker
Co, Alabama; d. August 25, 1925.
124. CLARA
PEARL6
STEEDLEY
(GEORGIA
LOU5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 29, 1896 in East Lake, Jefferson Co, Alabama, and died
October 16, 1978 in Atlanta GA. She married JOHN
JEFFERSON
LOVE
September 20, 1914 in Jefferson Co, Alabama.
More About CLARA
PEARL
STEEDLEY:
Fact 1: buried Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Al
Children of CLARA
STEEDLEY
and JOHN
LOVE
are:
i. JOHN7 LOVE, b. October 12, 1915.
More About JOHN LOVE:
Fact 1: nicknamed Jack
ii. EUGENE LOVE, b. June 11, 1923.
iii. WILLIAM LOVE, b. July 31, 1930.
125. WILLIE
LOUISE6
STEEDLEY
(GEORGIA
LOU5
TAYLOR,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 05, 1899 in Jefferson Co, Alabama, and died September 05,
1951 in Atlanta GA. She married ULYES
E. AKINS
October 10, 1925, son of EDMOND
AKINS
and SULA
GLADDEN.
He died November 1984 in Port St Lucie, Florida.
More About WILLIE
LOUISE
STEEDLEY:
Fact 1: buried Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Al
More About ULYES
E. AKINS:
Fact 1: buried All Saints Cemetery, Jensen Bch, Florida
Children of WILLIE
STEEDLEY
and ULYES
AKINS
are:
i. JANIE LOU7 AKINS, b. August 11, 1926; m. CORLIE WARD,
JR, March 25, 1950, Birmingham AL.
ii. EDMOND GILBERT AKINS, b. January 18, 1928; d. August 23, 1988;
m. MARIE WISEMAN, December 24, 1950, Birmingham, Jefferson Co,
Alabama.
iii. NANCY LEE AKINS, b. January 28, 1932, Mobile, Alabama; m.
RUDOLPH CLARENCE SHRUM, May 1951, Atlanta GA.
126. ORBREY
FRANK6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 20, 1902 in Towns County, Ga, and died May 25, 1942 in
Towns County, Ga. He married ALICE
TAYLOR.
More About ORBREY
FRANK
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Child of ORBREY
TAYLOR
and ALICE
TAYLOR
is:
i. BENJAMIN7 TAYLOR, b. Nevada.
127. INEZ
DELILAH6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 20, 1905 in Towns County, Ga. She married WILEY
BROWN.
Children of INEZ
TAYLOR
and WILEY
BROWN
are:
i. HAZEL7 BROWN, b. 1927.
ii. HATTIE LOU BROWN, b. January 06, 1929, Hall County, Ga; d.
January 25, 1934.
128. TEE
MONTAREE6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 20, 1910 in Towns County, Ga. She married WILLARD
DAVENPORT.
Children of TEE
TAYLOR
and WILLARD
DAVENPORT
are:
i. WILLIAM FRANKLIN7 DAVENPORT.
ii. WILLIS HARRIS DAVENPORT, m. DIANE WISE.
iii. EDITH MAYE DAVENPORT, b. January 25, 1933, Towns County, Ga;
m. HARRISON YORK.
iv. BESSIE DAVENPORT, b. April 22, 1935, Union (Towns) County,
Georgia; d. August 05, 1935.
v. CALVIN COOLIDGE DAVENPORT, b. February 20, 1937, Towns County,
Ga; m. MARY RACHEL WILSON.
vi. EDNA ALMA DAVENPORT, b. January 25, 1943, Towns County, Ga; m.
UNKNOWN IMNS.
vii. ARNOLD CLIFFORD DAVENPORT, b. May 12, 1946, Towns County, Ga;
d. White County, Ga; m. GERALDINE SAVAGE.
More About ARNOLD CLIFFORD DAVENPORT:
Fact 1: buried Leatherwood Cemetery
Fact 2: Habersham Co, Ga
129. ILAH
MELLIE6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born August 23, 1912 in Towns County, Ga. She married HUEY
ALVIN
ANDERSON
March 15, 1934 in Laurens Co, SC. He died June 12, 1971 in Orangeburg, SC.
Children of ILAH
TAYLOR
and HUEY
ANDERSON
are:
i. ROBERT WAYNE7 ANDERSON, b. December 12, 1936,
Orangeburg, SC; m. FANNIE FULLER, September 09, 1961, Towns County GA.
ii. LORETTA ANDERSON, b. December 30, 1938, Orangeburg, SC; d.
October 29, 1943, Rockingham, SC.
iii. ALVIN DONALD ANDERSON, b. February 24, 1941, Orangeburg, SC;
m. KATHLEEN STARLEEN BRADSHAW, April 16, 1965, Towns County GA.
130. MILES
WROTH6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 26, 1919 in Towns County, Ga, and died November 06, 1993 in
Towns County, Ga. He married DELIA
SADIE
TOW
May 13, 1940 in Cobb Co, Ga, daughter of JOHN
TOW
and SAVANNAH
YORK.
More About MILES
WROTH
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
Children of MILES
TAYLOR
and DELIA
TOW
are:
i. DOROTHY ANN7 TAYLOR, b. April 10, 1940, Cobb Co, Ga;
m. EARL CANTRELL, January 15, 1961, Cobb Co, Ga.
ii. MILES BENJAMIN TAYLOR, b. May 07, 1942, Towns County, Ga; d.
White County, Ga; m. JOYCE WOFFORD.
iii. GLENDA SUE TAYLOR, b. February 03, 1945, Towns County, Ga; m.
RONALD GORDON NEACE, April 14, 1963, Towns County GA.
More About RONALD GORDON NEACE:
Fact 1: nicknamed Ronny
iv. RAYMOND AUTREY TAYLOR, b. September 05, 1946, Towns County, Ga;
m. KATHLEEN STARLEEN BRADSHAW.
v. HARVEY LEE TAYLOR, b. January 10, 1948, Towns County, Ga; m.
WANDA BUTLER, Hall County, Ga.
vi. FLOYD CECIL TAYLOR, b. August 05, 1949, Towns County, Ga.
vii. CORAL JEAN TAYLOR, b. March 08, 1951, Towns County, Ga; m. (1)
WARREN LEDFORD; m. (2) JUNIOR HOLLOWAY.
viii. VIOLET AMMA TAYLOR, b. December 31, 1953, Towns County, Ga;
m. (1) ED BARNARD, March 03, 1970; m. (2) BENNY BROWN, October 18,
1980.
ix. MICHAEL WROTH TAYLOR, b. February 22, 1955, Towns County, Ga;
m. BECKY TAYLOR.
x. MARGARET JANICE TAYLOR, b. February 22, 1955, Towns County, Ga;
m. ELTON DONALD LEDFORD, October 30, 1976, Towns County GA.
xi. DAVID ANTHONY TAYLOR, b. May 31, 1958, Cobb Co, Ga; d. March
04, 1975, Towns County, Ga.
xii. KATHY LYNN TAYLOR, b. July 06, 1959, Cobb Co, Ga; m. THOMAS
RICHARD OAKLEY, JR.
xiii. DEBORAH ANN TAYLOR, b. October 21, 1960, Towns County, Ga; d.
January 16, 1961, Towns County, Ga.
More About DEBORAH ANN TAYLOR:
Fact 1: buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Towns Co Ga
xiv. JOHN JEFFREY TAYLOR, b. February 13, 1962; m. TAMMY MOATS,
March 03, 1981, Towns County GA.
xv. SADIE MAE TAYLOR, b. November 19, 1963, Towns County, Ga; m.
TIMOTHY CLAUDE SULLENS, January 07, 1981.
131. CLIFFORD
DEVEREAUX6
TAYLOR
(BENJAMIN
HILL5,
JEREMIAH
MARTIN4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born July 27, 1922 in Towns County, Ga, and died September 28, 1971 in
Towns County, Ga. He married PAULINE
CHLOE
FOSTER
May 01, 1951, daughter of DARRANCE
FOSTER
and MAYBELLE
MAULDIN.
Notes for CLIFFORD
DEVEREAUX
TAYLOR:
Clifford Taylor, son of Benjamin Hill and Ethel Sanders Taylor was born
July 22, 1922 in Towns County, Georgia. Clifford married Pauline Foster,
daughter of Darrance and Maybelle Mauldin Foster, on May 1, 1951. They were
four children born to this marriage.
Clifford was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps and enrolled
from October 1939 to September 1940 at Ravesford, North Carolina.
He served in World War II. He entered service in March 1943. His military
occupation was rifleman. He loaded, armed and shot M-1 rifles against enemy
elements in Italy. He was wounded in combat in Italy on February 20, 1945
and was discharged on October 5, 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal
and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
His occupation was farming and working as a Road Construction Laborer. He
was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and passed away on September 28,
1971 and is buried in Mt Zion Cemetery.
By Hilda Thompson
More About CLIFFORD
DEVEREAUX
TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Towns County, Georgia
Children of CLIFFORD
TAYLOR
and PAULINE
FOSTER
are:
i. DENNIS KEITH7 TAYLOR, b. December 22, 1951, Cherokee
Co, NC; m. BETTY SUE MOSS, September 16, 1972, Towns County GA.
ii. PHYLLIS KAY TAYLOR, b. September 03, 1953, Cherokee Co, NC; m.
(1) GRESHAM BELL; m. (2) RAYMOND HUTCHESON, January 01, 1977, Gwinnett
Co, Ga.
iii. HILDA ANN TAYLOR, b. July 27, 1955, Towns County, Georgia; m.
LANE THOMASON, November 02, 1973, Towns County, Georgia.
iv. DENVER CHARLES TAYLOR, b. August 09, 1957, Towns County GA; m.
VIVIAN ANN HEDDEN, July 04, 1980, Walhalla, Oconee Co, SC.
132. AUSEY
EPPS6
PURCELL
(FLEMING
FLETCHER5,
MARY
POLLY4
TAYLOR,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born November 04, 1908 in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, and died
January 19, 1973 in Tucson, Arizona. He married HELEN
LOUISE
KELLOGG
December 17, 1938 in Auburn, Indiana.
Child of AUSEY
PURCELL
and HELEN
KELLOGG
is:
i. DORIS JEAN7 PURCELL.
133. MOLLIE6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born October 09, 1885 in Franklin County, Georgia. She married HENRY
ADDISON.
Children of MOLLIE
TAYLOR
and HENRY
ADDISON
are:
i. BERNICE7 ADDISON.
ii. MELVIE ADDISON.
iii. AVALENE ADDISON.
iv. ERNEST ADDISON.
v. MAURICE ADDISON.
134. JOHN6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born March 31, 1889 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died August 14,
1945 in Stephens County, Georgia. He married IRENE
HEMPHILL.
Children of JOHN
TAYLOR
and IRENE
HEMPHILL
are:
i. EZMA7 TAYLOR.
ii. JOHNNIE SERE TAYLOR.
iii. MARY TAYLOR.
iv. BILL TAYLOR.
v. SARAH TAYLOR.
vi. JO ELLA TAYLOR.
vii. JACK TAYLOR.
viii. DORIS TAYLOR.
ix. POLLY TAYLOR.
x. BARBARA TAYLOR.
xi. CHARLES MARVIN TAYLOR.
xii. LAURA TAYLOR.
135. GLADYS6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 12, 1889 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died April 21, 1950
in Stephens County, Georgia. She married ERO
AYERS.
Children of GLADYS
TAYLOR
and ERO
AYERS
are:
i. MARY GROLL7 AYERS.
ii. PAUL AYERS.
iii. JAMES AYERS.
iv. FRED AYERS.
v. JOHN AYERS.
136. SUSIE6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born February 29, 1892 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died June 11,
1964 in Stephens County, Georgia. She married THOMAS
ADDISON.
Children of SUSIE
TAYLOR
and THOMAS
ADDISON
are:
i. BLANCHE7 ADDISON.
ii. THOMAS BRAZZ ADDISON.
iii. FRED ADDISON.
iv. DAVID ADDISON.
v. CLYDE ADDISON.
vi. RUTH ADDISON.
vii. CHRISTINE ADDISON.
viii. RICHARD ADDISON.
ix. BILLY ADDISON.
x. MARY JEAN ADDISON.
137. JESSIE6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born April 20, 1896. She married GRIFFITH
VERNER.
Children of JESSIE
TAYLOR
and GRIFFITH
VERNER
are:
i. WILLIE MAE7 VERNER.
ii. DENNIS VERNER.
iii. MYRTLE VERNER.
iv. EVELYN VERNER.
v. MILDRED VERNER.
vi. BONNIE VERNER.
vii. GERALDINE VERNER.
viii. FANNIE VERNER.
ix. HELEN VERNER.
x. NELLE VERNER.
xi. BETTY VERNER.
138. BESSIE6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 09, 1906 in Stephens County, Georgia. She married DEWEY
COLLIER.
Children of BESSIE
TAYLOR
and DEWEY
COLLIER
are:
i. SARAH JEAN7 COLLIER.
ii. GUYNELL COLLIER.
iii. CAROLYN SUE COLLIER.
iv. ANNE COLLIER.
v. BETTY JO COLLIER, m. HAROLD LEE WATSON, March 18, 1951, Stephens
Co, Ga; b. December 08, 1930, Clarke Co, Ga.
139. RUBY6
TAYLOR
(WILLIAM
JESS5,
WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3,
THEOPHILUS2,
UNKNOWN1)
was born January 01, 1911 in Stephens County, Georgia. She married FRED
SEGARS.
Children of RUBY
TAYLOR
and FRED
SEGARS
are:
i. BRADY7 SEGARS.
ii. TALMADGE SEGARS.
iii. EVERETT SEGARS.
iv. JEANETTE SEGARS.
Sources:
There were several
contributers of this Taylor family information, we would like to thank Jane
Taylor as the main contributer to this work. My wife Marybeth also
contributed to this work along with numerous others. Sources included Census
records, Land Deeds, Family Bibles, Family Stories, Cemetery records, Obits,
Tax Digest and Land Lottery records, Military records.
