The recent discussion about Martha Melinda Taylor Johnson, daughter of William Burton Taylor, caught my eye. My husband descends from John Burton Taylor as outlined below, through his daughter Frances Jane 'Fanny' Taylor South (m. Bascom G. South). I only have known that John Burton was the son of William Taylor and his wife, Eliza, and there were two other children: Elizabeth and George. Is my John Burton Taylor a brother to Martha Melinda Taylor Johnson? Julie O'Neil Perkins also researching Perkins's of Fayette and Lamar Counties of Alabama Descendants of John Burton Taylor Generation No. 1 1. JOHN BURTON2 TAYLOR (WILLIAM1) was born May 30, 1856, and died October 10, 1920 in Sulligent, Lamar Co., AL. He married NANCY JANE SMITH PALMER, daughter of JAMES SMITH and ALTA BARNES. She was born November 25, 1855 in Lamar Co., AL, and died January 20, 1945 in Lamar Co., AL. More About JOHN BURTON TAYLOR: Burial: Taylor Springs Baptist Church Occupation: farmer Religion: Baptist, gave the land for the church More About NANCY JANE SMITH PALMER: Burial: Taylor Springs Baptist Church Cause of Death: died of cerebral hemorrage due to high blood pressure Children of JOHN TAYLOR and NANCY PALMER are: i. BETTY3 TAYLOR, m. POZY CHAFFIN. ii. ROMMIE TAYLOR, m. CALVIN LUCAS LUCAS CALVIN CHAFFIN. iii. GEORGIA ANN TAYLOR, b. March 28, 1879, Lamar Co.,AL; d. December 01, 1951, Gatman, MS. iv. MARY ELIZA TAYLOR, b. May 29, 1880; d. June 02, 1939; m. DAVE SMITH; b. June 10, 1890; d. July 06, 1944. v. FRANCES JANE TAYLOR, b. April 25, 1881, Lamar Co., AL; d. August 09, 1963, Lamar Co., AL (?). vi. WILLIAM THOMAS TAYLOR, b. October 10, 1883; d. August 10, 1902. vii. ALTA TAYLOR, b. March 14, 1885; m. WILL VINSON; b. December 11, 1884; d. August 15, 1957. Burial: Taylor Springs Baptist Church viii. REV. JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR, b. January 19, 1886; d.November 13,1964, Sulligent, Lamar Co., AL. ix. JESSIE J. TAYLOR, b. October 20, 1888; d. May 24,1958 m. METTER CARGILE; b. November 04, 1843. gassed in WW I x. MARION TAYLOR, b. 1890; d. 1964. More About MARION TAYLOR: Burial: Taylor Springs Baptist Church : mentally retarded; institutionalized in Tuscaloosa as adult xi. SIBBY TAYLOR, b. November 19, 1892; d. February 29,1956, Mississippi; m. MARION PERKINS; b. November 25, 1886; d. January 25, 1973. xii. POLLY MYRTLE JOLEEN TAYLOR, b. November 18, 1895; m. CLARENCE CLEO BEVARD; b. September 12, 1896. xiii. ISAAC TAYLOR, b. December 09, 1897, Sulligent, AL; d. March 09, 1988, Winfield, AL. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com