For those following this, there needs to be a correction to the statement of Blue Ridge Cemetery in Grandville to Grandview which is a city within the city of Kansas City metropolitan area. Don -------------------------------------------------- From: "Evans-Richard List Administrator" <listadministratorevans@earthlink.net> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:43 PM To: "Evans-Richard Mailing List" <EVANS-RICHARD@rootsweb.com> Subject: [EVANS-RICHARD] Nancy Evans Strode's daughter,Susanna and her husband Lindsey Taylor > Just wanted to share this with you. Just stumbled on it on > www.findagrave.com <ww.findagrave.com> > > This has information about some of the folks who moved to Missouri and > then further west. > > Keep in mind that Susanna's mom, Nancy Evans Strode was the daughter of > Samuel Evans and Mary Foreman. And Samuel Evans was the son of Hugh > Evans and Lavinia Simpson. [I will post the census which shows this > family that is attached to the website] > ============================ > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31966013 > <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31966013> > Susanna Strode Taylor > Birth: Mar., 1839 > Jackson County > Missouri, USA > Death: 1905 > Lincoln County > Oklahoma, USA > > Susanna was the daughter of John Foreman and Nancy (Evans) Strode of > Jackson County, Missouri. On June 6, 1867 she married Lindsey L Taylor > in Jackson County. After burying their eldest daughter Nancy L "Nannie" > Taylor in Missouri, the family migrated to the Cherokee Nation land of > Oklahoma Territory. Susanna passed away between 1900-1910. > > Family links: > Parents: > John Foreman Strode (1795 - 1866) > Nancy Evans Strode (1796 - 1874) > > Children: > Nannie L Taylor (1867 - 1889)* > Arizona Taylor (1874 - ____)* > Elijah W Taylor (1879 - ____)* > > Spouse: > Lindsey L Taylor (1839 - 1915)* > > *Point here for explanation > > Burial: > Bethel Cemetery > Texas County > Oklahoma, USA > ---------------------- > [From Renee: I'm following this with the information they give on > Nancy's husband Lindsey Taylor, because it is so poignant.] > > http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31965331 > <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31965331> > > Lindsey L Taylor > Birth: Oct., 1839 > New Santa Fe > Jackson County > Missouri, USA > Death: 1915 > Texas County > Oklahoma, USA > > In July of 1860 we find Lindsey Taylor working as a farm hand for George > Rucker in Heath's Creek, Pettis County, Missouri. His father Thomas > Taylor had passed away that January, so extra money was probably needed > by the family. Lindsey did inherit a portion of the Taylor land upon his > father's death, as did his brothers. > > On June 6, 1867 Lindsey L Taylor married Susannah Strode in Jackson > County. She was the daughter of John Foreman and Nancy (Evans) Strode > who had migrated to Missouri and settled in Jackson County about the > same time as the Taylors. > > Things were never the same after the horrid experiences the family had > endured during the Civil War, and after Lydia died they all decided to > try their luck in some of the new country that opened up to white > settlers. The family units consisted of Taylors, Riners, Boones, > Vaughns, and Halls. Some settled in Bates County, Missouri where more of > the Boone family were already established. Some went to Texas, and > others on over to Oklahoma Territory. The ones that had no luck farming > or raising livestock in those areas migrated back north to Kansas. > > Lindsey and Susan and their kids settled in Sledgeville, Texas County, > Oklahoma. They had buried one daughter, Nannie L Taylor, in Jackson > County before they left. Her barely readable gravestone can be seen in > the Blue Ridge Cemetery in Grandville. > > Other children of Lindsey and Susans that have been identified are: > Nettie, M Mary, Arizona, Lessie M, and Elijah W. > > Family links: > Parents: > Thomas Taylor (1811 - 1860) > Lydia Taylor (1813 - 1875) > > Children: > Nannie L Taylor (1867 - 1889)* > Arizona Taylor (1874 - ____)* > Elijah W Taylor (1879 - ____)* > > Spouse: > Susanna Strode Taylor (1839 - 1905) > > Burial: > Bethel Cemetery > Texas County > Oklahoma, USA > > Created by: Lila Cole > Record added: Dec 05, 2008 > Find A Grave Memorial# 31965331 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >