Seeking info on James W Taylor and related families. He was born `1834 in KY or TN. Would like to know who his parents and siblings were. He died 1876 buried in Hurricane Cemetery Carterville Williamson CO IL. He was on the Jackson CO IL census as a shoe maker in 1870. He was in Atilla Williamson CO IL as a farmer in 1860. His widow Milly Malone Ray Taylor and children whom were listed as coal miners were on the 1880 Williamson CO IL census. Milly married William Glasscock in 1882 in Carterville. He was known as Glassy. He was from Green CO TN and was a resident of Jackson CO IL. Milly was the daughter of Willa/Wylie/Wilie/Willis Ray and Louisa Carter Ray. Louisa was born abt. 18 o9 in NC. She and children were on the 1850 Henderson CO TN census. Children were listed as follows.... 1. Martha Ray 23 TN, Mary Ray 20 TN, Wilson N Ray 21 TN, Francis Ray 13 TN, Milly Ray 11 TN, Louisa Ray 9 TN, Newton Ray 7 TN, Emily Ray 4 TN, Catherine Ray 3 TN, There was a Martha Ray and family living by James W Taylor and Milly in Atilla 1860 and a William Ray and wife with a daughter Harriet. on the 1860 Atilla Williamson CO IL census. Thanks, Rita visit my webpage at http://www.zyworld.com/Precious3/ for more familiy connections to Williamson CO IL.