This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CMB.2ACE/596.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Lanita, I have Mary Simmons in census records at age 3 in 1870 living right next door to Tommy Taylor. I know 1864 fits the census records for GW "Bill" Taylor for a birth date but I uncovered a cemetery inscription in Strangers Home AR which reads G W Taylor b11-19-1860 d10-22-1896. The reasons I like the looks of this stone in Broom Cemetery is because Bills daughter lived in Strangers Home. Thin stuff but I like the looks of this G W Taylor. Bill could very well have been born in 1860 based on sibling birthdates and may even have been a twin to Matilda who died before she was a yr old. Bill married Mary Simmons on 3-30-1884 in Oregon Co MO Book 3, page 105. Mary was married to Henry Camden in 1898 fitting well with the Strangers Home cemetery recorded death of Bill. Mary is found in the census after that as follows: 1910 Marion, Lawrence AR Henry ,Mary, Garfield, Melia, Stella 1920 Promisland Henry Camden Mary, Garfield, Zillie Murphy, Frank Kincade, Jewell Murphy I have a photo of Garfield and Mary, his mother. Zillie was my great grandmother (and daughter to GW and Mary) and Frank was my grandfather. Jewell was Franks half sister. Melia (Permelia) and Stella were Zillie's sisters. Garfield died 1969 in Strangers Home. Melia died in 1933 in Strangers Home. She was a Bellah by marriage, Sam Melton in the following census data was 2nd husband of Angeline Taylor, GW's sister. Census Place: Jobe, Oregon, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254707 National Archives Film T9-0707 Page 360D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Nancy TAYLOR Self F W W 54 --- Occ: Farming Fa: MO Mo: --- Rebeca TAYLOR Dau F S W 27 MO Fa: AL Mo: MO George W. TAYLOR Son M W 26 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: AL Mo: MO Sam D. MELTON Other M S W 19 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN I dont believe John D was actually born in Alabama. I believe he hailed from Craven NC. Karen