Ms. Jett - Re your interest in puzzles, I am wondering if there may be some connection between my Taylor relatives and those you name, but can not at this point see it. There were three brothers, sons of my great grandfather, Cornelius Taylor, and step brothers of my great grandfather, who settled in Ark - White Co. and Monroe Cos.- before 1850. One was Isaac Taylor, born probably in VA in 1807, who died before 1850. He married either in Ky or Ark, Eliza J., and had at least two children Antenette and Harry H. Taylor. I only know of these two children because they are listed in the 1850 census for Monroe Co. in the family of the second husband of Eliza J. Taylor, Thomas Clark. We have information on what happened to Antinette Taylor, but Harry is a mystery, born about 1843 according to this census. The second son is George W. Taylor, born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1811. As far as I know he had no children. According to his will he married Mary Benton. No children are named as such in his will, but he names Isaac Taylor and his heirs. What is strange is that he would have known that his brother Isaac was dead at the time he made the will. Also, the other names given are another brother, Isreal, and a sister, Eliza Jane Fail. The last son is Samuel Taylor, born in Ill. in 1815, who was a steamboat captain on the White and other rivers. He married Mary, born in Tenn. Only two daughters are listed in the 1870 census: Millie and Mary S. In his will made in 1869, and proved in 1872, besides his wife, he only mentions Millie. Looking at this information, I wonder if the Isaac Taylor named in George Taylor's will was another son of Isaac and Eliza Jane. However, the dates you give may not support this question with regard to your Taylor family. I will appreciate any comments you may have. Ed T of PGH -------- on 12/21/04 11:28 AM, ljett39 at [email protected] wrote: > I'm over this CAPS thing. I'm searching this list daily for links to my > relatives. > I have info on a TAYLOR family in Beebe & Rosebud, AR area originating with an > A(hab) W(ilson) Taylor. There are a lot of names familiar to my TAYLOR family > and my TAYLOR's were also in the same area of White Co, AR. > My gggreat grandpa was Horace W TAYLOR b. Sept 1864 in Dogwood Twp, WhiteCo, > AR and d. bef June 1st 1900. He is living with his mother and siblings in the > 1880 census. His mother is a M.E. TAYLOR and is head of household. She is 53 > years old and b.in NC as were both her parents. The children are: Martha 21, > T.L. 19, H.W. (Horace) 16, J.S. 9 all born in AR and their father was born in > NC. I have searched out all the Taylors in a 3 county area and the A W TAYLOR > family seems too close in many ways to be coincidence. > I believe A.W.'s son Isaac M. TAYLOR b.1832 married a Margaret J. BLAKEMORE on > July 8, 1856 in Weakley C, TN (I found the marriage record) around the same > time Isaac's brothers moved to White Co, AR. I loose Isaac and Margaret but > margaret's parents are in White Co, AR in 1860. Then I found a marriage record > of Isaac TAYLOR to Elizabeth THOMPSON in White Co, AR on Jan 20,1859 but did > not find them anywhere in U.S. on a census in 1860 or thereafter. Is this the > same Isaac? What happened to Margaret? Is my M.E. TAYLOR possibly Margaret or > possibly Elizabeth? I did not find my M.E. TAYLOR in the 1860 or 1870 census > either.In the 1880 census Isaac's brothers are living all around M.E. Taylor > in close proximity > Does anyone have any info that could help me with a link here?? Any ideas?? > I love to work puzzles. I once bought a puzzle and put it all together and > found that one piece was missing! I promptly returned to the store and bought > the exact same puzzle again. I dug thru the pieces until I found the ONE piece > that was missing from the first puzzle and I put it in where it belonged! > AHHHHH! > > Thanks for your help, > Lori Jett