Carl, I have the same records that Reba has. In Ruth Cemetery is William Charlie Bird with a double stone, but she is not buried there. I have no burial record of Billington Taylor. Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Carl Williams <cwilli@flash.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:24 AM Subject: [TXCORYEL] Billington Taylor > Hello Bobbie, and all Coryell County searchers - I am looking for > information to tell me the name of the wife of Billington Taylor. Billington > Taylor was my mother's ggrandfather. My mother, Ruby Ross Williams, told me > years ago, before I was interested in family history, that her ggrandmother > was Mary Jane Witherspoon. I can only find where her ggrandmother could be > Mary Jane Kimbrough. > My mother's mother was Mattie Bird Ross, daughter of William Charlie > Bird and Sarah Jane Taylor. Sarah Jane Taylor was the daughter of Billington > Taylor and Mary Jane. > I have information that Sarah Bird, b. 22 June 1867, no death date, is > buried in Ruth Cemetery, on the Fort Hood reservation. Does anyone know her > death date, and is she the wife of William Charlie Bird? > I have information in my files that Billington JOHNSON Taylor and Mary > Jane Kimbrough were the parents of Sarah Jane Taylor. Someone, I don't > remember who, told me this and I have always assumed that it was right. But > I have always remembered, and wondered why my mother told me about Mary > Jane Witherspoon. > At some time, I acquired Billington Johnson Taylor's Civil War file and > Mary Jane Kimbrough Taylor's Civil War pension file. Neither record > indicated Sarah Jane Taylor was their daughter. > If you all can follow me, after all the rambling I have done, I thank > you for any information and direction you may give me on this. Best wishes > to everyone... > > Carl Williams cwilli@flash.net >