Hi Everyone, This is how this saga begins. John Mason/Maurer married Catherine ? and they had a son named Daniel Mason. John Dicken/Deacon married Barbara Hardinger and they had a daughter named Rachel Dicken. Daniel Mason married Rachel Dicken and they had a son named Eli Mason. James H. Harris married Elizabeth p. Mateer and they had a daughter named Regina Harris. >> >> Eli Mason married Regina Harris and they had a daughter named Ora Etta >> Mason. >> >> James B. Taylor SR HAD A CHILD WITH, BUT NEVER MARRIED, Elizabeth Ann >> Overfield. The child was named James B. Taylor JR >> >> James B. Taylor JR married Lucy A. Britton and had a son named Walter L. >> Taylor. >> >> Walter L. Taylor married Ora Etta Mason. >> >> My problem is in the Taylor line. >> > I have come to the realization that I will probably never find out where > >> > James B.Taylor Sr. came from or if He ever married anyone after he and >> Elizabeth had James JR. >> > A wonderful researcher has lead me to one possibility...In Ritchie Co. >> > there is a James Taylor died 1893....that could be him. >> >> > Elizabeth Ann Overfield went on to marry David Jones in Doddridge Co. >on >> Sept 12, >> > 1861. >> > James B. Taylor JR lived with his grandfather Martin Overfield >> > as shown on the 1860 Doddridge Co. census. >> > I do not know if Elizabeth took James JR with her after she married >> > David Jones. >> > It is surmised that Elizabeth and David moved to OHIO after the >> > marriage. >> > >> > A dear family member who passed away just recently once told my mother >> > that a picture she had was of "Old Mr. Taylor, the one who came from >> > Wales" >> > I have not found this as yet. >> > My g-grandfather always told my father stories of them being Indian, >> > Blackfoot and/or Cherokee.....but I've not found this either. >> > >> > James B. Taylor Jr. b.1853/54 in VA married Lucy A. britton b.1848. She > >> > was born in Monongalia. They were married July 29, 1871 in Doddridge Co. > >> > WV. They had five children: Marion Columbus, Stacey F. Walter Lewark, >> > Martin P. and Orpha >> > >> > I received a copy of James and Lucy's marriage certificate. It read as >> > such: >> > >> > James B. Overfield age 18 Lucy A. Britton age 23 >> > parents:James B. Taylor parents:John H.W. Britton >> > Elizabeth A. Overfield Rachel Britton >> > birthplace:Doddridge VA birth:Monongalia >> > >> > married July 29, 1871 >> > >> > I contacted Doddridge Co. for birth record of James Jr.:none >> > >> > 1880 Ritchie Co. census: James B. Taylor age 26 b.VA >> > Lucy A. age 32 b.VA >> > Marion C. b.WVA >> > Stacey F. b.WVA >> > Walter L. b.WVA >> > Martin P. b.WVA >> > >> > 1860 Doddridge Co. census: living in the house of Martin Overfield and >> > Julia Ann Nutter was J.B. Taylor age 6. No Elizabeth on this census. >> > Elizabeth A. Overfield b.1828 Harrison Co. VA daughter of Martin >> > Overfield and Julia Ann Nutter. >> > >> > 1870 Doddridge Co. census: J.B.Taylor no long living in the house of >> > Martin Overfield and still no Elizabeth. >> > >> > By 1880, Martin Overfield and Julia Ann Nutter reside in Ritchie Co. in > >> > Berea, and Julia dies that year. >> > >> > I do not have a death date for Lucy A. Britton. >> > Ritchie Co. Marriage book: James B. Taylor age 28 married Mary C. >> > Bennington on Dec.19, 1882. >> > Three children were born to James and Mary: Leroy, William and Ada. >> > Family history states that James also married a Molly Stinespring, this > >> > is unconfirmed. >> > I know Lucy, Mary, and Molly to be the correct woman as all three show >> > up on various family documents. >> > >> > As for James B. Taylor SR.: I can not find anything on him period. >> > I can not find a marriage of James B. Taylor and Elizabeth A. >Overfield. >> > What happened to these two? >> > there is a James B. Taylor on the 1870 Ritchie co. census but have been > >> > unable to look at it yet to see the household listing. >> > >> > The family spreads out from there:St.Marys Ohio, Pleasants Co. WV, IN, >> > ILL, and MI. >> > do have more info. but this is long enough already. >> > Can ANYONE help? >> > Julie >> > >> > ______________________________________________________ at http://www.hotmail.>> > Get Your Private, Free Email ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com