Husband: James Paul TAYLOR
Birthdate: Sep 1825
Birth place: Tennessee
Death date: 1909
Place of death: Vidor, Orange, Texas.
Burial: Williamson Cemetery, Vidor, Orange, Texas.
Father: unknown, possibly "Zechariah"
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 28 March 1850
Marriage place: Panola County, Texas.

Wife: Elizabeth ANDERSON
Birthdate: 1833
Birth place: Alabama
Death date: before 1867
Place of death: Texas
Burial: unknown, possibly the Anderson Cemetery in Panola County, Texas
Father: Jonathan Hadley Anderson (Most people have him listed as her father, although I have not been able to back it up with any evidence.)
Mother: Susan Davis (Not really sure that this is her mother, but that's what "everyone" else thinks.)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Jonathan Anderson "Jont" Taylor
Sex: m
Birthdate: August 1852
Birth place: Navarro County, Texas
Death date: August 1930
Place of death: Freestone County, Texas
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Spouse's name: Mary P. Cherry

Child No. 2: William R. Taylor
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1854
Birth place: Probably McLennan County, Texas
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Child No. 3: Sarah A. Taylor
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1855
Birth place: Probably McLennan County, Texas
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Child No. 4: Henry Caufield Taylor
Sex: M
Birthdate: 01 Jan 1857
Birth place: McLennan County, Texas
Death date: 08 Mar 1903
Place of death: Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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Spouse's name: Mary Clementine Smith

Child No. 5: Samuel Thomas Taylor
Sex: M
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Birth place: McLennan County, Texas
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Place of death: Panola County, Texas
Burial: Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Panola Texas
Marriage date: 1882, 1899, 29 Feb 1912
Marriage place: Panola County, Texas
Spouse's name: Lucy Jane Anderson, Pinkie Hudson, Callie Donia Colburn

Child No. 6: Charlotte Taylor
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1863
Birth place: McLennan County, Texas
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Documentation:
* James Paul Taylor, known as "Jim" was probably born in Tennessee. On the 1850 census he and his wife both list their places of birth as unknown. On the 1860, 70, and 80 census', he says that he's from Tennessee. Then, in 1900, he says he's from Mississippi. Family legends, however, say he came from Tennessee. No one knows for sure why he came to Texas or when, but my father says he remembers hearing he was running from a wife. An uncle says he remembers hearing that he had a fall out with his father, so he left home never to return. Either way, and for whatever reason, he first pops up on the map in 1850 in Panola County, Texas, when he married his first wife, Elizabeth Anderson. He is listed that year as a farmer. In 1860 Jim is living in McLennan County, Texas, west of the Brazos River. He is working as a Teamster. Some family stories say that he was a cowboy and drove wagons on the Chisholm Trail, that he lived and worked all over Texas, but I have no proof of this. He DID move around alot, though. In 1870 he is still living in McLennan, but is married to a different woman, Susan. I think Elizabeth died sometime between 1863 and 1867. Possibly from complications due to childbirth when Charlotte was born. In the early 1870's Jim and family move to Calcasieu, Louisiana. On the 1880 census his occupation is listed as Timbering. There is no occupation listed in 1900, but at this time he was widowed and living with Thomas and Reese. In 1909 he died and was buried in Vidor, Texas. I'm not sure if he was living in Vidor at the time, or why he was buried here. I can find no death certificate for him and I have no idea who his parents were, although his father could have been a "Zechariah" Taylor. Also, there may be some connection with the Taylor family of Rockbridge, Virginia during the revolution. Five Taylor brothers, revolutionary war soldiers, came over to Va from Ireland. James, John, George, Caufeld were the four who survived the war. Many of these brothers married women with the last name Paul and some moved to Tennessee.

Child No. 1: James Britton Taylor (his mother is James' 2nd wife, Susan)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1867
Birth place: McLennan County, Texas
Death date: 1941
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Child No. 2: Thomas Taylor (His mother is James' 2nd wife, Susan)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1870
Birth place: McLennan County, Texas
Death date: 1961
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Child No. 3: Reese Taylor (His mother is James' 2nd wife, Susan)
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Birthdate: 1875
Birth place: Louisiana
Death date: 1959
Place of death: Beaumont, Orange, Texas
Burial: Williamson Cemetery, Vidor, Orange, Texas.
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Spouse's name: Reese never married.