---------------------------- Colonial Families of the United States of America Volume IV, Pendleton Family "Henry Pendleton, b 1683, in King and Queen County, d. May, 1721, in Caroine County; m. 1701, in Caroline County, Mary Bishop Taylor, dau of Col. James Taylor and Mary Gregory, and gd. dau. of John and Elizabeth (Bishop) Gregory of Sittenbourned (Cettenbourne) Parish, Rappahannock County." -- Colonial Families of the United States of America (Volume IV, Pendleton Family) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co Inc), 1912, reprinted 1966, 1995, p 428 ---------------------------- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Mary Gregory Birth 1665 Virginia Spouse Name James Taylor Birth 1635 En[gland] Marriage 1682 -------------------------- James Taylor, I Birth Feb 12, 1635 Carlisle, City of Carlisle, Cumbria, England Death Apr 30, 1698 Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, USA Grandson of Thomas Taylor, II & Margaret Swinderby Taylor Son of John Taylor & Elizabeth Horton Taylor. Husband of Frances Walker Taylor (1640 - 1680) (married 1666) Children: James Taylor Jane Taylor Martha Taylor Ann Taylor Pocomoke William Taylor James Taylor Sarah Taylor Powell Lyshia Taylor Also Husband of Mary Gregory Taylor (1665 - 1747) (married August 02, 1682) Children: Ann Taylor Elizabeth Taylor John Taylor Mary Bishop Taylor Pendelton Edmund Taylor James Taylor John Powell Taylor Parents: John Taylor (1607 - 1652) Elizabeth Nunne Taylor (1610 - 1659) Children: James Taylor (1675 - 1729) Ann Taylor Lea (1684 - 1731) Mary Taylor (1685 - 1685) Mary Taylor (1686 - 1686) Mary Bishop Taylor Pendleton (1688 - 1770) John Powell Taylor (1696 - 1780) Siblings: John Taylor (1627 - 1702) Robert Taylor (1630 - 1700) Thomas Taylor (1637 - 1687) Half-sibling Burial Hare Forest Cemetery, Caroline County, Virginia, USA, Plot: Unknown as there is no grave marker; the one shown in the photo on his memorial is either for a different James or is a more recent addition to the burial area. Created by Paul Taylor "Moochie" Mar 21, 2007 -- Find A Grave Memorial #18538665, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18538665/james-taylor --------------------------
The middle name and family name it comes from is spelled variously Pannell, Pannel, Pannill. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Joseph Pannill Taylor Birth Year 1796 Spouse Name Evelyn Mclean Marriage: Capt J P Taylor of USA to Eveline A McLean dau Hon John, Postmaster General, Washington City Tues [Nov 20 1827] by Rev Mr Ryland, (published Monday Nov 26 1827) -- New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) Typed transcription The above announcement was published on Monday 26 Nov 1827, indicating the wedding took place Tuesday 20 November. The same short note was published in the Richmond, Virginia, newspaper on 27 November 1827 and in a Massachussetts newspaper on 28 November 1827. "Married On Tuesday by Rev Ryland, Capt. J. P. Taylor of the US Army, to Miss Eveline A McLean, daughter of John McLean, Postmaster General." -- The Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, November 27, 1827, page 3, column 5, cited by Elizabeth Middleton, note on this genealogy on RootsWeb, 21 May 2016, link to record on Library of Virginia, http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/M2X11YYJE6G3CE9YQTHAU933T5QKJSUPSP89NFXXM26CT1BG8P-67825?func=full-set-set&set_number=000121&set_entry=000089&format=999 Washington, D.C. Marriages, 1826-50 JOSEPH P [Cpt] Taylor Spouse Evelina McLEAN Marriage 20 Nov 1827 Washington, DC A Massachussetts paper ran the story on 28 November. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Eveline McLean Father McLean Spouse J P Taylor Marriage Abt 1827 Washington City Columbian Centinel, Massachusetts, 28 Nov 1827 United States Of America, Brigadier General "As the war dragged on, an increasing number of officers and soldiers encountered varied problems. On June 29 [1864], in Washington, Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, Zachary Taylor's brother, uncle-in-law of Jefferson Davis, commissary general of subsistence, and former member of Lincoln's War Board, died of diarrhea and partial paralysis. Taylor died with family and fellow officers at hand." -- David J Eicher, The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War (NY: Simon & Schuster, September 4, 2001), p 704, cited in Article: "Zachary Taylor," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor -------------------------- American Civil War General Officers Joseph Pannell Taylor Union Army, Highest Rank Brigadier General Birth 1796 Louisville, Kentucky Death Date 1864 romotions: Promoted to Full Colonel (Colonel & Commissary Genl) Promoted to Full Brig-Gen Biography: JOSEPH PANNELL TAYLOR Taylor, Joseph P., brigadier-general, was born in the state of Kentucky, and from that state entered the regular army service at the time of the war of 1812. He became third lieutenant in the 28th U. S. infantry in May, 1813, second lieutenant in the same regiment in August, first lieutenant in July, 1814, and was honorably discharged from the service June 15, 1815. He was reinstated in the service as a second lieutenant of U. S. artillery in May, 1816, with brevet of first lieutenant from July 15, 1814, promoted to first lieutenant on Nov. 24, 1817, transferred to the 3d artillery on June 1, 1821, and was promoted to captain in the same on July 6, 1825. He was transferred to the 2nd artillery March 18, 1829, and remained with that regiment until July 7, 1838, acting as commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, and was promoted to major July 7, 1838. He became lieutenant-colonel and assistant commissary-general of subsistence in the U. S. army Nov. 30, 1841, and was brevetted colonel for meritorious conduct, particularly in the performance of his duties in the prosecution of the war with Mexico. He was commissioned colonel and commissary-general of subsistence on Sept. 29, 1861, and was promoted to brigadier-general and commissary-general of subsistence, U. S. A., on Feb. 9, 1863. Gen. Taylor served in this capacity until his death, which occurred at Washington, D. C., on June 29, 1864. -- Source: The Union Army, vol. 8, cited Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=Joseph+Pannell&gsln=Taylor&pidlist=1030-107111915-1000-66596_1030-149945277-1000-473915_1030-363068969-1000-2815024_1030-216314596-1000-15022678_1030-958066588-1000-19752972_1030-4097032191-1000-2128554_1030-3270135119-1000-7605266_1030-2419782668-1000-1688814_3867-2759-1000_3599-1884715-1000_3599-1884714-1000_7836-1201091-1000_7836-1201090-1000&ftm=1&gss=angs&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2759&db=hdsofficers&indiv=1 -------------------------- Note that the above information reports Joseph born in Kentucky. Some sources report he was born in Virginia. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Volume: 174, Page Number: 394 Joseph Pannell Taylor Birth 1796 Virginia -- Reference: Colonial families Of the southern states of America By Stella Pickett Hardy. Baltimore. 1958. (643p.):509 -------------------------- Family and Burial Information is found on Find A Grave database Joseph Pannell Taylor Birth May 4, 1796 Death Jun 29, 1864 Civil War Union Brigadier General. Brother of President Zachery Taylor. Uncle to Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor. Spouse Eveline Aurilla McLean Taylor (1809 - 1887) Children: John McLean Taylor (1828 - 1875) Richard Lee Taylor (1833 - 1836) Joseph Hancock Taylor (1836 - 1885) Belle Taylor Clarke (1838 - 1936) Elizabeth Lee Taylor (1847 - 1848) Sarah Rebecca Taylor Jones (1851 - 1917) William Bliss Taylor (1853 - 1871) Evelyn Taylor Yorke (1857 - 1919) Burial Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District Of Columbia, Lot 563 -- Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5886928 ---------------------------
1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 June, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 19 (scan 129), Hse/Fam #168 Taylor, Daniel W M 52 Farmer TN MS TN [b abt 1828] Taylor, Mary J W F 30 Keeps House TX TX TN [b abt 1826] Taylor, Parolee W F 12 TX MS TX Taylor, Julia A W F 8 TX MS TX Taylor, William B W M 5 TX MS TX Taylor, Cassandra W F 4 TX MS TX Taylor, Daniel N W M 1 TX MS TX Winter, James W M 17 Brother-in-Law Farming TX TN TX
1930 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, 11 April, Earl Township, District 34-7, page 7B, Hse/Fam #119 Taylor, Daniel N Head Rents Has Radio M W 50 Married at age 35 TX TX TX Farmer [b abt 1880] Taylor, Zell Wife F W 32 Married at age 18 TX TX TX [b abt 1898] Taylor, Gerand H Son M W 13 Single Okla Tex Tex [b abt 1917] Taylor, Kenneth A Son M W 7 Single Okla Tex Tex [b abt 1923] Carter, Charles C Nephew M W 15 Single [b abt 1915] U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Kenneth A Taylor Birth 29 Sep 1922 4314 E Home Ave, Fresno, CA, 93703-4336 (1986) U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Kenneth A. Taylor Born 29 Sep 1922 Died 29 Jul 2004 Last Residence Fresno, Fresno, California 93703 SSN 568-28-8435 issued California (Before 1951) Kenneth A Taylor Birth Sep. 29, 1922 Oklahoma Death Jul. 29, 2004 Fresno, Fresno County, California Son of Daniel N Taylor and Zell Carter CPL US MARINE CORPS Burial Fresno Memorial Gardens, Fresno, Fresno County, California Created by Welldone517 Apr 01, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #50519404, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Taylor&GSiman=1&GScid=7983&GRid=50519404&
------------------ Lonie Taylor Keith Birth Mar. 13, 1871 Death Oct. 15, 1954 Parents: Reuben Taylor (1831 - 1908) Mernerva Jane White Taylor (1849 - 1909) Spouse John Henry Keith (1861 - 1946) Son Oscar Lee Keith (1905 - 1976) Siblings: Major Taylor (1875 - 1895) Susie Taylor Coker (1885 - 1972) Jennie Mae Taylor Graf (1887 - 1959) Reubin Taylor (1889 - 1925) Burial Moody Cemetery, Moody, McLennan County, Texas Created by Ann Dickenson Mar 17, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #67036934, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67036934 ------------------
Louisa's maden name appears to be Taylor. There are always Taylors living next door or very close nearby. 1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #415 David J Hays 36 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $300 Personal born GA Louisa Hays 26 M Housekeeper born GA Polly Hays 6 F born GA Salina Hays 3 F born GA Salina [sic] G Hays 6mos F born GA 1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 15 July, Deep Creek, PO Clarksville, page 82, Hse #656, Fam #606 Hays, David J 45 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate or Personal Rptd b GA Hays, Louisa 36 F W Keeping House born GA Hays, Polly 16 F W born GA Hays, Selena 12 F W born GA Cannot read or write Hays, Salina G 10 F W born GA 1880 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 8 June, District 440, Enumeration District 130, page 13, Hse #164, Fam #173 Hayes, D J W M 55 Farming GA NC NC Hayes, Louisa W F 45 Wife Keeping House GA NC NC The 1900 census tells us that Louisa had five children but only three of them lived. The same three are named in every census from 1860, so it appears the two that did not survived died early in the marriage. 1900 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 19 June, Taccoa District, Enumeration District 63, page 19B, Hse #280, Fam #287 Hayes, David J Head W M Nov 1823 76 Married 47 yrs [mar abt 1853] GA NC NC Farmer Owns Hayes, Luiza Wife W F May 1834 66 Married 47 yrs 5 children/3 living GA SC NC Norwood, Clevis [?] Dau W M Aug 1857 42 AR GA MO [seems to match Salina/Selena] Farm Laborer Hayes, Lavena Sister W F Jun 1833 67 GA NC NC Farm Laborer
There is some doubt about the maiden name of Louisa Christian Jenkins. "... His third and last wife was Louisa (maiden name unknown) Christian, widow of Joseph Benjamin Christian of Cass County, Texas." -- Harold K Christian, Jenkins Family History, p 3, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf There was an uncertain idea among some children of Joseph Asa Jenkins that Louisa was a sister of Joseph Sanford's first wife Lucinda Amanda Taylor. I cannot find details to corroborate this. But according to other family traditions, Louisa and her first husband, Joseph Benjamin Christian, lived on a farm neighbouring the farm of Joseph Sanford Jenkins in Cass County, Texas, so reported by Harold K Christian in his private Jenkins Family History. This perhaps indicates some prior tie to the Jenkins household. I can find no parentage information for Louisa Taylor. But information indicates she was born in Mississippi, as were Lucinda Amanda and her siblings. Dates would match, with Louisa being the last born. Various information sources for Lucinda Amanda and her brother and sister do not mention another sister Louisa. It is possible that Louisa is a cousin or an aunt, even though younger. We find the names Taylor, Christian and Jenkins associated at points in Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Three generations of the Christians and Jenkins married, in addition to the Taylor connection. The Taylor children's mother or grandmother was also reported to be born in Ireland. Perhaps this is one source of the idea that the two women were sisters. But the censuses report that Daniel's mother was born in Georgia, except 1880, which says Mississippi. While Louisa's mother is reported by the 1880 Cass County, Texas, census to have been born in Ireland. This makes it seem likely that Louisa was an aunt or cousin of the other three Day children. We need more information on the parents to determine definitively. Louisa was first married to Joseph Benjamin Christian, then after his death she married Joseph Sanford Jenkins, in Cass County, Texas, according to extensive research done by Harold Christian. He includes the following paragraph in his Jenkins Family History. "Joseph Sanford was remarried to Mrs. Louisa Christian, widow of Joseph Benjamin Christian of Cass County, on 28 February 1872, probably soon after his return. The Jenkins and the Christian families lived on neighboring farms and included older children at this time. It is believed that Joseph Sanford and Louisa continued to maintain the separate homes for their children following their marriage." -- Jenkins Family History, p 11, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf Some other information came to light in February 2016 that calls into question the name of Louisa's first husband. Another Christian descendant, Loyd Farris, reported to me that his ancestor was Mineola Christian born about 1890, and her father was Joseph Benjamin Christian. Our date of birth for J S's daughter Minnie was about 1899. Loyd also reported that Joseph Benjamin's father was named Benjamin Franklin Christian. In doing some checking, I found that a Walkup family genealogy reported this also, but provided no documentation for most of the spotty connections and details provided. (Walkups are cousins in the Christian line.) The Walkup genealogy reproted a date of birth for Mineola )Minnie) Christian as about 1892. "Mineola Christian Battles (1890 - 1972) was my maternal grandmother. Her father was Joseph Benjamin Christian and his father (my second great grandfather) was Benjamin Franklin Christian (1817 - 1870)." -- Loyd Keith Farris, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 31 December 2015 The marriage date reported in the Cass County, Texas, records as reported by Harold Christian differs from that in the compiled records reported by Ancestry.com. The date Harold reports is 28 February 1872, but the Texas Marriage Collection reports 7 March 1872. The information reported by family sources with the date of February 1872 is found in another database of Texas marriages. Only the transcribed record is available. I have found no image of the original handwritten record with the February date. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Louisa Christian J S Jenkines [sic] Marriage 28 Feb 1872 Cass County, Texas, United States From the format of varioius state marriage databases, I conclude that the following record reporting the February date is reporting the date of the marriage license. This would match the marriage date reported in the actual recorded marriage record. The marriage record found in Texas records had the date of 7 March 1872. This would be the date of the ceremony. The original record is not available to report the name of the person officiating this mrriage ceremony. Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 J S Jenkins Mrs Louisa Christian Marriage 7 Mar 1872 Cass County, Texas "The Christians [sic] children ... Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry. After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian [her son] sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks. Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971, p 9G In 1875, J S, J A and W S are all listed together on the same page, all owning land. J S's new wife Louisa Christian, is also reported as a land owner. Louisa was not listed in the 1873 and 1874 tax rolls. Texas, County Tax Rolls J S Jenkins, abstract #1013, original owner T Wood, 215 acres, $400 Real Estate value, personal property $140, Total $540, tax ad valorem $2.70, poll tax $1.00, total tax $3.70 W S Jenkins, No Real Estate, personal property $65, tax ad valorem $.32, poll tax $1.00, Total $1.32 Louise [Louisa] Jenkins, abstract #1076, original owner H Millsap, 160 acres; $300 Real Estate value, total value $433, tax ad valorem $2.16, no poll tax, Total Tax $2.16 1875 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 45 Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 Jenkins, L, by J S Jinkins [sic], abstract #689, original owner H Millsap, 150 acres; $150 Real Estate value, total value $346, tax ad valorem $1.78, no poll tax, county tax $2.56, Total Tax $4.82 Jenkins, J C, no real estate, personal property value $116, ad valorem $.58, state poll tax $2.00, county tax $1.87, Total Tax $6.65 Jenkins, J S, no real estate, personal property value $233, ad valorem $1.73, state poll tax $2.00, county tax $2.76, Total Tax $3.93; 1877 Tax Assessment, Cass County, p 38 Louisa's age is given as 42 in the 1880 Cass County, Texas, census. This census reports her father born in Mississippi, her mother born in Ireland. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 16 June, District 12, Precinct 3, Page 17, House and Family #144 Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 Farmer SC SC SC Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 Wife Keeps House Miss Miss Ireland Jenkins, Mary L W F 21 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Lucinda W F 19 Daughter Farming Ga SC Miss Jenkins, Margaret C W F 17 Daughter Farming Tx SC Miss Jenkins, Joe Asa W M 16 Son Farming Tx SC Miss After Louisa married Joseph Sanford Jenkins, the two continued to maintain their separate neighboring farms in Cass County, Texas, until the combined family moved about 1890 to Indian Territory, finally settling in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation (later Stephens County, Oklahoma). There is no record of whether Louisa died in Cass County before the move, along the way on the trip to Indian Territory, or in Marlow, where the family settled. Since Joseph Sanford's death is recorded, and his cemetery exists in Marlow, it seems safe to assume that Louisa died before the family left Cass County in 1890. But it is unclear why we find no burial site or record there either. Date of death is uncertain. While J Epperson reports that Louisa died in Marlow, Indian Territory, Harold Christian indicates Louisa apparently did not accompany Joseph Sanford to Indian Territory. Harold suggests that Louisa died in Texas, or moved to Healdton, Indian Territory, but then remained with her children there when the Jenkinses moved on to Marlow. No record for Louisa has been found in any of the cemeteries in either area. Some possible light was shed on this in 2011, when a coresearcher Wanda Cox, found some old newspaper clippings in her 98-year-old mother's family collections. An obituary of Mrs G Funsten Bilbrey, refers to Louisa and her family. -------------------------- MRS. G. FUNSTEN Bilbrey, Rt. 2, 824 N. 5th, Frederick, Okla. 73542, is re [line giving her husband's name left out in the original print version] …, born 1827, Louisiana and married first, Nancy (maiden name unknown), born South Carolina. Their children, all born in Cass County, Texas, were David, Laura, George, John and Robert. His second marriage was to Frances Elizabeth Christian in 1877. They had six children and he disappeared in 1889. The Christians [sic] children included Joseph Benjamin, Frances Elizabeth, Lucinda and Emily, all born in Cass County between 1854 and 1862. Joseph Benjamin married Catherine Smith; Lucinda, Larkin Dycus; and Emily, Jason Forsyth. Their mother, Louisa, married a second time, J. S. Jenkins, March 7, 1872, and had one son, Henry. After her death in 1900, Joseph Benjamin Christian sold the family farm to Lonzo Hicks. Family tradition states that there is a lineage connection to the Hensley family but this has not been proven. -- Ft Worth Star-Telegram, 22 August 1971 -------------------------- This source indicates that Louisa died in 1900. The selling of the Christian family farm related to her death seems to indicate she was still on the Christian farm in Cass County, near Dalton. No actual record or burial site has been found. Information in the family history indicates her date may have been earlier, about 1890. Louisa's husband Joseph Jenkins moved to Indian Territory about 1890 with his son Joseph Asa Jenkins. Louisa does not appear to be on this trip. The way the story is told, oseph Benjamin Christian and his wife, along with Catherine Jenkins and her husband Nelson Winter, had already moved to Healdton, Chickasaw Naiton, Indian Territory. It seems odd that Louisa would have wanted to stay back. From the information available in the Jenkins famliy tradition, it seemed the Jenkins family farm was sold before Joseph Sanford Jenkins left in about 1890 for Indian Territory, with his son Joseph Asa. The Jenkins farm was next to the Christian farm, and when Joseph Jenkins and Louisa married, they maintained their separate farms and households, according to family research by Harold Christian (See the Jenkins family history). Thus Louisa could have stayed on the Christian farm when her husband moved with his son to Indian Territory. The Jenkins family story says also that Louisa's son Joseph Benjamin Christian moved with Joseph Asa or before. If the 1900 date in the news story is correct, did Joseph go back to Cass County from Indian Territory in order to sell the Christian family farm? Or was the death date of Louisa before the 1890 move, instead of later in 1900? I have not found the record of sales of the farms. Harold Christian, in his story of the Jenkins famliy, leaves open the likelihood that Louisa did stay behind, though no details or evidence has been found. "Louisa is believed to have remained in Cass County when Joseph Sanford Jenkins moved to Marlow, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), ca 1890. Her date and place of burial is unknown at this time. ... DEATH OF JOSEPH SANFORD JENKINS Joseph is believed to have moved to Marlow, Indian Territory (now Stephens County), Oklahoma ca 1890. He passed away while living there on May 26, 1893, and was buried in the Marlow cemetery. ... During the 1952 TV interview, Joseph [Asa Jenkins] first stated he had lived in Oklahoma since 1890." -- Jenkins Family History, pp 9-10, 13, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf ------------------- Louisa Taylor Jenkins Birth 1838 Mississippi, USA Death 1890 Cass County, Texas, USA Louisa Taylor was born about 1838 in Mississippi, according to census records. Her parents are not known. The 1880 census reports that her father was born in Mississippi and her mother in Ireland. She married Joseph Benjamin Christian 28 Feb 1872 in Cass County, Texas. After the death of Joseph Benjamin, Louisa married widowed neighbor Joseph Sanford Jenkins. The Jenkins and Christian farms near Dalton, Texas, were adjoining or near each other. She was probably a relative, maybe an aunt, of Joseph Sanford's first wife Lucinda Amanda Taylor, who was also born in Mississippi, and whose parents are also unknown. She and J S had one child, Henry, who died at about age 3-4, and was buried in a private grave. Louisa's death and burial details are unknown. No record, public or private, has been found. She died between 1890 and 1900. She does not appear in the 1900 census. Her husband and son moved to Indian Territory about 1890. She is not mentioned in regard to the move or thereafter. One family story does report that her son returned from Indian Territory after her death, to sell the Christian family farm in Cass County. This would indicate that for some reason she did not move to Indian Territory with her husband and other family members, but stayed on the family farm in Cass County. This is all uncertain. Spouses: Joseph Benjamin Christian (1835 - 1870) Joseph Sanford Jenkins (1826 - 1893) Children: Henry Jenkins (1876 - 1880) Burial Non-Cemetery Burial Last known residence was near Dalton, Cass County, Texas. She is not listed in any cemetery near Dalton or other family residence or burial area. No record of date or place has been found. No stone has been found. It is thought she was buried on the Christian family farm of her first husband or the neighboring Jenkins family farm of her second husband. Her second husband and some of her children moved to Indian Territory about 1890. Created by Orville Jenkins Jul 04, 2015 -- Find A Grave Memorial #148647305, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148647305 -------------------
I am the great grandson of Lucinda Amanda Taylor (whom some identify with the name sequence Amanda Lucinda, the same as her daughter Amanda Lucinda Jenkins). My great grandmother is an intriguing character, mysterious due to the details we lack, hiding somewhere just out of reach. The hopeful search for the missing clues goes on. I have been searching for years for some clue to her parents and their situation around her birth in Mississippi in 1824. The location or county for her parents in Mississippi has never been determined No clue has been found among the various Taylor households in early censuses in Mississippi where she was born or in Texas where we later find Lucinda and her Jenkins family. The order of the names of Lucinda Amanda Taylor and her daughter Amanda Lucinda Jenkins varies in different public or family sources. I am listing the wife of Joseph Sanford Jenkins as Lucinda Amanda Taylor and their daughter as Amanda Lucinda Jenkins. The references in the Notes of this genealogy may not be consistent, due to the various referencing of disparate sources and usages. ----------------- Lucinda Taylor Little is known of Lucinda. As mentioned above the 1860 Cass County Census shows her age as 36 (Birth date ca 1824) and her birth place as Mississippi. According to tradition of the Day family, one of Nancy Ann's (and Lucinda's) grandmothers journeyed by small boat from Ireland to the United States, taking six months to make the trip (possibly including intermediate stopovers). The names of Lucinda's parents have yet to be established. -- Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 4 ----------------- In the 1860 census, Lucinda is reported as the wife of Joseph Sanford Jenkins, but her name is simply L Jenkins. Her husband Joseph is oddly reported as Jno, but the details of the family and the review and comment of many family researchers confirm this is Joseph Sanford and Lucinda Taylor Jenkins. They were married in Mississippi and we see here the first three children reported were born in Mississippi. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas, 17 October, Beat #3, Post Office Unionville & Cusseta, Page 73, Hse #483, Fam #495 Jinkins Jno 32 M W Farmer 300 SC Cannot read and write [b abt 1828] Jinkins L 36 F W MS Jinkins N 14 F W MS Attended school during the last year Jinkins J W 10 M W MS Attended school during the last year [b abt 1850] Jinkins W L 7 M W GA [b abt 1853] Jinkins M L 3 F W GA [b abt 1857] Jinkins L 1 F W GA [b abt 1859] From the ages, we can see they moved from Mississippi between about 1850 and 1853. I have not found the family in the 1850 census, and no family researcher has reported finding them. They are also missing from the 1870 census. Note that according to the reported ages here, Lucinda is older than Joseph. Other sources suggest that Joseph was born in 1826, while Lucinda was born in 1824. Joseph Sanford's birth date from our family records October 14, 1826. Still, that would make Joseph only about 20 when the first child, Nell, was born. Harold Christian, who compiled a history of Joseph Sanford and his descendants, reports that there was a rumour in family circles that Joseph was married before he married Lucinda, and had earlier children in Mississippi, who did not move with the family to Texas. Noting the ages here, it seems unlikely to me that this was the case, unless it was a short teen fling. From these rumours of an earlier marriage, some have suggested that the first child reported here, N for Nell, was the daughter of that first wife. N Jenkins is reported here as 14 years old, making her birth about 1846. This would be within the time since Joseph and Lucinda married. But no one has found an actual marriage record for Joe and Lucinda. See Notes for Joseph Jenkins for more details and discussion. Harold Keith Christian suggests marriage closer to 1850, after birth of Nell. "Lucinda is believed to have married Joseph Sanford while still in Mississippi and shortly before 1850, the place and year in which John C. Jenkins was born. He is believed to be their first child." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 4 Lucinda Amanda's death occurred between 1868 and 1870. Jimmy Epperson reports the death as January 1867. Immediate family members, as reported by Harold Christian, recount the event in relation to other events in 1868 or 1869. I have reported the year as 1869, based on these reports. Jimmy Epperson reported in an early genealogy that she was buried in Dalton, but I have seen no record in any cemetery in Dalton or Cass County. I have toured and photographed graves in the Dalton Cemetery and did not find her there. She may have been buried on the family land. "She is believed to have passed away while the family was living on the farm between Bryans Mill and Dalton, Texas." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 9 There was another Amanda Taylor, born about 1840, who married J N Stone in Cass County in 1865. This is likely a member of the same Taylor family, but no further details have been found. Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 Amanda Taylor Marriage 11 Jul 1865 Cass County, Texas Spouse J N Stone It was discovered that Amanda Taylor was the widow of J. S. Taylor. The couple were enumerated in 1850 in Saline Missouri. J S Taylor's family is probably not related to Lucinda Amanda Taylor's family in Mississippi, where she was born in about 1824. 1850 Federal Census, Saline County, Missouri, District 90 Amanda Brockman, daughter of J S Brockman Age 9, born abt 1841 Missouri ---------------------- Lucinda Amanda Taylor Jenkins Birth 1824 Mississippi, USA Death Jan., 1869 Dalton, Cass County, Texas, USA Lucinda was born in Mississippi, but the location and exact date are unknown. Research by numerous family members has failed to identify her parents. She married Joseph Sanford Jenkins in Mississippi about 1845. memories of her children and other family events indicate Lucinda died about January 1869. Her date of death is not found in any family records or public records. Family researchers have found no place of birth. It is thought she died in Cass County, Texas, where they were living on a farm near Dalton. The locale Bryan's Mill appears often in family memory and records. Spouse Joseph Sanford Jenkins (1826 - 1893) Children: John Cullen Jenkins (1850 - 1892) Amanda Lucinda Jenkins Christian (1859 - 1948) Joseph Asa Jenkins (1866 - 1962) Mary Lou Jenkins Chapel (1867 - 1929) Burial Non-Cemetery Burial It is thought she was buried on the Jenkins family farm near Bryan's Mill, Cass County, Texas. It is uncertain exactly which location this is today, or who owns the property now. No official death or burial record has been found. Created by Orville Jenkins Jul 03, 2015 -- Find A Grave Memorial #148633397, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148633397 ---------------------- Various descendants comment on family information about Lucinda Amanda Taylor. The following are Notes from R. Christian GED: --------------------- Ref: Ltr fr William C. Day, grandson of Nancy Ann Taylor Day; ..quite sure Lucinda Jenkins ..buried in Dalton Cemetery ..living near there when she died ..many other Jenkins buried there ..my Grandmother Day's first name was Nancy Ann ..and she had a sister ..mother of the Jenkins ..if I remember ..her name was Lucinda ..I believe she died of cancer .. Note by Harold Keith Christian: Lucinda was the sister of Nancy Ann Taylor Day and of Daniel Taylor. There is also speculation that Louisa Christian, wife of Joseph Benjamin Christian of TN, was a sister of Lucinda, Nancy Ann, and Daniel Taylor. [But the fact that her mother is reported born in Ireland seems to eliminate that possibility -- OBJ] Ref: Cass County Cemeteries, by Cass County Genealogical Society; No Lucinda Jenkins identified. Ref: Description of small Jenkins burial plot (see Joseph Sanford Jenkins). Ref: Comments by Annie Tabor during visit by HKC: ..(REF to ltr from Mrs. Bilbrey to Annie) ..I bet it will turn out JSJ's 1st wife "Lucinday" was his second wife; or Louisa' sister-Lucinda ..Nancy Ann that married Joseph Day ..and Louisa married my (Bilbrey's) GGF Christian .. (Annie's comments) ..I always thought my mother's birthday was 30 May ..found it was 31st of May ..He (JSJ) was married before he married my grandmother (Lucinda) ..Momma (Amanda Lucinda) remembered there was an old negro woman. Her mother died when she was nine years old (31 May 1859 + 9 = 1868). This old negro woman had to take care of her. Ref: Joseph Asa Jenkins TV Interview, Danny Williams Show, WKY TV, OK City, 1952; ..I remember my mother being lowered into the ground. A neighbor man picked me up to hold and console me. Ref: FRANK.DOC #2. "Jack Jenkins was ..(Joseph Sanford Jenkins') father" BIRTH: US Census 1860 TX, Beat#3, Sh#381B, P.O. Unionville & Cuseta, 17 OCT 1860, Dwg#483, Fam#495 MARRIAGE: US Census 1860 TX, Beat#3, Sh#381B, P.O. Unionville & Cusseta, 17 OCT 1860, Dwg#483, Fam#495 CHILDREN: US Census 1860 TX, Beat#3, Sh#381B. P.O. Unionville & Cusseta, 17 OCT 1860, Dwg#483, Fam#495 End Notes from R. Christian GED --------------------- I am puzzled and a bit concerned about a couple of the source docs several genealogies have thoughtlessly attached to Lucinda. One or two also have an extraneous couple from New York as her parents without any comment or documentation indicating any connection. Joash Taylor and his wife Amanda Norton lived and died in New York, in Niagara Falls on the Canadian border. It seems very odd anyone would associate this with our Lucinda Taylor Jenkins, since our Lucinda Taylor Jenkins was born in Mississippi and died in Texas. I think we must conclude, rather, that these must be dismissed as sloppy and irresponsiblie genealogies. Two census records for another Lucinda, whose married name was Taylor, are attached by some to our Lucinda Taylor Jenkins. One is from 1870, after Lucinda Taylor Jenkins died! They even report that she died in 1869, but still report her in the 1870 census! In the 1850 census, I see that Lucinda Taylor is the wife of Reddin Taylor. In 1850, our Lucinda was already married to Joseph Sanford Jenkins, and as far as anyone has known, Taylor was our Lucinda Amanda's maiden name. A descendant of Reddin and Lucinda Taylor gives us her maiden name of Grober, in a note on the census entry for 1850. "Lucinda Gober married Redden Taylor. Lucinda Gober was the daughter of Lewis Gober and second wife Rebecca Clayton who married 14 Jan 1816 in Amite County, Mississippi. Lucinda Gober Taylor is plainly marked WHITE on the census, as is her daughter Nancy Taylor." [She mentions this because for some reason several Mississippi census records are designated as Negro in Ancestry's transcription, when they are clearly entered as White in the actual original record.] -- Bonnie Gober, Comment on Ancestry.com 1850 US Census, 17 July 2013, http://ancstry.me/1tnhh1O I see this same Lucinda Taylor, wife of Reddin Taylor, as a widow in the 1870 census, while our Lucinda Taylor Jenkins, wife of Joseph Sanford Jenkins, died in Texas about 1869 or 1870. And our Lucinda was in the 1860 census in Cass County, Texas, as Lucinda Jenkins, reported as the wife of Joseph Sanford. -- Ancestry 1870 US Census, http://ancstry.me/1nuAGAL
----------------- Lucinda Taylor Little is known of Lucinda. As mentioned above the 1860 Cass County Census shows her age as 36 (Birthdate ca 1824) and her birth place as Mississippi. According to tradition of the Day family, one of Nancy Ann's (and Lucinda's) grandmothers journeyed by small boat from Ireland to the United States, taking six months to make the trip (possibly including intermediate stopovers). The names of Lucinda's parents have yet to be established. -- Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 4 ----------------- In the Day Family History, as reported by Harold K Christian in the Jenkins Family History, reoports further: "The Taylor family lived among the Indians when the children were small. He was a large man, well proportioned and seven feet tall; and he was well respected by the Indians." -- Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian, http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf, p 4 Mr Taylor's name is not certain. If Louisa Taylor was a sister to Lucinda, Nancy and Daniel, their father was born in Mississippi. That does not seem likely, however. Meanwhile, the census reports that Louisa's MOTHER was born in Ireland. Louisa may have been an aunt or cousin of Lucinda Amanda. 1880 Census in Cass County, Texas, Pct#3, P# 17/19, Farm# 144; Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 m Farmer SC SC SC Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 m Kps Hse MI MI IRE. There is information in the Day Family that the grandmother (not the mother) of Lucinda, Nancy and Daniel was born in Ireland. It is possible that Louisa was an aunt, rather than a sister. This would likely mean that Louisa was a sister of the father of Lucinda, Nancy and Daniel. Harold Christian mentions several Taylor families had migrated directly to Mississippi from New England in this period. I have found some others. No definite connection has been made with other Day and Taylor families in Mississippi around the same time. Family tradition persists that this Taylor line was related to President Zachary Taylor. I heard this from as early as I can remember. My grandfather Joseph Asa told me this among other matters of family history. However, the lineage of that family is clear down to Richard Strother Taylor, born in 1826, the same year as Lucinda Amanda Taylor's husband Joseph Sanford Jenkins. If they were kin, they were not in Zachary's direct line, but descend from an earlier common ancestor, which I have not yet connected. I have followed some good clues and worked with some Zachary Taylor researchers, but we have found no connection. This Genealogy includes Zachary Taylor's family for comparison.
Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 Andrew Green Spouse Martha Taylor Marriage 30 Jul 1877 Harris, Texas, United States
"Mary Elizabeth 'Betty' TAYLOR, b. 20 Apr 1824, Louisville, KY; d. 25 Jul 1909; m. 5 Dec 1848, Col. William Wallace Smith BLISS" -- Taylor -- Zachary and Margaret, http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/T/TaylorZachary-MargaretMackallSmith.shtml Some sources have reported her birth date as 22 October 1820. Her age of 25 in August 1850 census would match birth in the first half of 1825. The 1860 age of 27 would make it the first half of 1823. In 1880 she is 55, matching the April 1824 birth. Her grave does not have her birth date, only the death date. The Find a Grave Memorial for Betty reports the date as 20 April 1824, but does not report the source of this date. Wikipedia and other reliable sources also report this April 1824 date. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 William Wallace Bliss Spouse Mary Elizabeth Taylor Marriage 1848 Some genealogies report that the marriage took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A Louisiana marriage record report the marriage occurred in East Baton Rouge Parish on 4 December 1848. Louisiana Marriages to 1850 Spouse 1 Bliss, William Spouse 2 Taylor, Elizabeth Marriage 4 Dec 1848 East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana "Married- On Dec. 5, by Rev. John Burke, in Baton Rouge, Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss, of the U. S. Army, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, dau. of Maj-Gen. Zachary Taylor, President-elect of the U. S." -- The Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, December 19, 1848, page 2, column 6; in the Library of Virginia Online, http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/UU4XS42BK5I3YQACYPDUHSU75NTIKRJG9FRSH4I91A3MXMD9PP-54995?func=full-set-set&set_number=001177&set_entry=000121&format=999 In the 1850 census, she and her husband are listing in the family of her father, President Zachary Taylor, in Washington, DC. 1850 Federal Census, Washington, DC, 31 August, Ward 1, page 125 (63), Hse #930, Fam #983 Zachary Taylor 66 M Prest US $100 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1784] Margaret Taylor 64 F Maryland [b abt 1786] Wm W S Bliss 35 M Lt Col USA b NY M E Bliss 25 F Kentucky After the death of her husband William Bliss in 1853, Mary Elizabeth married Philip Pendelton Dandridge. I find the middle name spelled both Pendelton and Pendleton. I find that his name on Betty's grave monument is spelled Pendleton. Interestingly, Wikipedia spells in Pendelton (see below). "She married Philip Pendleton Dandridge 2 NOV 1858, son of Adam Stephen Dandridge and Sarah Pendleton. He was born 2 OCT 1817 in Virginia, and died 28 OCT 1881." -- RootsWeb, Edelen, McAfee etal, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=cw4peter&id=I020116 Census records of the related individuals report that Philip and Betty lived in Winchester, Virginia. 1860 Federal Census, Frederick County, Virginia, 19 July, Winchester, PO Winchester, page 116, Hse #824, Fam #825 Philip P Dandridge 43 M Laborer $0 Real Estate $0 Personal stated b VA [b abt 1817] Mary E Dandridge 33 F Housewifery b KY [b abt 1927] Anna S Dandridge 18 F born MD [b abt 1842] Philip P Dandridge 16 M born VA [b abt 1844] Lilly D Dandridge 15 F born MD [b abt 1845] Charles V Dandridge 14 M born VA [b abt 1846] William F Dandridge 10 M born VA [b abt 1850] 1880 Federal Census, Frederick County, Virginia, 2 June, Winchester, District 46, page 8, Hse #49, Fam #52 Dandridge, P P W M 62 Head Farmer At Home VA VA VA Dandridge, Mary E W F 55 Wife Keeping House KY VA MD Berns, Jane Mulatto M 45 Servant Servant VA VA VA Turner, Mollie Mulatto F 16 Servant Servant VA VA VA Some sources report she was buried in Bayou Sara, Louisiana. But records show she and her husband Philip Dandridge were living in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in the years before her death. Credible sources report she died in Winchester. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Mary Elizabeth Taylor Spouse William Wallace Smith Bliss Parents Zachery Taylor, Margaret Mackall Smith Birth 20 Apr 1824 Jefferson, KY Marriage 5 Dec 1848 Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA Death 26 Jul 1909 Winchester, VA Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties Mary Elizabeth Dandridge Birth Date 20 Apr 1824 Death Date 26 Jul 1909 Comments: Spouse. 1-WILLIAM WALLACE SMITH BLISS 2-PHILIP PENDLETON Parents: ZACHARY & MARGARET MACKALL SMITH TAYLOR. TWELFTH USA FIRST LADY SERVED DURING HER FATHER'S TERM Note that the Cemetery listing reports the date of death as 26 July 1909. Other sources report death date as 25 July 1909. An obituary collection cites publication of her obituary on 26 July 1909, which states that death was that same date. Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Elizabeth Dandridge [Elizabeth Taylor] Birth Date abt 1824 Death Date 26 Jul 1909 Age at Death 85 Parents Zachery Fremont Daily News, Fremont, Ohio, 26 Jul 1909, p. 2, col. 4 -- Newspaper Repository: Hayes Presidential Library - Fremont, Ohio Wikipedia has a brief summary of facts about Mary Elizabeth. The marriage date here is again different, giving us three different reported dates of marriage, if all these records indeed report the marriage of the same two individuals. --------------------------------- Mary Elizabeth Bliss Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss (April 20, 1824 - July 25, 1909) was the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and First Lady Margaret Taylor. She served as White House hostess due to her mother's ill health. On December 8, 1848, Mary married William Wallace Smith Bliss, the future president's secretary. Bliss died in 1853. On July 9, 1850, the Taylor presidency came to an abrupt end when the President died. After that, Mary lived the rest of her life out privately, living with her mother until her mother's death in 1852. On February 11, 1858, she married Philip Pendelton Dandridge. Mary lived until the age of 85. -- "Mary Elizabeth Bliss, Wikipedia, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Bliss --------------------------------- There is a virtual memorial for Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bloiss Dandridge on Find a Grave. Note that the builder of this memorial has added Mary Elizabeth's birth date. There is no birth date on the grave monument, only her death date. --------------------------------- Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Dandridge Birth Apr 10, 1824 Kentucky, USA Death Jul 25, 1909 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA Daughter of General Zachary Taylor "Old Rough and Ready", President of the United States and Margaret Mackall Smith. "Betty" assumed the role of official hostess for her father due to her mother being a semi-invalid. She received high praise for the manner in which she preformed the required duties. She was only 25 at the time and had just wed her father's faithful Adjutant General Lt. Col. William Wallace S. Bliss. She became widely acquainted with noted men and women during her brief but brilliant regime in the White House and she was known far and wide as a young woman of rare fascination and beautiful character. It was regarded as a high honor to be asked to one of her entertainments. Her oldest sister Sarah Knox "Knoxie" Taylor was the first wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy. Betty lost her husband in 1853; she remarried to Philip Pendleton Dandridge of Winchester, moving to her husband's home in 1857 and living there for fifty-two years. A southern sympathizer during the civil war she saw fit to save a young scout, John E. Boyd who was captured by Federal officials and sentenced to death. He lived and served as one of the pallbearers that carried Betty to her final rest place. Parents: Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850) Margaret Smith Taylor (1788 - 1852) Spouses: William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815 - 1853) Philip Pendleton Dandridge (1817 - 1881) Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA Created Apr 23, 2007 -- Find A Grave Memorial #19066269, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19066269 ---------------------------------
Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 Homer Terry, Age 19 (b abt 1900), Resident of Prentiss, Beckham County, Oklahoma Millie B Taylor, Age 23 (b abt 1896), Resident of Mayfield, Beckham County, Oklahoma License application filed by Owen Terry, brother of the groom (misidentified in the document as father of the groom) License issued 24 March 1919 at Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma Marriage 25 Mar 1919 Beckham, Oklahoma Ceremony by The Church of God of Mayfield at the residence of Tom Land Witnesses Essie Land of Mayfield and Ed Leamin of Sweetwater, both in Beckham County Recorded 28 March 1919