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Joseph R. TAYLOR

Born: 1832 in SC
Died:
Father: Mother:
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Married 1856
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Children:
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1. Hilary H. Taylor (b. c. 1845 in MS)
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2. Charlotte
Taylor
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3. Calvin J. Taylor
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4. Susanna Taylor
(b. c. 1831 in AL?)
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5. Ursula L. Taylor (b. c. 1837 in AL?; m.
Henry HUNT on Aug 2, 1854 in Tyler Co, TX)
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6. Mary L. Taylor
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From Joseph's biography published in the 1887 Goodspeed's History of Bradley County Tennessee:
Joseph R. Taylor apprenticed as a brick mason, then became well known in southeast Tennessee as builder and contractor of some of that region's finest schools and residences. Joseph also served as a Provost Marshall just as the Civil War began.
Joseph was a lieutenant with the 62nd Tennessee Confederate infantry during the Civil War and was captured at the siege of Vicksburg. While being held for one year in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio, he wrote a letter to his wife Caladonia telling her that he had had "a nice breakfast of slick-tailed squirrels and sold some [ I ] did not want for five cents each."
When the war was over, Joseph walked the 500 miles home to Bradley County, Tennessee, where he and Caladonia lived in Cleveland, TN. They had seven children (five sons & one daughter).
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Pages Sources:
1. Taylor, Joseph R., Biography
website web.
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