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Joseph R. TAYLOR

Born: 1832 in SC
Died:
Father:

Mother:

Married 1856

Caladonia STRALEY

Born: 1832
Died:
Father: Rev. Jacob Lynch STRALEY

Mother: Eliza BERGAN

 

Children:

 

1. Hilary H. Taylor (b. c. 1845 in MS)
 

Notes:

  • Hilary resided in San Augustine Co., TX (1850) and Homer, ACTX (1860).

 

2. Charlotte Taylor
 

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3. Calvin J. Taylor
 

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4. Susanna Taylor (b. c. 1831 in AL?)

 

Notes:

  • Susanna resided in San Augustine Co., TX (1850).

 

5. Ursula L. Taylor (b. c. 1837 in AL?; m. Henry HUNT on Aug 2, 1854 in Tyler Co, TX)

 

Notes:

  • They lived in San Augustine Co, TX (1850).

 

6. Mary L. Taylor
 

Notes:

 
Notes:
  • 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).

  • Pages Sources:
    1. Taylor, Joseph R., Biography website web.

 

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