Harriet Jane (Porter) Taylor (1849 - 1942)

Born 22 Dec 1849 in Tallassee, Elmore, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph A Lockett — married 5 Jan 1871 in Lavaca, Texas

Wife of Albert Calhoun Taylor Jr. — married 15 Jan 1882 in Burnet, Texas

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1942 at age 92 in Aspermont, Stonewall, Texas, United States

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Biography

Hattie is the daughter of Benjamin Taliferro Porter 1817–1896 and Mary Jane Lanning Porter 1821–1901. She was married twice. First to Joseph A. Lockett on Feb 5,1871. Divorced from Joseph A. Lockett and secondly married Albert C. Taylor on Jan 15,1882 in Burnet, Texas.

Children born of Joseph Lockett and Hattie:

Ida Le Lockett 1872-1954 married an Anderson

Clinton Rivers Lockett 1874-

Mary Maude Lockett 1876-

Julia Willis Lockett 1878-1931

Children born of Hattie and Albert Taylor:

Myrtle Taylor 1882-1954 married A. B. Groves

Milton Taylor 1884-1884

Flora Taylor 1885-1975

Eva Taylor 1887-1981 married a Blackwell

Preceeded to Hattie's death one son and one daughter preceeded their mother in death. Hattie was survived by five children stated in her obituary- Mrs. A.B. Groves, Mrs. Ida Anderson, Mrs. Eva Blackwell, Mrs. O.H. Holloway, and Miss Flora Taylor; one brother - J.W. Porter.

Hattie also was an active worker in the Methodist Church. She was a master of needlework and pieced quilt tops for several hours a day. She gave each of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren quilts she had pieced and stitched by hand as mentioned in her obituary.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3P3-B46 : accessed 11 January 2021), H J Taylor, Justice Precincts 4 -5, Jones, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 17B, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,650.

Harriet Jane “Hattie” Porter Taylor

Birth 22 Dec 1849 Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama, USA

Death 4 Aug 1942 (aged 92) Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, USA

Burial Aspermont Cemetery, Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, USA 

Plot Block C

Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #80143239

Has a photo of gravestone.

Acknowledgements

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