John David Taylor (abt. 1825 - 1916)

Born about 1825 in Alabama, USA [uncertain]

Husband of Adelia (Webb) Taylor — married 11 Jun 1852 in Peach Grove, Morgan, Alabama, United States

Died 5 Jul 1916 at about age 91 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

John Taylor was an Alabamian.

John Taylor was a Tennessean.

John David Taylor was born in Alabama or Tennessee c.1825. He married Adelia Webb in Morgan County, Alabama in 1852.^[1]

Children of the marriage:

1. Martin Taylor (c.1854)
2. Charles Taylor (c.1864)^[2]
3. Elizabeth Taylor (c.1869)^[2]
4. John Taylor (c.1872)^[3][4]
5. Robert Taylor (c.1875)^[3][5]

In 1860 they lived right next door to his parents in Lincoln, Tennessee, with their first child, Martin. John D. was a mechanic and his wife was a seamstress. ^[6] The Prestons, the Hills, the Walkers, and the Gaults were neighboring families. Children of all five families would marry Busbee children, not yet arrived from Walker County, Alabama.

John fought in the Civil War as a Confederate.^[7] He served in Turney's Brigade, but after only a few months was injured (shot in the thigh) and then became deathly ill from the injury. He was discharged from service due to his injury and illness.^[8] John's service and injury explains the long stretch without additional children in the family.

By 1870 their boy Martin was no longer an only child. He had a six-year-old brother and a year-old sister. Martin was 17 and married at the time of the census. He and his bride, Vicy Jane Busbee, were living with John D. and Delia, along with the two younger children.^[2]

In 1880 they were still in Lincoln County, with additional children and John's widowed father.^[3] By 1910 all of the children had grown up and flown the nest. John and Delia were counted in Lincoln County.^[9]

John David Taylor died in Lincoln, Tennessee in 1916^[5] and is buried at Shady Grove Cemetery in Lincoln County.^[8]

Research Notes

On John's date of birth:

Please note that John Taylor suffered from senile dementia at his death, which would have affected him for years.^[5] The death certificate informant, apparently his youngest son, Robert, while stating John's age at death was 90, filled in his date of birth as "God only knows." In census records for 1860, John's and his wife's estimated dates of birth were both 1835; in 1860 they were 1834 and 1835. Then by 1880 he appears to be seven years older than Adelia (1828 and 1835), and by 1910 he appears to be 13 years older.

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-9T6 : 18 October 2017), John Taylor and Adelia Webb, 11 Jun 1852; citing Morgan, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,257,937.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD6-35Q : 14 June 2019), Jno Taylor, 1870.

   Jno Taylor Male 36 Tennessee

   Delia Taylor Female 35 Alabama

   Martin Taylor Female 17 Tennessee

   V J Taylor Female 17 Alabama

   Charlie Taylor Male 6 Tennessee

   P E Taylor Female 1 Tennessee

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7P-174 : 15 July 2017), John D Taylor, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 281A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1268; FHL microfilm 1,255,268.

   John D Taylor Self Male 52 Tennessee, United States

   Delia A Taylor Wife Female 45 Tennessee, United States

   Charles Taylor Son Male 15 Tennessee, United States

   Elizabeth Taylor Daughter Female 10 Tennessee, United States

   John Taylor Son Male 8 Tennessee, United States

   Robert Taylor Son Male 5 Tennessee, United States

   John Taylor Father Male 102 North Carolina, United States

4. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZK3-5BZ : 4 November 2017), John Taylor in entry for John Taylor and Ellen Sharp, 24 Apr 1944; citing Madison, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,993,773.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9GT-TMG : 26 August 2019), John Taylor, 5 Jul 1916; Death, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

   The death certificate informant, apparently his youngest son, Robert, while stating John's age at death was 90, filled in his date of birth as "God only knows." He filled in John's father's name as "Granppy Taylor."

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8TF-LT1 : 30 December 2015), John D Taylor, 1860.

   John D Taylor Male 25 Alabama

   Delia Taylor Female 25 Alabama

   Marlia [Martin] Taylor Male 6 Alabama

7. ↑ "Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q571-716P : 31 October 2018), John David Taylor, 1891-1965.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-6S5Z : 26 July 2019), John David Taylor, 1916; Burial, Shady Grove, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States of America, Shady Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 8428434, Find A Grave: Memorial #8428434 www.findagrave.com.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGX3-ZGP : accessed 26 August 2019), John D Taylor, Civil District 25, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 8A, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1510; FHL microfilm 1,375,523.

   John D Taylor Head Male 86 Tennessee

   Adelia Taylor Wife Female 73 Alabama