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- Information from JET with remembrances of information from ABT.
JFT was a young boy at the time of the Civil War. The family home was along the main road, and JFT was frequently aroused from sleep to go to the barn to groom the horses of the Union troops. He vowed to avoid this situation in the next war! Consequently, he built his farm buildings about .25 miles back from the road. One could just see the tip of the house, barn, and silo from the road when driving by. ABT remembers how difficult it was to keep the road in good condition during the winter snows and the spring floods. [See notes under Joshua Booten Taylor for information about the burning of the house.]
J.F.T. never really recovered from the death of his wife. He was further upset by his daughter's illness. He became deeply depressed and sought relief in alcohol. His son had to leave the University of Missouri after only one year (ca.1895) to come home to save the farm and manage family affairs.--ABT
ABT remembers a warm March day when he and his grandfather drove the horse and buggy [wagon?] to town [Palmyra]. On their way home, it turned cold and rainy. When they got home, JFT's luxuriant beard was frozen to his chest!
"J. F. Taylor was born in this county September 18, 1847. He is a son of Caleb and Margaret (McKay) Taylor. He was educated in the public schools. He was married June 7, 1871 to Miss Emily Virginia Compton, daughter of Dr. Z. J. Compton and Eliza (McKay) Compton of Virginia. To this union were born two children: Julia Frances, born June 6, 1873, and Joshua B., born August 25, 1876. Soon after his marriage Mr Taylor located on the place where he now resides. He owns 200 acres of fine land, valued at about $10,000. Mrs Taylor died August 25, 1876. She had been for some years a prominent member of the Baptist church, and was an estimable Christian lady, whose loss was much regretted" -- Holcombe. op. cit., p. 799
Death of Joseph Franklin Taylor Sunday -- Obit. probably from the Palmyra Spectator of Jan. 1928.
"Joseph Franklin Taylor, one of Marion county's oldest and best known citizens, passed peacefully away at the home of his son, Booten Taylor, in Fabius township about 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning [Jan 22, 1928]. For several weeks he had been confined to his bed and Sunday morning it was discovered that he had almost entirely lost the power of speech and was in a semiconscious condition. His death followed in a short time. Mr. Taylor was born on the farm on which he died September 18, 1847, and had always made his home there.
"Several years ago he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis and since that time rarely left the premises. For many years he was a leading farmer of the country and was a familiar figure in Palmyra and at county affairs. He was a man of strictest integrity and he numbered his friends by the hundreds. His wife died a half century ago. Mr Taylor is survived by his son Booten, five [i.e., four] grandchildren and one brother William H. Taylor.
Funeral services were held at Bethel church yesterday morning and the remains were interred in Bethel cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. Geo. W. Humphrey, of Kirksville, assisted by the pastor of the church, Rev. H.M. Paul. A large congregation was present."
J. Frank Taylor, Marion Pioneer Buried at Bethel -- His grandfather founded church where services were held in 1823 -- Obit. probably from the Quincy Whig-Journal [JET]
"Palmyra Mo., Jan 26. -- Funeral services for J. Frank Taylor, 80, son of the late Caleb S. Taylor and Margaret (McKay) Taylor, who died at his home seven miles north of Palmyra, in Fabius township, Sunday morning, were conducted at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in Bethel Baptist church. Services were in charge of the Rev. George Humphrey, a former pastor, now residing at Kirksville. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery.
"Mr. Taylor married Miss E. Virginia Compton of Page county, Virginia, when 24 years old. Two children were born, Julia Frances and Joshua B., the latter being the sole survivor of the family.
"Mr. Taylor, born in Marion county September 18, 1847, was of pioneer parentage, his father, Caleb S. Taylor, coming to this county in the year 1818, more than a century ago, during the same year of the founding of the city of Palmyra. Caleb S. was also instrumental in bring his own father and brothers to Missouri.
"That the Taylor family has held its influence for good in the community is attested to by the fact that Jeremiah Taylor, grandfather of J. Frank Taylor, was one of the pioneer preachers of Northeast Missouri and in 1823 founded Bethel Baptist church in Fabius township. Mr. Taylor's funeral Tuesday was held in this same church founded by his grandfather in 1823.
"Bethel Baptist church was organized with twenty-three members, the first Baptist church in the county. The "Bethel Baptist association" now comprising churches in many Northest [sic.] Missouri counties organized in 1834, takes its name from the Bethel church.
"'Uncle Frank' as he was familiarly called, was a kind hearted man and respected in the community where he had lived continuously for fifty-one years. Besides his son, he is survived by four grand children."
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1847 - 1928 (80 years)
