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- "Aunt Cat" was a spinster cousin of Emily Virginia Compton, and, upon the death of this cousin, she moved in with the family and kept house for J.F. Taylor, raising his two children, Fannie and J.B. She continued to live with the family of J.B. Taylor until her death. ABT used to recall some of her stories about growing up in Virginia during the Civil War. She and her friends as young teenagers would smuggle goods and information across Federal lines. She had quite a sense of humor. ABT recalled one story in particular: When she was an older woman, she returned to Virginia for a visit. One day, she encountered an old mountain man who had known her before she left the state. He said to her, "Miss Cat, you was a pretty gal when you was young, but my God how you've changed." -- LKL
Obit. source unknown, but presumed to be the Palmyra Spectator.
"Funeral services for Miss Pattie [i.e., Cattie] Triplett, aged 78, who died last Friday night, were held last Sunday from the Bethel church and burial was made in the Bethel Cemetery. Miss Triplett, who died at the home of her cousin J.B. Taylor, who lives in Fabius township, had been in ill health for the last five years. Death was due to heart disease.
"Although Miss Triplett was a native of Virginia, having been born in Page county in that state on August, 28, 1850 [JBT recalls 1848], she had made her home for more than a half century in Marion county, living with her cousin.
"Surviving are her two brothers J.D. and Edgar Triplett of Fabius township, and five sisters, Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Fabius township, Miss Cornelia Triplett of Washington, Mrs Elizabeth Funk of Morrowtown, Va. Miss Mattie Triplett of Fort [Front] Royal, Va, and Mrs Maude Hedric[k] of Roanoke, Va."
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1848 - 1929 (81 years)
, d. Abt 1909, Page Co. Va.