Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin H. Taylor    
         Census name: Ben Tailor 
                Born: Aug-20-1845          in Buckingham Co, VA  1,2,3,4
                Died: May- 7-1928          in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Taylor Cemetery, Big Bend, Calhoun Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3,1
              Father: William A. Taylor   (1822 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary A. ___   (1820 -     ) 
                Wife: Melia Anne Taylor     
       Also known as: Milada Ann Taylor 5
             Married: Mar-19-1878          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1850               7 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-20-1916          in Ayers, Calhoun Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Taylor Cemetery, Big Bend, Calhoun Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880, 1910           in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father: George Washington Taylor   (1812 -     ) 
              Mother: Lydia Margaret ___   (1813 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Emit J. Taylor   8   
                Born: Apr-12-1883          in Calhoun Co, WV  4,9
                Died: Nov-11-1913           4
              Census: 1910                 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  10
                Wife: Mary Louise Jones  b. Jan-  -1891  d. Nov-19-1985  
             Married: Oct-24-1909          in Calhoun Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: W. A. Taylor      
                Born: ca 1888              in Calhoun Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1943                 in Big Springs, Calhoun Co, WV  9
                Wife: Bessie D. Hays  b. Aug-12-1899  d. Jul-13-1983  
             Married: Jul- 3-1943          in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(3) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(4) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1870 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(8) Obituary of wife. 
(9) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. 
(10) 1910 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(11) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, Identified as Emit Taylor, 26, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, son of 
(blank); and Mary Jones, 20, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, dau of A. A. Jones.  Married Oct 24 1909 "at Benjamine Taylor," 
officiated by Peter A. Kelly, a Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 167 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=89&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1853.  But age in 1870 Census and
in marriage record put it in about 1850.







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