Husband: Emit J. Taylor 1
Born: Apr-12-1883 in Calhoun Co, WV 2,3
Died: Nov-11-1913 2
Census: 1910 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4
Father: Benjamin H. Taylor (1845 - 1928)
Mother: Melia Anne Taylor (1850 - 1916)
Wife: Mary Louise Jones 1
Married: Oct-24-1909 in Calhoun Co, WV 5
Born: Jan- -1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,7,8 (see note 1)
Died: Nov-19-1985 8
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Resided: in Massillon, Stark Co, OH 10
Resided: formerly at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV
Father: Alpheus A. Jones (1849 - )
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Kerr (1856 - )
Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Ruble Jackson Taylor Census name: Rubel J. Taylor 11,12 Born: Jan-17-1913 in Calhoun Co, WV 13,14 Died: May-28-2001 in Massillon, Stark Co, OH 15,16,13 Buried: in Sunset Hills Burial Park & Memory Gardens, Canton, Stark Co, OH 10 Resided: in Massillon, Stark Co, OH 17,18,19 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,20 Census: 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 farmer (rented farm) 20 Military: Dec-15-1943 - Oct-14-1945 U.S. Navy, World War II 21,16 Wife: Mona Lee Townsend b. Mar-14-1914 d. Feb- 5-2015 Census name: Monie L. Townsen 22 Married: Jun-20-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife. (2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (3) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. (4) 1910 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (5) 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. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Participants identified as Bird Richards, age 22, and Mrs. Mary Taylor, age 25, b. Ritchie Co. Ceremony held Jun 30 1916. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, His name appears on the marriage record as "Bird Richards," while hers is given as "Mary Taylor," her name from a previous marriage. MR Bk 10, p. 35. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Headstone. (10) Obituary. (11) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (12) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (15) Obituary - At home. (16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (18) Obituary of stepfather. (19) Obituary of mother. (20) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (21) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (22) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (23) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Ruble Taylor, 22, b. Calhoun Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mona Townsend, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jun 20 1935. Event Notes Note (1) Obituary gives birthdate as Jan 27 1889, while SSDI has it as Jan 26 1888 with residence in Canton, Stark Co, OH. Her marriage record in Jun 1916 gives her age as 25, which would put her birth in 1891. Her headstone has birth-death as 1891-1985.