Notes for: Amanda West

In addition to the four children known to have been born to them, it is said that twelve other children died at birth or in infancy, for which there is no record of names or dates of birth or death. John Taylor moved from Taylor Co, WV to the Jane Lew area of Lewis Co, WV, where many of his descendants are still to be found.

1850 Census, Lewis County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 1 1850:
John Taylor, 27, farmer; Amanda Taylor, 19; Elizabeth J. Taylor, 22; Josiah Taylor, 12.

1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township), enumerated in Sep 1870:
John Taylor, 47, farmer; Amanda, 40; Lucy E, 15; Helen, 4; Willie G, 11 months.

1880 Census, Lewis County, WV (Freemans Creek), enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
John Taylor, 57, farmer; wife Amanda, 50; dau Helen A, 14; son Willie Grant, 10; dau Ella Nora, 6. (Note: Although daughter Helen's middle initial is given in the census as A, her name appears on her headstone as Helen May Taylor.)