Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Silas J. Taylor    
                Born: May-15-1845          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Mar-13-1922           1
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father: Eli Taylor 
              Mother: Mary ___ 
                Wife: Eleanor C. Collins   4  
         Census name: Ellen C. Collins 
             Married: Jan- 1-1867          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: May-17-1848          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Feb-25-1918          in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  5,1
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William S. Collins   (1811 - 1882) 
              Mother: Ellenor M. Britton 
           F Child 1: Vida Asenith Taylor      
                Born: Nov-30-1871          at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  6,7,8
                Died: Nov-23-1946          in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  9,5,7
              Buried:                      in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  3,6
             Resided:                      in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1930                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Albert J. Zinn  b. May-19-1860  d. Sep-28-1926  
             Married: Apr-18-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Obituary - At home. 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Death date given 
as Nov 23 1946.  Obituary states death date as Saturday, Nov 25.  But Nov 25th in 1946 fell on a Monday, while Saturday 
was the 23rd. 
(10) Obituary of mother. 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Albert J. Zinn, 28, of Ritchie Co; and Vida A. Taylor, 17, of Ritchie Co.  Married Apr 18 1889.  These ages would put 
birth dates in about 1861 and 1872, respectively.  But their stated ages in 1920 Census of 55 and 49 would put birth 
dates in about 1865 and 1871. 







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