Name: French Taylor
Death Date: 21 Apr 1937
Death Place: Houston County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: Colored
Death Age: 88 years 3 months
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1849
Birthplace: Houston Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lela Taylor
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Route 3, Crockett, Texas
Cemetery: Hall Cemetery
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1937
Informant: T. Bass, Crockett, Texas
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From Wesley Taylor Fobbs' notes: French Taylor was born April 21, 1852 [sic], born a slave under Mr Wright Taylor. He stated he moved to the Hall's Community in 1875, along with seven other families, Flinn Warfield, Alf Warfield, the Hunter Bros, Amos and Andy, Bob Demby and Millie Louis. By moving there,they did not have any place to bury their dead, since the grave yard they were custom to burying their dead in was over on the Rayford Rd, across The Little Elkhart Creek, it was called The Taylor Graveyard. The men called a meeting and agreed for French Taylor, Flinn Warfield and Bob Demby would go talk to Mr CC [sic] Hall who owned the land, to see about getting a place to bury their dead. Mr Hall gave them the privelage to bury their dead in the grave yard where the white people were buried, so whites and blacks are buried in the same cemetery. Her father told her, they were several graves just marked by rocks. From the information given me by my father at this time, the oldest grave is about 125 years old. Mr CC Hall's [sic] home is on the left down the hill from the graveyard.
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Name: French Taylor
Death Date: 21 Apr 1937
Death Place: Houston County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: Colored
Death Age: 88 years 3 months
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1849
Birthplace: Houston Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lela Taylor
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Route 3, Crockett, Texas
Cemetery: Hall Cemetery
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1937
Informant: T. Bass, Crockett, Texas
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From Wesley Taylor Fobbs' notes: French Taylor was born April 21, 1852 [sic], born a slave under Mr Wright Taylor. He stated he moved to the Hall's Community in 1875, along with seven other families, Flinn Warfield, Alf Warfield, the Hunter Bros, Amos and Andy, Bob Demby and Millie Louis. By moving there,they did not have any place to bury their dead, since the grave yard they were custom to burying their dead in was over on the Rayford Rd, across The Little Elkhart Creek, it was called The Taylor Graveyard. The men called a meeting and agreed for French Taylor, Flinn Warfield and Bob Demby would go talk to Mr CC [sic] Hall who owned the land, to see about getting a place to bury their dead. Mr Hall gave them the privelage to bury their dead in the grave yard where the white people were buried, so whites and blacks are buried in the same cemetery. Her father told her, they were several graves just marked by rocks. From the information given me by my father at this time, the oldest grave is about 125 years old. Mr CC Hall's [sic] home is on the left down the hill from the graveyard.
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Family Members
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Ira Taylor
1879 – unknown
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French Taylor II
1883–1969
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Alfred Taylor
1890–1964
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Payne Taylor
1891 – unknown
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Lucy Taylor Levi
1895 – unknown
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Lena Taylor
1895 – unknown
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McKinley Taylor
1896–1926
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Lillie Mae Taylor Harper
1897–1935
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August Isabella "Isabell" Taylor Willis
1899–1941
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Jessie Taylor Warfield
1902–1928
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Jake Taylor
1902 – unknown
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Gertie Mae Johnson Taylor Eugene
1915–1998
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Bessie Taylor
1918 – unknown
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Wesley Beatrice "Wessie" Taylor Fobbs
1920–2003
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Ruby Lee "Black" Taylor Shepherd
1921–1999
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Ruth "Red" Taylor Woods
1921–2005
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French Taylor Jr
1924–1945
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