MRS SALLIE TAYLOR DIES AT HER HOME
Distinguished Woman Passes in Her Ninety-First Year-Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs Sallie F E Taylor died yesterday afternoon at her residence 1425 Washington Street. Thus passes in the 91st year of her age one of the most distinguished women of South Carolina and probably the oldest resident of Columbia. Her death was due to extreme old age. She has been failing physically recently but her mind was perfectly clear to within a few hours before her death.
She is the widow of Col Thomas Taylor and is survived by two sisters, Mrs Cornelia Elmore Davidson of Columbia and Mrs Mary Elmore Taylor of Atlanta, and numerous relatives both in Columbia and elsewhere.
The definite hour for the funeral has not been fixed but it will be held Friday in Trinity Church and the interment will be in the church yard.
The State) - April 10, 1919
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Exerpted from The State:
Born on historic Taylor Hill, the granddaughter of Gov John Taylor, and the daughter of Col Franklin H Elmore, five years of her earliest years were spent here; from 1835 to 1840 she was in Washington, DC, and from 1840 to 1850 in Charleston. Married to her cousin, Col Thomas Taylor in 1856, she lived in this city during the eventful periods of the Confederate War and Reconstruction.
Singularly attractive in appearance with a gift for repartee and grace of manner that never failed to charm; a wide range of reading in political science and philosophy, she had also the rare gift of music, with a rich soprano voice.
Carried to Washington with the rest of the family when Colonel Elmore was elected to Congress in 1835, she enjoyed extraordinary advantages. She was taken to visit Mrs Madison and saw Madame Celeste dance and was thrilled by the acting of the beautiful Ellen Tree, and by the ball given by the Russian ambassador. She frequently heard the table talk of John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The impressions made remained with her for over 70 years. In 1848 she was escorted from a ball by Col Jefferson Davis, a gentleman for whom then and ever afterward she had profound regard.
The death of her adored father, Senator Elmore, in 1850, in the full vigor of his intellectual manhood was the frequent subject of her thought and conversation. She had often acted as his secretary and there was strong intellectual affiliation between them. She was keenly disappointed that he had twice had to refuse the post of ambassordor to the Court of St James.
In later years after the death of her husband, she was involved in the founding of the Columbia Hosptal and served several offices in the Daughters of the Confederacy. the sorrows of her last days were the loss of her devoted sister, Miss Ellen Elmore, and the death in France of her soldier nephew, Arthur Elmore.
Mrs Taylor wrote Records of the Taylor family and reminiscences of my own life, published 1900.
Chiefly genealogical information about the Taylor family written by Mrs. S.C.E. Taylor ca. 1900, along with folklore about various members of the family during the American Revolution, the antebellum era and the Civil War; includes anecdotes about early settlement of Taylor family members in Richland County and vicinity, work of the artist James De Veaux, as well as social life in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C.,
A photograph of her is available at Emily Barnwell Rhett photograph collection, University of South Carolina
Distinguished Woman Passes in Her Ninety-First Year-Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs Sallie F E Taylor died yesterday afternoon at her residence 1425 Washington Street. Thus passes in the 91st year of her age one of the most distinguished women of South Carolina and probably the oldest resident of Columbia. Her death was due to extreme old age. She has been failing physically recently but her mind was perfectly clear to within a few hours before her death.
She is the widow of Col Thomas Taylor and is survived by two sisters, Mrs Cornelia Elmore Davidson of Columbia and Mrs Mary Elmore Taylor of Atlanta, and numerous relatives both in Columbia and elsewhere.
The definite hour for the funeral has not been fixed but it will be held Friday in Trinity Church and the interment will be in the church yard.
The State) - April 10, 1919
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Exerpted from The State:
Born on historic Taylor Hill, the granddaughter of Gov John Taylor, and the daughter of Col Franklin H Elmore, five years of her earliest years were spent here; from 1835 to 1840 she was in Washington, DC, and from 1840 to 1850 in Charleston. Married to her cousin, Col Thomas Taylor in 1856, she lived in this city during the eventful periods of the Confederate War and Reconstruction.
Singularly attractive in appearance with a gift for repartee and grace of manner that never failed to charm; a wide range of reading in political science and philosophy, she had also the rare gift of music, with a rich soprano voice.
Carried to Washington with the rest of the family when Colonel Elmore was elected to Congress in 1835, she enjoyed extraordinary advantages. She was taken to visit Mrs Madison and saw Madame Celeste dance and was thrilled by the acting of the beautiful Ellen Tree, and by the ball given by the Russian ambassador. She frequently heard the table talk of John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The impressions made remained with her for over 70 years. In 1848 she was escorted from a ball by Col Jefferson Davis, a gentleman for whom then and ever afterward she had profound regard.
The death of her adored father, Senator Elmore, in 1850, in the full vigor of his intellectual manhood was the frequent subject of her thought and conversation. She had often acted as his secretary and there was strong intellectual affiliation between them. She was keenly disappointed that he had twice had to refuse the post of ambassordor to the Court of St James.
In later years after the death of her husband, she was involved in the founding of the Columbia Hosptal and served several offices in the Daughters of the Confederacy. the sorrows of her last days were the loss of her devoted sister, Miss Ellen Elmore, and the death in France of her soldier nephew, Arthur Elmore.
Mrs Taylor wrote Records of the Taylor family and reminiscences of my own life, published 1900.
Chiefly genealogical information about the Taylor family written by Mrs. S.C.E. Taylor ca. 1900, along with folklore about various members of the family during the American Revolution, the antebellum era and the Civil War; includes anecdotes about early settlement of Taylor family members in Richland County and vicinity, work of the artist James De Veaux, as well as social life in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C.,
A photograph of her is available at Emily Barnwell Rhett photograph collection, University of South Carolina
MRS SALLIE TAYLOR DIES AT HER HOME
Distinguished Woman Passes in Her Ninety-First Year-Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs Sallie F E Taylor died yesterday afternoon at her residence 1425 Washington Street. Thus passes in the 91st year of her age one of the most distinguished women of South Carolina and probably the oldest resident of Columbia. Her death was due to extreme old age. She has been failing physically recently but her mind was perfectly clear to within a few hours before her death.
She is the widow of Col Thomas Taylor and is survived by two sisters, Mrs Cornelia Elmore Davidson of Columbia and Mrs Mary Elmore Taylor of Atlanta, and numerous relatives both in Columbia and elsewhere.
The definite hour for the funeral has not been fixed but it will be held Friday in Trinity Church and the interment will be in the church yard.
The State) - April 10, 1919
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Exerpted from The State:
Born on historic Taylor Hill, the granddaughter of Gov John Taylor, and the daughter of Col Franklin H Elmore, five years of her earliest years were spent here; from 1835 to 1840 she was in Washington, DC, and from 1840 to 1850 in Charleston. Married to her cousin, Col Thomas Taylor in 1856, she lived in this city during the eventful periods of the Confederate War and Reconstruction.
Singularly attractive in appearance with a gift for repartee and grace of manner that never failed to charm; a wide range of reading in political science and philosophy, she had also the rare gift of music, with a rich soprano voice.
Carried to Washington with the rest of the family when Colonel Elmore was elected to Congress in 1835, she enjoyed extraordinary advantages. She was taken to visit Mrs Madison and saw Madame Celeste dance and was thrilled by the acting of the beautiful Ellen Tree, and by the ball given by the Russian ambassador. She frequently heard the table talk of John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The impressions made remained with her for over 70 years. In 1848 she was escorted from a ball by Col Jefferson Davis, a gentleman for whom then and ever afterward she had profound regard.
The death of her adored father, Senator Elmore, in 1850, in the full vigor of his intellectual manhood was the frequent subject of her thought and conversation. She had often acted as his secretary and there was strong intellectual affiliation between them. She was keenly disappointed that he had twice had to refuse the post of ambassordor to the Court of St James.
In later years after the death of her husband, she was involved in the founding of the Columbia Hosptal and served several offices in the Daughters of the Confederacy. the sorrows of her last days were the loss of her devoted sister, Miss Ellen Elmore, and the death in France of her soldier nephew, Arthur Elmore.
Mrs Taylor wrote Records of the Taylor family and reminiscences of my own life, published 1900.
Chiefly genealogical information about the Taylor family written by Mrs. S.C.E. Taylor ca. 1900, along with folklore about various members of the family during the American Revolution, the antebellum era and the Civil War; includes anecdotes about early settlement of Taylor family members in Richland County and vicinity, work of the artist James De Veaux, as well as social life in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C.,
A photograph of her is available at Emily Barnwell Rhett photograph collection, University of South Carolina
Distinguished Woman Passes in Her Ninety-First Year-Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs Sallie F E Taylor died yesterday afternoon at her residence 1425 Washington Street. Thus passes in the 91st year of her age one of the most distinguished women of South Carolina and probably the oldest resident of Columbia. Her death was due to extreme old age. She has been failing physically recently but her mind was perfectly clear to within a few hours before her death.
She is the widow of Col Thomas Taylor and is survived by two sisters, Mrs Cornelia Elmore Davidson of Columbia and Mrs Mary Elmore Taylor of Atlanta, and numerous relatives both in Columbia and elsewhere.
The definite hour for the funeral has not been fixed but it will be held Friday in Trinity Church and the interment will be in the church yard.
The State) - April 10, 1919
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Exerpted from The State:
Born on historic Taylor Hill, the granddaughter of Gov John Taylor, and the daughter of Col Franklin H Elmore, five years of her earliest years were spent here; from 1835 to 1840 she was in Washington, DC, and from 1840 to 1850 in Charleston. Married to her cousin, Col Thomas Taylor in 1856, she lived in this city during the eventful periods of the Confederate War and Reconstruction.
Singularly attractive in appearance with a gift for repartee and grace of manner that never failed to charm; a wide range of reading in political science and philosophy, she had also the rare gift of music, with a rich soprano voice.
Carried to Washington with the rest of the family when Colonel Elmore was elected to Congress in 1835, she enjoyed extraordinary advantages. She was taken to visit Mrs Madison and saw Madame Celeste dance and was thrilled by the acting of the beautiful Ellen Tree, and by the ball given by the Russian ambassador. She frequently heard the table talk of John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The impressions made remained with her for over 70 years. In 1848 she was escorted from a ball by Col Jefferson Davis, a gentleman for whom then and ever afterward she had profound regard.
The death of her adored father, Senator Elmore, in 1850, in the full vigor of his intellectual manhood was the frequent subject of her thought and conversation. She had often acted as his secretary and there was strong intellectual affiliation between them. She was keenly disappointed that he had twice had to refuse the post of ambassordor to the Court of St James.
In later years after the death of her husband, she was involved in the founding of the Columbia Hosptal and served several offices in the Daughters of the Confederacy. the sorrows of her last days were the loss of her devoted sister, Miss Ellen Elmore, and the death in France of her soldier nephew, Arthur Elmore.
Mrs Taylor wrote Records of the Taylor family and reminiscences of my own life, published 1900.
Chiefly genealogical information about the Taylor family written by Mrs. S.C.E. Taylor ca. 1900, along with folklore about various members of the family during the American Revolution, the antebellum era and the Civil War; includes anecdotes about early settlement of Taylor family members in Richland County and vicinity, work of the artist James De Veaux, as well as social life in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C.,
A photograph of her is available at Emily Barnwell Rhett photograph collection, University of South Carolina
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