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Daisy Louise <I>Graves</I> Taylor

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Daisy Louise Graves Taylor

Birth
Lerado, Reno County, Kansas, USA
Death
18 Dec 1930 (aged 51)
Arlington, Reno County, Kansas, USA
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Arlington, Reno County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Daisy died under very suspicious circumstances, of a shotgun wound to the back of her head, from a weapon that Graves family members said Daisy would never have been able to handle by herself, especially within the close confines of the area where she was found. The newspaper obituary indicated the first person on the scene was the couple's foster daughter, Ernestine, who was home early from her position as a school teacher. Graves family reports and anecdotal lore from family and close friends indicate the foster daughter was sullen and withdrawn at Daisy's funeral, behaved in a caustic, hateful manner toward Daisy's relatives, and within 6 months of Daisy's death, had packed up all her personal belongings and moved cross country, refusing to have anything more to do with Robert Taylor or any of the Graves family over the remainder of her life. Presbyterian Church records at Arlington KS indicate her membership was transferred to Denver CO within a few weeks after the funeral. Among the Graves family, there was strong belief the foster daughter (Bob Taylor's niece) might have been involved in Daisy's death, might even have caused it in some way, but since the local marshal was a close personal friend of Robert Taylor, the matter was hushed up, and it was reported as a suicide.
Daisy died under very suspicious circumstances, of a shotgun wound to the back of her head, from a weapon that Graves family members said Daisy would never have been able to handle by herself, especially within the close confines of the area where she was found. The newspaper obituary indicated the first person on the scene was the couple's foster daughter, Ernestine, who was home early from her position as a school teacher. Graves family reports and anecdotal lore from family and close friends indicate the foster daughter was sullen and withdrawn at Daisy's funeral, behaved in a caustic, hateful manner toward Daisy's relatives, and within 6 months of Daisy's death, had packed up all her personal belongings and moved cross country, refusing to have anything more to do with Robert Taylor or any of the Graves family over the remainder of her life. Presbyterian Church records at Arlington KS indicate her membership was transferred to Denver CO within a few weeks after the funeral. Among the Graves family, there was strong belief the foster daughter (Bob Taylor's niece) might have been involved in Daisy's death, might even have caused it in some way, but since the local marshal was a close personal friend of Robert Taylor, the matter was hushed up, and it was reported as a suicide.

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