My Father's Family
Hattie Ellen Taylor Redus
 

Grandfather Jesse Little Taylor (January 5, 1809, May 28, 1896) was born near Raleigh, North Carolina.  He was married three times but had no children by the first wife.  The second wife was Beatrice Bedoy Taylor.  Their Children were:  Nancy Elizabeth, Martha, Joshua Bert, Bedoy, Mary Liza, Stephen, James William (Minister) and Thomas Jefferson.  They had seven children to die when small and are buried at Friendship Church Cemetery eight miles west of Vernon, Joshua Bert, Thomas J. and Stephen all fought in the Civil War, had holes hot through their hats, but came home safely.  Grandpa's third wife was Margaret Burns.  Her brothers were Dr. Caruthers Burns and Sam:  sisters were Jerome, Melvina Harriet Ellen and Sarah.  Margaret Burns was My Grandmother as her children were George Bennet (father), Nancy Ellen (m. Malloy) and Amanda (m. Calvin Lawrence.)  Grandpa Jesse L. is buried at Macedonia near Sulligent.  (His grand and great-grandchildren placed a marker to his grave in 1965).  Grandma Margaret is buried near Hamburg, Arkansas.

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