Ramage Family History

James Wesley Taylor

Male 1824 - 1901  (77 years)


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  • Name James Wesley Taylor  [1
    Born 22 Sep 1824  Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Nov 1901  Yates Ctr, Woodson Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Pleasant Valley Cem., Woodson Co., KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1511  Ramage | Lee Lines
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2012 

    Father Joseph Best Taylor, III,   b. 10 Sep 1801, Coneto Creek, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1864, Richardsville, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Polly Ann Hudnall,   b. 21 May 1805, Warren County, Tenn Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1845, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1822  Butler County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F575  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Marcia Ann Floyd,   b. 1828,   d. 26 Jul 1872, Threlkel (Taylor Port), Butler County Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1846  Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Atwood Taylor,   b. 1 Nov 1846, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1929, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Richard B Taylor,   b. 1848, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. WFT Est 1849-1938  (Age 90 years)
    +3. Martha Frances Taylor,   b. 1849, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. WFT Est 1877-1943  (Age 94 years)
    +4. Joseph Everett Taylor,   b. 18 Oct 1851, Warren County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1935  (Age 84 years)
     5. Alfred Taylor,   b. 1853,   d. WFT Est 1854-1943  (Age 90 years)
     6. McClung Taylor,   b. 1857, Butler County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. WFT Est 1858-1947  (Age 90 years)
    +7. Henry Allen Taylor,   b. 10 Aug 1859,   d. WFT Est 1890-1950  (Age 90 years)
     8. Douglass Taylor,   b. 1863,   d. WFT Est 1864-1953  (Age 90 years)
     9. Ann D Taylor,   b. WFT Est 1845-1869,   d. WFT Est 1876-1953  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +10. James N Taylor,   b. 20 Jul 1869,   d. 11 May 1947  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2011 
    Family ID F625  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Louisa Ellen Whalen,   b. 9 Nov 1848, Nr Booneville, Edmonson Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. WFT Est 1894-1943  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1872  [1
    Children 
    +1. Clara B Taylor,   b. 1874, Butler County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age 70 years)
    +2. Sarah J Taylor,   b. 1876, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 60 years)
    +3. Isa Lena Taylor,   b. 2 Jan 1878, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1953  (Age 75 years)
     4. Florence Taylor,   b. 24 Jun 1880, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1965  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Addie May Taylor,   b. 9 Jan 1883, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1967  (Age 84 years)
    +6. Albert Davis Taylor,   b. 23 Oct 1886, West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1964  (Age 77 years)
    +7. Frederick Wren Taylor, Sr.,   b. 4 Apr 1889, Crawford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1989  (Age 100 years)
    +8. Archie Lee Taylor,   b. 30 Jun 1892, Yates Center, Woodson Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1970  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2011 
    Family ID F626  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • From “Family History of the Joseph Taylor, Jr. and Sarah Best Family” By Shari H. Franke
      James Wesley Taylor, son of Joseph Best Taylor and Polly Amm Hudnall, was born 22 September 1824, near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, where he grew to manhood. He became a farmer and at the age of 21 years, married Marcia Ann Floyd on 27 January 1846, at Warren County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Enoch Floyd, who gave his consent. Gideon Floyd was bondsman. (Note: Family Bible record states they were married on 17 January, and Warren County record indicates they were married 26 January.) To this union were born ten children, eight sons and two daughters.
      When war was declared between the States, James Wesley enlisted in 1861 at age 37 in the Union Army at Bowling Green and was made First Sergeant to Captain William R. Willis, Company G, 11th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers and served until the end of the war. In the latter days of his life, James Wesley told some of his experiences in the war when visitors came to his home. The first major battle in which he took part was at Pittsburg Landing, sometimes called Shiloh, where the Union forces were defeated in the first day's fighting; however, on the second day, recruits from what were known as Tennessee and Kentucky Riflemen were sent up and repulsed the Confederates with severe losses. The Regiment to which James W. was attached later became a part of General Sherman's Army in his movement to cut communications between the North and South and it was during this engagement that James W. was captured, and made a prisoner of war. The incident of his capture was as follows: Riding a horse into a stream to fill canteens he saw three horsemen approaching but noticing they wore the blue uniform of the Union soldiers, he made no attempt to escape; however, the uniforms were borrowed from former captives and through this guise, James W. was taken prisoner. First, he was sent to Libby Prison near Richmond, Virginia, where a tunnel had been dug under the wall so prisoners could escape. Upon discovery of this escape route, the Libby prisoners were taken to Andersonville Prison, where James W. remained until the end of the war, a total of 16 1/2 months. During his imprisonment he contracted a bronchial ailment from which he never fully recovered. When the war ended and prisoners were being released, a group gathered at the gate to await its opening. They heard the strains of "Home Sweet Home", whereupon some shouted, some prayed, while others fell to the ground, overcome with emotion. They were then marched to waiting freight cars on a siding and taken to Louisville, Kentucky to be mustered out and sent home. Upon arrival at Louisville, their tattered clothing was stripped from their emaciated bodies, they were bathed, given new uniforms, fed and released, on 21 March 1865.
      Marcia Ann Floyd was born in 1828 at Warren County, Kentucky, the daughter of Enoch Floyd and Susan Lee. Marcia Ann died 26 July 1872, at Threlkel (Taylor Port), Butler, Kentucky. She was buried at the Taylor Cemetery off Kill Shed Road on the Joe Taylor farm (later belonging to Cleot Gabbard), Butler, Kentucky.
      James Wesley Taylor and Marcia Ann Floyd's children were: Atwood, Richard B., Martha Frances "Fannie", Joseph Everett, Alfred, McClung, Henry Allen, Douglas, Ann Lee and James Newton Taylor.
      While living at Butler county, Kentucky, James Wesley Taylor served as a magistrate for many years.
      On 19 November 1872, he married (2) Louisa Ellen Whalen, at Butler County, Kentucky. They moved to West Plains, Howell, Missouri in 1875.
      Louisa Ellen Whalen was born 9 November 1848, near Booneville, Edmonson, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Christian Whalen and Nancy Young.
      James Wesley Taylor and Louisa Ellen Whalen's children were: Clara Belle, Sarah J., Isa Lena, Florence, Addie May, Albert Davis, Fred W. and Archie Lee Taylor.
      Son Fred W. Taylor said in his autobiography about his father. "In the last two years of my father's life, he was often bedridden and finally on the morning of 2 November 1901, after calling all members of the family to his bedside, my brother Archie and I being the last to hear his admonition 'Be good', the doughty old warrior expired. He was buried the next day in the cemetery in the northwest corner of the farm which shall always remain in my memory at home. This now left my mother with three young boys and my sister Addie to manage the farm. By dint of effort and spartan living, we stayed together. My mother (Louisa Ellen Whalen) passed away (3 March 1933) at age 84 and was laid to rest beside the grave of my father."


      Occupation: MAGISTRATE OF BUTLER CO

      KY GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY, VOL. 3, PAGE 48.

      PAGE 210 "JOSEPH TAYLOR FAMILY HISTORY" BY SHARI FRANKE. JAMES WESLEY ENLISTED IN 1861 AT AGE 37 IN THE UNION ARMY AT BOWLING GREEN AND WAS MADE FIRST SARGEANT TO CAPT. WILLIAM R WILLIS, COMPANY G, 11TH REGIMENT OF KY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. PRISONER OF WAR AT LIBBY PRISON, AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

      Marriage source: BUTLER COUNTY MARRIAGE BOOK, PAGE 119, CONSENT OF ENOCH TAYLOR. WARREN COUNTY MARRIAGES 1797-1851, COPYRIGHT 1970 FROM ORIGINAL BONDS. STATES "HER CONSENT BY FATHER (ENOCH FLOYD, ESQ.) IN PERSON."

      Buried: PLEASANT VALLEY CEM., WOODSON CO., KS

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: November 29, 1995), Tree #4407 (Reliability: 3).