Re: John A. Beavers & Elizabeth Mosely 1850s
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In reply to:
Re: John A. Beavers & Elizabeth Mosely 1850s
2/10/99
My grandmother Lula Melissa Beavers (Bluff City, Arkansas) (8-3-1879–7-4-1928) married Willis Milner Taylor (Potter, Arkansas)(b. 12-7-1875–8-6-1907). Their children were John Buell Taylor (9-15-1897–11-19-1897), Rettie Opal Taylor (12-30-1898–5-6-1918 or 3-7-1918),Willis Buford Taylor (2-15-1901–4-1-1955) and Doy James Taylor (5-14-1906–?-1958) all born in Potter, Arkansas. Rettie died by swallowing a pin while tending her newborn child, Lois Opal Howell (b. 4-25-1918).
Lula Beavers had at least two brothers: Guy Beavers and Jewel Beavers. She had a half-sister Beulah Beavers Anderson and another sister or cousin Ada Beavers Harwell who married Smitah Harwell and had three children: Allie Harwell Stewart, Lowell Harwell and W.P. Harwell. In 1942 Beulah Anderson had 2 children living in St. Joseph, Michagan.
Willis Milner Taylor's 2nd wife was Mary Ella Thomas; they had two chilldren: Thomas Chester Taylor (b.1916 or so and died in his early 50s) and Joann Taylor (b. 1925).
My father, Willis Buford Taylor married Hazel Deane Bryan in Ada, Okla. in 1924 and they had three children: Bobbie Joe (b. 6-4-1926), Dorothy Deane (b. 9-8-1927 and Billlie Buford Taylor (b. 6-17-1932. All children born in California (Bob and Dorothy in Santa Monica and I was born in Hollywood.
Doy James Taylor had several children: Including Don, Dick and I believe Dennis (one son , Dick (I believe) was born in 1932 and the other (Don) ia couple of years earlier. Doy passed away in Oregon.
Thomas Chester Taylor married Esther ? and had two sons: Thomas Chester Taylor, Jr. and Allen Taylor.
Joann Taylor married Richard Johnson and lives in Michigan and had two children: Susan and Thomas.
Bob J. Taylor married Janice Vivian Hood and has three children: Elizabeth Anne Taylor Linzey Metzger, Kathleen Ellen Taylor Parker and Jim Bryan Taylor.
Dorothy Taylor married Harold James Caldwell and had two children: Michael Jay Caldwell and Donna Deane Caldwell (now Padula).
I (Bill B. Taylor) married Gayle Ruth Huxtable Boutz and adopted her daughter Karen Lynn (Boutz) Taylor and have a son Thomas Clark Taylor. Karen has three children: Shannon Nicole Morris, Joshua Taylor Morris and Zachary Ryan Morris.