Decatur Co. TN
Tom and Nancy (Melton) Taylor were living in Caruthersville, MO (Pemiscot Co.) when Tom was killed by bushwackers. They had at least three boys, Albert, Bill, and John Daniel. Either Albert or Bill had at least two girls, Minnie and Nannie (they moved to Steele, MO). Nancy,and Bill died of the fever around 1878 and John Daniel, at the age of 17 was told to leave the swampy area or he would die, too. I think now, John went to Decatur Co. TN with brother Albert and lived with Dr. Lycurgus Gates (son of W.C. or Woodson Clay Gates and wife Lucinda (Maiden name?)) and wife, Emily Fisher (daughter of Jacob F. Fisher). In the 1880 census, John and Albert are listed as cousins living with Lycurgus and family. John then went somewhere in Texas and then back to Decatur Co. TN where he married my great-grandmother, Fannie Anderson Tucker (grand-daughter of George Washington Tucker, 1st blacksmith in Decatur Co.) on February 19, 1893. (Their marriage bond was co-signed by J.T. Ownby,son of Columbus "Lum" and Margaret (Murphy) Ownby, he was married to Cynthia Ownby, both are buried in Friendship Cemetery, Crockett Co. TN) John was born on May 22, 1861 and died Sept. 24, 1913. John and Fannie had Albert (married to Beatrice Tucker, daughter of Reuben Houston Tucker), Bill, Ellison, Nannie, Vester (my grandfather, married to Maude Fisher), and maybe a girl named Mary (died at age of two). My grandfather, Vester and Maude (Fisher) had my dad, John Sidney Taylor, and daughters, Ann and Eve.I am desperately trying to find Tom and Nancy and what John Daniel did in Texas. There may be a possibility that Tom and Nancy were from Springfield, Ohio. I have my doubts about them being from Ohio though, on the TN census of 1910, John Daniel Taylor said both parents were born in Tennessee and my grandfather, Vester Taylor wrote on his army papers that his father (John Daniel Taylor) was born in Tennessee. Does anyone recognize this family? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kim