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Marriage: Children:
  1. Amanda Augusta Taylor: Birth: 21 JUL 1862 in Tazwell, Clairborne County, Tennesee. Death: 24 DEC 1949 in Howard, Elk County, Kansas

  2. William Louis Taylor: Birth: 9 SEP 1864 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Death: 1881 in Peidmont Cemetary, Peidmont, Kansas

  3. Marion Charles Taylor: Birth: 23 DEC 1866 in Clairborne County, Tennesee. Death: 1881 in Peidmont Cemetary, Peidmont, Kansas

  4. Nancy Elizabeth Taylor: Birth: 9 JUN 1869 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Death: 1881 in Peidmont Cemetary, Peidmont, Kansas

  5. Margaret Elizabeth Taylor: Birth: 1 APR 1871 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Death: 21 APR 1910 in Peidmont Cemetary, Peidmont, Kansas

  6. Sarah Francis Taylor: Birth: 6 MAY 1873 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri.

  7. Laura Lucetta Taylor: Birth: 21 SEP 1875 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri.

  8. Susan Edna Taylor: Birth: 20 NOV 1877 in Piedmont, Greenwood Co., Kansas.

  9. James Melvin Taylor: Birth: 28 APR 1880 in Piedmont, Greenwood Co., Kansas.


Notes
a. Note:   Source Info: Provided Courtesy of Theresa Mann Elliott Jan 2002
  ID: I00664 Name: Lucy Ann SANDEFUR Sex: F Birth: 21 AUG 1840 in Washington County, Virginia 1 Death: 14 SEP 1881 in Piedmont, Greenwood County, Kansas of Typhoid Fever outbreak in 1881. Burial: 1881 Otter Creek Pioneer Cemetery, Greenwood County, Kansas 2 Note: Lucy Ann went to where the soldiers were camped and got what she could use to make clothes for Amanda. The Bushwhackers molested her. They took all of Nathanial's clothes and pushed Lucy around and forced her to give up all her money that she had to them. Nathanial ran into the woods and they followed him and shot their guns at him. The leaves on the ground were waist deep and when they shot Nathanial fell to the ground and rolled under a large tree that lay across his path. The bushwhackers never investigated whether he was dead, but they went back and told Lucy that they had killed him. Nathanial stayed away for several days before he dare go back home again. Lucy mourned him thinking that he was dead. When he came back he told Lucy that he had rolled back under a large tree and buried himself in the leaves and that he had survived off of whatever the Forest provided for him while waiting for the rebels to leave the vicinity. After he came home from this brush with death Nathanial dressed in Lucy's dresses and farmed his little piece of cleared land. Amanda was born soon after on July 21, 1862. Nathanial was never taken to war, and the rebels never came looking for him.
  Lucy's father was a school teacher and taught Amanda Taylor in Tazwell, Clairborne County, Tennessee.
  On Broderbund World family Tree CD2, Tree 4957; Lucy Ann's birth place is listed as being in Washington County, Virginia in 1838 and being listed as dead on October 20, 1881 in Piedmont, Kansas.
  Lucy Ann and family came from Sedalia, Missouri by wagon trail and covered wagon in 1876. Amanda, William and Marion helped drive the seven head of cattle all the way. They camped by the way of Warrensburg, Missouri and Paola and Burlington, Kansas. They spent the night at Madison, Kansas and bought hay for their live stock at a house on a high hill. Frances could remember seeing lot's of people there going to find land. Nathanial and Lucy found land and prospered at farming. In 1881, William caught typhoid fever while swimming in a nearby pond. The family caught the fever. Amanda was married and took the fever but soon recovered raising James from 18 months of age. William-17, Marion-15, Nancy Elizabeth-12, Lucy-41, and Nathanial-43 died with the fever. Elizabeth-10 was raised by the CRAILS. Mr. George Crail was a riding preacher and founder of the Methodist Church in Piedmont, KS. We have no information on Sarah-8, Laura-6, and Susan-4.
  Father: William Alexander SANDEFUR b: 9 JUL 1804 in Patrick County, Virginia Mother: Nancy Martha SHARP b: 14 MAR 1807 in Arlington County, Virginia
  Marriage 1 Nathaniel Charles TAYLOR b: 11 NOV 1838 in Tazwell, Claibourne County, Tennessee Married: BET. 6 - 9 JUN 1861 in Claiborne County, Tennessee Event: Family Photo in Amanda Taylor Mann and sister Lucetta? Poor Quality & came from Richard Smith. Note: Children Susan and Melvin were both born on the Taylor homestead 4 miles northeast of Piedmont, Kansas. When the TAYLOR family died of typhoid fever in 1881, the five youngest children went home to live with a neighbor. A lot of Taylors from this time in history are buried in the Piedmont Cemetery, Kansas.
  Mr. George Crail who lived on an adjacent farm to the east was the administrator of their estate. He had a marble gravestone made in a hexagonal shape with Nathaniel, Lucy and the 3 children's names inscribed. There is a small stone at the head of each grave with their initials on them. Mr. Crail was one of the founders of the Methodist Church in Piedmont. In 1990, the family is concerned for the care of the gravesites. Although a fence has been erected around the cemetery plots it is again in disrepair and livestock are free to trample and push the stone over. There is only one other stone on which a name is legible. Several other graves are marked with native stone. This burial ground (referred to by some as the Prairie Cemetery and recorded by the Historical Society as Otter Creek Cemetery), it is approximately 100x200 feet in size. The story goes that a group of soldiers were passing by and one of their members died and were the first to buried there in 1880.
  As Nathaniel and Lucy died intestate, the probate court awarded an 1/6 undivided interest in the 160 acres to each of the living children. In 1902, Isaac Mullinax husband of Laura Lucetta Taylor took out a mortgage on the land owned by Laura. In 1903, Isaac purchased the warranty deed the 1/6 share of Margaret Eliza Taylor Miller, Sarah Frances Taylor Fee, Susan Edna Taylor Doughty and James Melvin Taylor. Descendants of Isaac Mullinax, The Rader family, farm the place in 1993 as well as adjacent land.
  This biography was received from information from Carl Gwynn and entered November 2000. Nat & Lucy came to Sedalia, Missouri area in the spring of 1869 by covered wagon. In 1876, they moved on to Greenwood County, Kansas near Piedmont. Amanda, the oldest child, helped drive 7 head of cattle all the way, her brothers William and Marion helped also. They camped around camp fires, came by way of Warrensburg, Mo., Paola, KS., and to Burlington, KS. The family rode a raft towed across the Missouri River when it was at flood stage while coming to Kansas. They were several days making the trip from there to Piedmont, KS. They stayed one night at Madison, KS. One night they bought hay for the stock at a house on a high hill south of Madison where they camped. Many other people were there that night, all going to find land. They arrived at the homestead the second night. (Amanda Taylor Mann's by Effie Mann Kerr) Nathaniel bought the improvements on a pre empted 160 acre claim for a team of horses, a wagon and $75.00 from a Mr. James Hervey(Harvey) who was going to Carthage, Mo. Included in this purchase was a house, 40 acres of broken land, and a hedge row surrounding the farm. Nat had to file on this land and live on it the required time before he could get a deed from the government. He paid $1.25 per acre for it when he proved it up. He was a boot and shoe maker and was a very frugal man, would not go in debt, would get along and do without before he would go in debt. Nathanial prospered in farming in 1876. A great flu epidemic (Typhoid Fever) took several in of this family in 1881. Lucy died Sept. 14, 1881 and Nathaniel died Nov. 20, 1881. Both are buried in the old Piedmont Cemetery. Children Amanda Augusta TAYLOR b: 21 JUL 1862 in Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee William Louis TAYLOR b: 9 SEP 1864 in Lincoln County, Kentucky Marion Charles TAYLOR b: 23 DEC 1866 in Claiborne County, Tennessee Nancy Elizabeth TAYLOR b: 9 JUN 1869 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri Margaret Elizabeth TAYLOR b: 1 APR 1871 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri Sarah Frances TAYLOR b: 6 MAY 1873 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri Laura Lucetta TAYLOR b: 21 SEP 1875 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri Susan Edna TAYLOR b: 20 NOV 1877 in Piedmont, Greenwood County, Kansas James Melvin TAYLOR b: 28 APR 1880 in Piedmont, Greenwood County, Kansas Sources: Title: County Information Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Text: Was also known or switched to Patrick County, Virginia. Title: Greenwood County Cemetery Index (Kansas) Text: 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile north of Piedmont Cemetery in a cow pasture, Piedmont, Kansas. This cemetery is in bad condition and plans are in progress to put a fence around the graves. Carl Gwynn is leading this project. Permission is needed from property owner to gain access to cemetery. Picture on file. Came from Carl Gwynn.


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