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Rev William M Taylor
3 Aug 1799 – 14 Dec 1867
| Birth | 3 Aug 1799 |
| Death | 14 Dec 1867 |
| Cemetery | Taylor Cemetery Chalkville , Jefferson County , Alabama , USA |
| Added by | A on 28 Mar 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25585880 |
Gravesite details
United Methodist Clergy emblem on marker
Bio
Rev. William Taylor was one of a trio of brothers who were Methodist circuit riders in North Alabama. He was the son of George and Nancy Taylor, who came from Tennessee to settle at Cedar Mountain in the Clay community near Trussville. They came in 1817 after the treaty with the Creeks made land available for settlement. They were already Methodists. Rev. Ebeneezer Hearn was sent to organize a Methodist society in 1819 which would later become Clay Methodist Church. At some point, Rev. James Axley baptized all four of George and Nancy's sons and prayed that all four might be called to preach. Three of them did: William, Isaac, and Harris. William, the oldest, was licensed to preach in about 1820. Sometime after 1832, "Parson Billy" took up the Jones Valley Circuit. He was active in the building of the new church in Sweeney Hollow. Begun just before the Civil War broke out, it was not completed until the end of the war. This church is now known as Taylor Memorial UMC, where he is buried. He married twice, first to Waitstill Watwell Brown and had a number of children: Benjamin Drake Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Mary Ann Taylor, Perry Tunnel Taylor, Lydia Sara Taylor, Lewis Clark Taylor, Sarah F. Taylor, and Melinda Catherine Taylor. His second wife was Martha Loggins and had a number of children: Matilda Jane Taylor, Julia A Taylor, Christopher Taylor, James Harris Taylor, Perry F. Taylor, Allan P. Taylor, and Thomas K. Taylor.
Inscription
His gravestone reads "Rev. William Taylor, born Aug. 3, 1799, embraced religion at twenty-one years of age, soon thereafter commenced to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, and continued to do so until his decease which took place December 14, 1867."
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Family
Parents
- George Taylor FaG
- Nancy Cooper Taylor FaG
Spouse
Siblings
- Rev Isaac Taylor 1802–1874 FaG
- Rev Harris Taylor 1807–1852 FaG
- Catherine "Caty" Taylor Self 1810–1895 FaG
Children
- Mary Ann Taylor Vann 1822–1912
- Benjamin Drake Taylor 1824–1892
- Lydia Taylor Blackburn 1828–1912
- Lewis Clark Taylor 1831–1887
- Sarah H. Taylor Self 1836–1860
- Malinda Catherine Taylor Price 1837–1915
- Julia Ann Taylor Cowden 1844–1939
- James Harris Taylor 1849–1923
- Allen P. Taylor 1853–1925
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