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Henry Harrison Taylor
26 Dec 1827 – 26 Feb 1934
| Birth | 26 Dec 1827 |
| Death | 26 Feb 1934 |
| Cemetery | Williams Cemetery McKinney , Collin County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | jc coulter on 05 Sep 2002 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6756842 |
Gravesite details
Williams Cemetery was Mt. Olive Cemetery (http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Collin/cemetery/WilliamsHM.htm)
Bio
Henry Harrison 'Tinker' Taylor fought in the Civil War in Company I, Fifth Tennessee Infantry, Colonel Ben Hill's Regiment. His Soldier's Application for Pension (No. 42960, dated 2/26/34) states in his words: "I received a wound in the head in the battle of Corinth in Mississippi. The wound was so severe that I was given papers to return home, which I did. From the wound, I lost one eye, and never was able to reenter the service." He served in the war from the beginning until April 1862. Henry had also sustained a severe burn to one of his hands during the war. As he told it, they had just routed a camp of Union soldiers and as they ran through after them, he (being half starved) spied a pot of boiling beans. As he ran past it, he attempted to scoop up a handful, thereby sustaining a bad burn that left his hand pretty crippled. 1st wife, Annie Walling/Walden b. abt 1842 Tenn d. abt 1871 Tenn. Burial place unknown. Children by Annie: Benjamin Harrison Taylor William M. Taylor Martha Caroline Taylor John Riley Taylor 2nd wife, Mary Angeline Self Children by Mary: Robert Casurel Taylor Malinda Caldonia Taylor Amanda Elizabeth Taylor Emma Martiel Taylor
Inscription
BIRTH: Although Death Certificate, obituary and gravestone show Henry to have been born ca. 1826-1828, I have gone with the d.o.b. of 1842 (which coincides with various census records) for these reasons: 1) Father, Benjamin Taylor, born abt. 1813 2) Mother, Betsy Ethridge, born abt. 1814 3) Marriage of parents was about 1834 4) Henry sustained a pretty serious head injury during the Civil War and may not have remembered his d.o.b. correctly. 5) The dates on the Death Certificate, obituary and gravestone was info gained from his children, and they had gotten their information from their father, who may not have had a clear memory of his age. 6) The 1930 Census shows he first married at age 17. This also corroborates the 1842 d.o.b. 7) The 1920 Census has his age at 79, also corroborating the 1842 d.o.b. Ten years later, on the 1930 Census, his age shows as 102. I, and others, believe this to be incorrect.
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Family
Spouse
Children
- Benjamin Harrison Taylor 1860–1960
- John Riley Taylor 1867–1948
- Martha Caroline Taylor Robinson 1868–1925
- Robert Casurel Taylor 1873–1948
- Malinda Caledonia Taylor Cline 1874–1965
- Amanda Elizabeth Taylor Kirkland 1876–1967
- Emma Martelia Taylor Clark 1884–1974
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