• Written By: H. Kim Sanders
Nancy Cordelia Taylor (married name Sanders) was my great grandmother. My grandfather Hamilton Harris Sanders and I were very close and he related numerous stories about his parents and grandparents over the years to myself and my sons Skipper and Joey.
One such storey was that his mother Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders went almost exclusively by "Delia". She passed away from cancer when my grandfather was a young boy. She is buried at the old family cemetary (Taylor - Floyd Cemetary) near Lancaster, Texas. She rests in the vicinity of her husband and my great grandfather Joseph Preston Sanders marker. My son Joe and I have found Joseph Preston Sanders marker at the old cemetary, and photographed it, but were unable to locate hers. It no doubt is closeby under years of vines and leaves.
My grandfather told me that in her late teens, his mother traveled to and was educated at a well known Virginia Conservatory of Music. He described her as an extremely accomplished piano player that taught piano to people in and around Lancaster, Texas, when he was small. I believe through research that this conservatory of music was very likely the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia. The University was relocated to Winchester, Virginia around 1960. His mother returned to the Lancaster, Texas area and her parents home after her education in Virginia.
She married Joseph Preston Sanders, who worked as a foreman for her father's estate and they moved onto a fairly large area of land he gave to them near his own home. He further described that there was a huge grand piano with marble legs at the large, nearby antebellum house of her father James Harvey Taylor. My father Herbert Hamilton Sanders, also remebered this huge piano as a small boy at the old homestead. My grandfather described that his mother would play this piano and entertain guests on occasion. He further said that they had a smaller piano in the downstairs of their own home that she also played. My grandfather further related that his mother was a very accompliched artist that painted in oils that hung in her father's home, as well as his own. My father also remembered that landscapes painted by his grandmother Delia burned in the fire that destroyed his great grandparents (James Harvey Taylor and Sarah Alsena Harris - Taylor) large antebellum homestead when he was young.
My grandfather described that his mother was sophisticated, pretty, and gentle in nature. He described her as slender, dark haired, dark eyed, with long eyelashes. He recalled that when she had cancer, her brother Dr. Rumsey Eugene Taylor would come by train from the Ft. Stockton and Alpine area to check on her. He recalled that when she died his father grieved so terribly that he never really recovered.
My mother Patricia Wallace - Sanders described that older ladies at the Lancaster, Texas First Methodist Church recalled how "Delia" (Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders) was an elegant woman that taught many how to play piano in the area.
Nancy Cordelia Taylor (married name Sanders) was my great grandmother. My grandfather Hamilton Harris Sanders and I were very close and he related numerous stories about his parents and grandparents over the years to myself and my sons Skipper and Joey.
One such storey was that his mother Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders went almost exclusively by "Delia". She passed away from cancer when my grandfather was a young boy. She is buried at the old family cemetary (Taylor - Floyd Cemetary) near Lancaster, Texas. She rests in the vicinity of her husband and my great grandfather Joseph Preston Sanders marker. My son Joe and I have found Joseph Preston Sanders marker at the old cemetary, and photographed it, but were unable to locate hers. It no doubt is closeby under years of vines and leaves.
My grandfather told me that in her late teens, his mother traveled to and was educated at a well known Virginia Conservatory of Music. He described her as an extremely accomplished piano player that taught piano to people in and around Lancaster, Texas, when he was small. I believe through research that this conservatory of music was very likely the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia. The University was relocated to Winchester, Virginia around 1960. His mother returned to the Lancaster, Texas area and her parents home after her education in Virginia.
She married Joseph Preston Sanders, who worked as a foreman for her father's estate and they moved onto a fairly large area of land he gave to them near his own home. He further described that there was a huge grand piano with marble legs at the large, nearby antebellum house of her father James Harvey Taylor. My father Herbert Hamilton Sanders, also remebered this huge piano as a small boy at the old homestead. My grandfather described that his mother would play this piano and entertain guests on occasion. He further said that they had a smaller piano in the downstairs of their own home that she also played. My grandfather further related that his mother was a very accompliched artist that painted in oils that hung in her father's home, as well as his own. My father also remembered that landscapes painted by his grandmother Delia burned in the fire that destroyed his great grandparents (James Harvey Taylor and Sarah Alsena Harris - Taylor) large antebellum homestead when he was young.
My grandfather described that his mother was sophisticated, pretty, and gentle in nature. He described her as slender, dark haired, dark eyed, with long eyelashes. He recalled that when she had cancer, her brother Dr. Rumsey Eugene Taylor would come by train from the Ft. Stockton and Alpine area to check on her. He recalled that when she died his father grieved so terribly that he never really recovered.
My mother Patricia Wallace - Sanders described that older ladies at the Lancaster, Texas First Methodist Church recalled how "Delia" (Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders) was an elegant woman that taught many how to play piano in the area.
• Written By: H. Kim Sanders
Nancy Cordelia Taylor (married name Sanders) was my great grandmother. My grandfather Hamilton Harris Sanders and I were very close and he related numerous stories about his parents and grandparents over the years to myself and my sons Skipper and Joey.
One such storey was that his mother Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders went almost exclusively by "Delia". She passed away from cancer when my grandfather was a young boy. She is buried at the old family cemetary (Taylor - Floyd Cemetary) near Lancaster, Texas. She rests in the vicinity of her husband and my great grandfather Joseph Preston Sanders marker. My son Joe and I have found Joseph Preston Sanders marker at the old cemetary, and photographed it, but were unable to locate hers. It no doubt is closeby under years of vines and leaves.
My grandfather told me that in her late teens, his mother traveled to and was educated at a well known Virginia Conservatory of Music. He described her as an extremely accomplished piano player that taught piano to people in and around Lancaster, Texas, when he was small. I believe through research that this conservatory of music was very likely the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia. The University was relocated to Winchester, Virginia around 1960. His mother returned to the Lancaster, Texas area and her parents home after her education in Virginia.
She married Joseph Preston Sanders, who worked as a foreman for her father's estate and they moved onto a fairly large area of land he gave to them near his own home. He further described that there was a huge grand piano with marble legs at the large, nearby antebellum house of her father James Harvey Taylor. My father Herbert Hamilton Sanders, also remebered this huge piano as a small boy at the old homestead. My grandfather described that his mother would play this piano and entertain guests on occasion. He further said that they had a smaller piano in the downstairs of their own home that she also played. My grandfather further related that his mother was a very accompliched artist that painted in oils that hung in her father's home, as well as his own. My father also remembered that landscapes painted by his grandmother Delia burned in the fire that destroyed his great grandparents (James Harvey Taylor and Sarah Alsena Harris - Taylor) large antebellum homestead when he was young.
My grandfather described that his mother was sophisticated, pretty, and gentle in nature. He described her as slender, dark haired, dark eyed, with long eyelashes. He recalled that when she had cancer, her brother Dr. Rumsey Eugene Taylor would come by train from the Ft. Stockton and Alpine area to check on her. He recalled that when she died his father grieved so terribly that he never really recovered.
My mother Patricia Wallace - Sanders described that older ladies at the Lancaster, Texas First Methodist Church recalled how "Delia" (Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders) was an elegant woman that taught many how to play piano in the area.
Nancy Cordelia Taylor (married name Sanders) was my great grandmother. My grandfather Hamilton Harris Sanders and I were very close and he related numerous stories about his parents and grandparents over the years to myself and my sons Skipper and Joey.
One such storey was that his mother Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders went almost exclusively by "Delia". She passed away from cancer when my grandfather was a young boy. She is buried at the old family cemetary (Taylor - Floyd Cemetary) near Lancaster, Texas. She rests in the vicinity of her husband and my great grandfather Joseph Preston Sanders marker. My son Joe and I have found Joseph Preston Sanders marker at the old cemetary, and photographed it, but were unable to locate hers. It no doubt is closeby under years of vines and leaves.
My grandfather told me that in her late teens, his mother traveled to and was educated at a well known Virginia Conservatory of Music. He described her as an extremely accomplished piano player that taught piano to people in and around Lancaster, Texas, when he was small. I believe through research that this conservatory of music was very likely the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia. The University was relocated to Winchester, Virginia around 1960. His mother returned to the Lancaster, Texas area and her parents home after her education in Virginia.
She married Joseph Preston Sanders, who worked as a foreman for her father's estate and they moved onto a fairly large area of land he gave to them near his own home. He further described that there was a huge grand piano with marble legs at the large, nearby antebellum house of her father James Harvey Taylor. My father Herbert Hamilton Sanders, also remebered this huge piano as a small boy at the old homestead. My grandfather described that his mother would play this piano and entertain guests on occasion. He further said that they had a smaller piano in the downstairs of their own home that she also played. My grandfather further related that his mother was a very accompliched artist that painted in oils that hung in her father's home, as well as his own. My father also remembered that landscapes painted by his grandmother Delia burned in the fire that destroyed his great grandparents (James Harvey Taylor and Sarah Alsena Harris - Taylor) large antebellum homestead when he was young.
My grandfather described that his mother was sophisticated, pretty, and gentle in nature. He described her as slender, dark haired, dark eyed, with long eyelashes. He recalled that when she had cancer, her brother Dr. Rumsey Eugene Taylor would come by train from the Ft. Stockton and Alpine area to check on her. He recalled that when she died his father grieved so terribly that he never really recovered.
My mother Patricia Wallace - Sanders described that older ladies at the Lancaster, Texas First Methodist Church recalled how "Delia" (Nancy Cordelia Taylor - Sanders) was an elegant woman that taught many how to play piano in the area.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
