Husband of Elzirah E
Obediah Johnson (O.J.) Taylor, was born S.C, to Tolliver Taylor and Anna McAlister Taylor. His father d. in 1864, in Franklin TN, Civil War, left his mother a widow, and in 1870 SC census with children, Jane 20y; Obediah J 19y; Martha 16y; James T. 14y; B. Georgiania 12y; and S. Francis 9y.
(Family Tree shows Anna died about 1880 in Pope Co. AR. )
He married Elzira Findley, 20 Dec. 1870, Anderson Co. SC.
In 1880, they were in Mountain Home, Logan Co. AR, with four children. After this is when he probably migrated to Indian Territory in eastern OK, for they were in Chickasaw Nation census of 1900, Township 6, with six children. Baynard, 20, with wife, Allie.
Later, they had a larger family, with thirteen children named on Family Trees.
"First Hundred Years of Oklahoma Free Will Baptist," pub. 2009, states that in Rev. J.M. Robert's diary, "O.J. Tailor (sic), was in Indian Territory in 1894, and preached with Rev. J. M. Roberts. In meeting minutes of Sept. 1, 1894, organization of churches in Indian Territory, 'Rev. O.J. Taylor, was elected ass't moderator' of their group. Where he was ordained and where his ministry took him is not known at this time. It's possible he was ordained in Arkansas after they moved there.
His occupation was always listed as "farmer" as most of the old pioneer ministers were ...as they received precious little money for their ministerial labors.
Info from censuses, Family Trees (with sources), and church records.
Obediah Johnson (O.J.) Taylor, was born S.C, to Tolliver Taylor and Anna McAlister Taylor. His father d. in 1864, in Franklin TN, Civil War, left his mother a widow, and in 1870 SC census with children, Jane 20y; Obediah J 19y; Martha 16y; James T. 14y; B. Georgiania 12y; and S. Francis 9y.
(Family Tree shows Anna died about 1880 in Pope Co. AR. )
He married Elzira Findley, 20 Dec. 1870, Anderson Co. SC.
In 1880, they were in Mountain Home, Logan Co. AR, with four children. After this is when he probably migrated to Indian Territory in eastern OK, for they were in Chickasaw Nation census of 1900, Township 6, with six children. Baynard, 20, with wife, Allie.
Later, they had a larger family, with thirteen children named on Family Trees.
"First Hundred Years of Oklahoma Free Will Baptist," pub. 2009, states that in Rev. J.M. Robert's diary, "O.J. Tailor (sic), was in Indian Territory in 1894, and preached with Rev. J. M. Roberts. In meeting minutes of Sept. 1, 1894, organization of churches in Indian Territory, 'Rev. O.J. Taylor, was elected ass't moderator' of their group. Where he was ordained and where his ministry took him is not known at this time. It's possible he was ordained in Arkansas after they moved there.
His occupation was always listed as "farmer" as most of the old pioneer ministers were ...as they received precious little money for their ministerial labors.
Info from censuses, Family Trees (with sources), and church records.
Husband of Elzirah E
Obediah Johnson (O.J.) Taylor, was born S.C, to Tolliver Taylor and Anna McAlister Taylor. His father d. in 1864, in Franklin TN, Civil War, left his mother a widow, and in 1870 SC census with children, Jane 20y; Obediah J 19y; Martha 16y; James T. 14y; B. Georgiania 12y; and S. Francis 9y.
(Family Tree shows Anna died about 1880 in Pope Co. AR. )
He married Elzira Findley, 20 Dec. 1870, Anderson Co. SC.
In 1880, they were in Mountain Home, Logan Co. AR, with four children. After this is when he probably migrated to Indian Territory in eastern OK, for they were in Chickasaw Nation census of 1900, Township 6, with six children. Baynard, 20, with wife, Allie.
Later, they had a larger family, with thirteen children named on Family Trees.
"First Hundred Years of Oklahoma Free Will Baptist," pub. 2009, states that in Rev. J.M. Robert's diary, "O.J. Tailor (sic), was in Indian Territory in 1894, and preached with Rev. J. M. Roberts. In meeting minutes of Sept. 1, 1894, organization of churches in Indian Territory, 'Rev. O.J. Taylor, was elected ass't moderator' of their group. Where he was ordained and where his ministry took him is not known at this time. It's possible he was ordained in Arkansas after they moved there.
His occupation was always listed as "farmer" as most of the old pioneer ministers were ...as they received precious little money for their ministerial labors.
Info from censuses, Family Trees (with sources), and church records.
Obediah Johnson (O.J.) Taylor, was born S.C, to Tolliver Taylor and Anna McAlister Taylor. His father d. in 1864, in Franklin TN, Civil War, left his mother a widow, and in 1870 SC census with children, Jane 20y; Obediah J 19y; Martha 16y; James T. 14y; B. Georgiania 12y; and S. Francis 9y.
(Family Tree shows Anna died about 1880 in Pope Co. AR. )
He married Elzira Findley, 20 Dec. 1870, Anderson Co. SC.
In 1880, they were in Mountain Home, Logan Co. AR, with four children. After this is when he probably migrated to Indian Territory in eastern OK, for they were in Chickasaw Nation census of 1900, Township 6, with six children. Baynard, 20, with wife, Allie.
Later, they had a larger family, with thirteen children named on Family Trees.
"First Hundred Years of Oklahoma Free Will Baptist," pub. 2009, states that in Rev. J.M. Robert's diary, "O.J. Tailor (sic), was in Indian Territory in 1894, and preached with Rev. J. M. Roberts. In meeting minutes of Sept. 1, 1894, organization of churches in Indian Territory, 'Rev. O.J. Taylor, was elected ass't moderator' of their group. Where he was ordained and where his ministry took him is not known at this time. It's possible he was ordained in Arkansas after they moved there.
His occupation was always listed as "farmer" as most of the old pioneer ministers were ...as they received precious little money for their ministerial labors.
Info from censuses, Family Trees (with sources), and church records.
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