Bedford Gazette
Friday, Nov. 21, 1902

OVER THE RIVER

Those Who Have Crossed To the Other Side,

THE DEATH RECORD

Mrs. Isabella Taylor, Charles Gilbert Imler, Thompson F. Hanks, Mrs. Margaret Miller, Humphrey D.T. Lashley.

Mrs. Isabellea Taylor died at her home in New Paris on Sunday, November 16, aged 83 years, six months and eight days. Her father and mother, James Barefoot and Mary (Sleek) Barefoot, were the parents of twelve children, as follows: Rebecca (Moore), Elizabeth (Hammer), Sarah (Reininger), William, Isabella (Taylor), James, Mary (Stanton), Margaret (Bowers), Samuel, Job, Charlotte and George. The surviving ones of the above family are Samuel and Job, of Pleasantville; Charlotte, of Mowry's Mill; Mrs. Stanton, of Stanton Mills, and Mrs. Bowers of Iowa.

This family is noted for its longevity. Mrs. Stanton is 80 years old and the youngest of the other surviving ones is past 72 years. Their mother died at the age of 92 years.

The subject of this sketch was united in marriage to James Taylor and to them were born five children - William V, Mrs. Daniel J. Horn, Mrs. Mary Shoenthal, Samuel T. and H. Irvin, all of New Paris and vicinity. The father preceded the mother in death on October 18, 1893.

By their industry and economy, at the death of Mr. Taylor, each of the above children fell heir to a valuable Chestnut Ridge farm, retaining sufficient other real estate and personal property for the benefit of the deceased.

At the age of sixteen, Mrs. Taylor became a member of the Evangelical church and remained such to death, dying with the hope of a Christian requesting her children to meet her. She selected her funeral text from Eccl. 12 1, which reads "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Rev. W.E. Fredericks, assisted by Rev. W.H. Bowden and M.L. Wilt, conducted the services. Six of her grandchildren ---J. Howard Taylor, Wilmer Taylor, Timlow Horn, Myrl Horn, William J. Shoenthal and James S. Taylor--were the pall-bearers.

She had 23 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Her remains were placed beside those of her husband in the Evangelical cemetery at New Paris in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives.