James M Taylor was said to have killed a man (name and circumstances unknown) in Chattooga County and escaped to Louisiana, where he made a fortune in timber. He was shot and killed by his neighbor J F Strayhan in a property dispute. His niece, Mary Annis Hall "Mae" Phillips and her husband Willis Phillips went to Bossier Parish, LA to retrieve the corpse. He was laid to rest in the Hall Cemetery near his twin sister Mary Annis "Mollie" Taylor Hall, second wife of Joseph Marion Hall.
James' father Sgt J J Taylor defended the Confederacy in Co "K" 21st Georgia Infantry. He was killed in the 2d Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 16 1864 and is buried in Richmond, possibly in the Hollywood Cemetery. His mother, Viney Jane Howell Taylor, then married Francis M Fuller and moved to Texas. She is buried in Waco.
James remained a bachelor his whole life.
James M Taylor was said to have killed a man (name and circumstances unknown) in Chattooga County and escaped to Louisiana, where he made a fortune in timber. He was shot and killed by his neighbor J F Strayhan in a property dispute. His niece, Mary Annis Hall "Mae" Phillips and her husband Willis Phillips went to Bossier Parish, LA to retrieve the corpse. He was laid to rest in the Hall Cemetery near his twin sister Mary Annis "Mollie" Taylor Hall, second wife of Joseph Marion Hall.
James' father Sgt J J Taylor defended the Confederacy in Co "K" 21st Georgia Infantry. He was killed in the 2d Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 16 1864 and is buried in Richmond, possibly in the Hollywood Cemetery. His mother, Viney Jane Howell Taylor, then married Francis M Fuller and moved to Texas. She is buried in Waco.
James remained a bachelor his whole life.
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