Nora Battle Batchelor was the third of three children (all girls) who grew to adulthood born to Lemon B. "Lem" Batchelor and Nancy Jane Edgar. Nora's older sisters were: Fannie Alabama Jane Batchelor (1865-1952) who married Samuel Baker Pincham and Christina Clair "Tena" Batchelor (1867-1948) who married James A. King.
The Batchelors, Taylors, Kings and Edgars were pioneer families in DeWitt County, Texas. They arrived about the same time (Batchelors in 1850, Taylors in 1851, Kings in 1952 and Edgars in 1853) with the Batchelors, Taylors and Kings settling in the Concrete area and the Edgars settling just southeast of there on a third of a league of land that had been granted posthumously to the Edgar's oldest son, Joseph Smith Edgar, for his presence in Texas prior to its Declaration of Independence. He had also been granted land for his service in the Texas Army and for his being a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Nora Battle Batchelor and Frances Marion "Frank" Taylor, Jr. were married in DeWitt County, Texas on 30 Jul 1890. Nora's husband's family had come to DeWitt County, Texas from Nash County, North Carolina in 1851, two years before Nora's mother's Edgar family came to the same area from Maury County, Tennessee. Nora's father, Lem Batchelor, had also come to Texas from Nash County, North Carolina. His parents were Reuben Batchelor and Zilla Pridgen. It is not known whether Nora's husband's family and her father's family were neighbors or acquaintenances back in Nash county.
Frank Taylor's father, Francis Marion Taylor, Sr., was married to Emma King. One of Emma's brothers was the noted doctor in the Concrete area, James Edmond King.
One of James Edmond King's sons was James A. King who married Nora's sister, Tena. So, Nora and Tena married first cousins, Frank Taylor and James King. The King family had come to Texas in 1852. They were also from Nash County, North Carolina.
In the 1880 census for DeWitt county, Nora (aged 9) and her sisters, Tena (aged 12) and Fannie (aged 14) were shown living in a household headed by Jane Batchelor, their widowed mother, in precinct 2, area 47, page 13 of 35 on the census report. In that same census, Frank M. Taylor (aged 17) was shown in a household headed by his widowed mother, Emma Taylor, in princinct 2, area 47, page 3 of 35. Also in that household was Emma Taylor's nephew (her brother's son), James A. King (aged 20).
Nora and Frank had four known children as shown in the 1910 census: Frank M. Taylor, Jr. (aged 18), Emma J. Taylor (aged 16), Winnie B. Taylor (aged 6), and Lemon Douglas Taylor (aged 16 months).
From his death certificate, it is known that Frank M. Taylor, Jr. was born 26 Aug 1891 and died 04 Feb 1954 in Alice, Jim Wells County, where he had been for about 30 days. His normal residence was shown as 8 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. He never married. The informant for his death certificate was his younger brother, L. Douglas Taylor.
Frank, died less than five months after his mother died (16 Sep 1953). Her residence on her death certificate was shown as 9 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. The informant for her death certificate was her youngest son, L. Douglas Taylor.
Emma Jean, who later in life went by Imogen, was born 01 Jul 1893 and died 06 Mar 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas after an operation for a brain tumor. She had married Robert Lee Henson who was the informant on her death certificate.
The youngest child, Lemon Douglas Taylor was born 22 Jan 1909 and died 25 May 1987 in Bexar county. His last residence was listed as Whitsett, Live Oak County, Texas.
Sources of some of this information are Edgar family records and A History of DeWitt County by Nellie Murphree, 1962, p 110.
The Batchelors, Taylors, Kings and Edgars were pioneer families in DeWitt County, Texas. They arrived about the same time (Batchelors in 1850, Taylors in 1851, Kings in 1952 and Edgars in 1853) with the Batchelors, Taylors and Kings settling in the Concrete area and the Edgars settling just southeast of there on a third of a league of land that had been granted posthumously to the Edgar's oldest son, Joseph Smith Edgar, for his presence in Texas prior to its Declaration of Independence. He had also been granted land for his service in the Texas Army and for his being a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Nora Battle Batchelor and Frances Marion "Frank" Taylor, Jr. were married in DeWitt County, Texas on 30 Jul 1890. Nora's husband's family had come to DeWitt County, Texas from Nash County, North Carolina in 1851, two years before Nora's mother's Edgar family came to the same area from Maury County, Tennessee. Nora's father, Lem Batchelor, had also come to Texas from Nash County, North Carolina. His parents were Reuben Batchelor and Zilla Pridgen. It is not known whether Nora's husband's family and her father's family were neighbors or acquaintenances back in Nash county.
Frank Taylor's father, Francis Marion Taylor, Sr., was married to Emma King. One of Emma's brothers was the noted doctor in the Concrete area, James Edmond King.
One of James Edmond King's sons was James A. King who married Nora's sister, Tena. So, Nora and Tena married first cousins, Frank Taylor and James King. The King family had come to Texas in 1852. They were also from Nash County, North Carolina.
In the 1880 census for DeWitt county, Nora (aged 9) and her sisters, Tena (aged 12) and Fannie (aged 14) were shown living in a household headed by Jane Batchelor, their widowed mother, in precinct 2, area 47, page 13 of 35 on the census report. In that same census, Frank M. Taylor (aged 17) was shown in a household headed by his widowed mother, Emma Taylor, in princinct 2, area 47, page 3 of 35. Also in that household was Emma Taylor's nephew (her brother's son), James A. King (aged 20).
Nora and Frank had four known children as shown in the 1910 census: Frank M. Taylor, Jr. (aged 18), Emma J. Taylor (aged 16), Winnie B. Taylor (aged 6), and Lemon Douglas Taylor (aged 16 months).
From his death certificate, it is known that Frank M. Taylor, Jr. was born 26 Aug 1891 and died 04 Feb 1954 in Alice, Jim Wells County, where he had been for about 30 days. His normal residence was shown as 8 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. He never married. The informant for his death certificate was his younger brother, L. Douglas Taylor.
Frank, died less than five months after his mother died (16 Sep 1953). Her residence on her death certificate was shown as 9 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. The informant for her death certificate was her youngest son, L. Douglas Taylor.
Emma Jean, who later in life went by Imogen, was born 01 Jul 1893 and died 06 Mar 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas after an operation for a brain tumor. She had married Robert Lee Henson who was the informant on her death certificate.
The youngest child, Lemon Douglas Taylor was born 22 Jan 1909 and died 25 May 1987 in Bexar county. His last residence was listed as Whitsett, Live Oak County, Texas.
Sources of some of this information are Edgar family records and A History of DeWitt County by Nellie Murphree, 1962, p 110.
Nora Battle Batchelor was the third of three children (all girls) who grew to adulthood born to Lemon B. "Lem" Batchelor and Nancy Jane Edgar. Nora's older sisters were: Fannie Alabama Jane Batchelor (1865-1952) who married Samuel Baker Pincham and Christina Clair "Tena" Batchelor (1867-1948) who married James A. King.
The Batchelors, Taylors, Kings and Edgars were pioneer families in DeWitt County, Texas. They arrived about the same time (Batchelors in 1850, Taylors in 1851, Kings in 1952 and Edgars in 1853) with the Batchelors, Taylors and Kings settling in the Concrete area and the Edgars settling just southeast of there on a third of a league of land that had been granted posthumously to the Edgar's oldest son, Joseph Smith Edgar, for his presence in Texas prior to its Declaration of Independence. He had also been granted land for his service in the Texas Army and for his being a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Nora Battle Batchelor and Frances Marion "Frank" Taylor, Jr. were married in DeWitt County, Texas on 30 Jul 1890. Nora's husband's family had come to DeWitt County, Texas from Nash County, North Carolina in 1851, two years before Nora's mother's Edgar family came to the same area from Maury County, Tennessee. Nora's father, Lem Batchelor, had also come to Texas from Nash County, North Carolina. His parents were Reuben Batchelor and Zilla Pridgen. It is not known whether Nora's husband's family and her father's family were neighbors or acquaintenances back in Nash county.
Frank Taylor's father, Francis Marion Taylor, Sr., was married to Emma King. One of Emma's brothers was the noted doctor in the Concrete area, James Edmond King.
One of James Edmond King's sons was James A. King who married Nora's sister, Tena. So, Nora and Tena married first cousins, Frank Taylor and James King. The King family had come to Texas in 1852. They were also from Nash County, North Carolina.
In the 1880 census for DeWitt county, Nora (aged 9) and her sisters, Tena (aged 12) and Fannie (aged 14) were shown living in a household headed by Jane Batchelor, their widowed mother, in precinct 2, area 47, page 13 of 35 on the census report. In that same census, Frank M. Taylor (aged 17) was shown in a household headed by his widowed mother, Emma Taylor, in princinct 2, area 47, page 3 of 35. Also in that household was Emma Taylor's nephew (her brother's son), James A. King (aged 20).
Nora and Frank had four known children as shown in the 1910 census: Frank M. Taylor, Jr. (aged 18), Emma J. Taylor (aged 16), Winnie B. Taylor (aged 6), and Lemon Douglas Taylor (aged 16 months).
From his death certificate, it is known that Frank M. Taylor, Jr. was born 26 Aug 1891 and died 04 Feb 1954 in Alice, Jim Wells County, where he had been for about 30 days. His normal residence was shown as 8 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. He never married. The informant for his death certificate was his younger brother, L. Douglas Taylor.
Frank, died less than five months after his mother died (16 Sep 1953). Her residence on her death certificate was shown as 9 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. The informant for her death certificate was her youngest son, L. Douglas Taylor.
Emma Jean, who later in life went by Imogen, was born 01 Jul 1893 and died 06 Mar 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas after an operation for a brain tumor. She had married Robert Lee Henson who was the informant on her death certificate.
The youngest child, Lemon Douglas Taylor was born 22 Jan 1909 and died 25 May 1987 in Bexar county. His last residence was listed as Whitsett, Live Oak County, Texas.
Sources of some of this information are Edgar family records and A History of DeWitt County by Nellie Murphree, 1962, p 110.
The Batchelors, Taylors, Kings and Edgars were pioneer families in DeWitt County, Texas. They arrived about the same time (Batchelors in 1850, Taylors in 1851, Kings in 1952 and Edgars in 1853) with the Batchelors, Taylors and Kings settling in the Concrete area and the Edgars settling just southeast of there on a third of a league of land that had been granted posthumously to the Edgar's oldest son, Joseph Smith Edgar, for his presence in Texas prior to its Declaration of Independence. He had also been granted land for his service in the Texas Army and for his being a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Nora Battle Batchelor and Frances Marion "Frank" Taylor, Jr. were married in DeWitt County, Texas on 30 Jul 1890. Nora's husband's family had come to DeWitt County, Texas from Nash County, North Carolina in 1851, two years before Nora's mother's Edgar family came to the same area from Maury County, Tennessee. Nora's father, Lem Batchelor, had also come to Texas from Nash County, North Carolina. His parents were Reuben Batchelor and Zilla Pridgen. It is not known whether Nora's husband's family and her father's family were neighbors or acquaintenances back in Nash county.
Frank Taylor's father, Francis Marion Taylor, Sr., was married to Emma King. One of Emma's brothers was the noted doctor in the Concrete area, James Edmond King.
One of James Edmond King's sons was James A. King who married Nora's sister, Tena. So, Nora and Tena married first cousins, Frank Taylor and James King. The King family had come to Texas in 1852. They were also from Nash County, North Carolina.
In the 1880 census for DeWitt county, Nora (aged 9) and her sisters, Tena (aged 12) and Fannie (aged 14) were shown living in a household headed by Jane Batchelor, their widowed mother, in precinct 2, area 47, page 13 of 35 on the census report. In that same census, Frank M. Taylor (aged 17) was shown in a household headed by his widowed mother, Emma Taylor, in princinct 2, area 47, page 3 of 35. Also in that household was Emma Taylor's nephew (her brother's son), James A. King (aged 20).
Nora and Frank had four known children as shown in the 1910 census: Frank M. Taylor, Jr. (aged 18), Emma J. Taylor (aged 16), Winnie B. Taylor (aged 6), and Lemon Douglas Taylor (aged 16 months).
From his death certificate, it is known that Frank M. Taylor, Jr. was born 26 Aug 1891 and died 04 Feb 1954 in Alice, Jim Wells County, where he had been for about 30 days. His normal residence was shown as 8 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. He never married. The informant for his death certificate was his younger brother, L. Douglas Taylor.
Frank, died less than five months after his mother died (16 Sep 1953). Her residence on her death certificate was shown as 9 miles east of Whitsett in Live Oak county. The informant for her death certificate was her youngest son, L. Douglas Taylor.
Emma Jean, who later in life went by Imogen, was born 01 Jul 1893 and died 06 Mar 1933 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas after an operation for a brain tumor. She had married Robert Lee Henson who was the informant on her death certificate.
The youngest child, Lemon Douglas Taylor was born 22 Jan 1909 and died 25 May 1987 in Bexar county. His last residence was listed as Whitsett, Live Oak County, Texas.
Sources of some of this information are Edgar family records and A History of DeWitt County by Nellie Murphree, 1962, p 110.
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