Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

• Born: 10 May 1860, Virginia ^60,61
• Marriage: William Thomas "Tom" TAYLOR on 7 January 1880 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky ^51,52
• Died: 19 August 1919, Rockcastle County, Kentucky at age 59 ^62,63
• Buried: 20 August 1919, Ramsey-Taylor Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ^55,62

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• 1880 United States Federal Census, William T. Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ⁵⁹: Mary was living with her husband, Tom. She was listed as Mary J. Taylor wife, age 20, born in Virginia. [Her middle initial appears to be in error since her middle name was Elizabeth and her maiden name was Fletcher.]

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Thomas Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ²⁸: Mary with her husband, Tom, and children. She was listed as Mary E. Taylor, wife, age 44, born May 1856 in Kentucky.

• 1910 United States Federal Census, Elizabeth M. Taylor household, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ³³: Mary Elizabeth was living on Williams Street in Mount Vernon with her sons, Logan and Gene. She was listed as a widow, her age was not listed. Her daughter's family [Susie & Fred Krueger] were listed as the next household.

• Obituary: Published in the Mt. Vernon Signal in 1919 in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. ²⁴⁵ [Publication date was not noted.]
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, age 64, died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Krueger, after an illness of several weeks. For many years Mrs. Taylor had been in poor health, suffering from a bad heart and other complications. The funeral was conducted by Rev. H. T. Young and the burial took place in the family burying ground on Dixie Highway, near the home of Robt. Taylor. One daughter, Mrs. Krueger and two sons, Logan of Mount Vernon and Eugene of Camp Taylor, survive.

[NOTE: According to the obituary, Mary E. was 64 at the time of her death. According to the dates on her headstone, she was 59.]

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Mary married William Thomas "Tom" TAYLOR, son of James Francis "Jim" TAYLOR and Margaret E. RAMSEY, on 7 January 1880 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky ⁵¹.^,52 (William Thomas "Tom" TAYLOR was born on 11 August 1856 in Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky,⁵⁴ died on 2 February 1904 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky ^2,55,56 and was buried on 3 February 1904 in Ramsey-Taylor Cemetery, Renfro Valley, Rockcastle County, Kentucky ^55,57.)