Silas Jasper "Jap" Taylor was a
farmer and livestock trader who lived in Trenton. He married
1st, Mollie Crenshaw and after her death married her sister, Sallie, daughter of Rev. Ira
Irvin &
Martha Jane Gregg. All of Jap's children are shown here with the exception of those who
died
at a very young age: Kathie, by 1st wife Mollie and Mollie, Dicie, and Annie Dicie by 2nd
wife
Sallie. Jap was born November 15, 1850 in Gibson Co., TN, about two years after his
parents
moved to Gibson Co. from Medon in Madison Co., TN. He died December 10, 1932.
My grandfather, Abb Taylor,
pictured with the family lived with Uncle Jap for about 8 years before his marriage to
Katie,
after Abb's parents and siblings moved to Oklahoma Territory in the Altus area.
Here are the names and info on this photo:
Standing L to R:
Lockie McRee Taylor, (w/o Charlie, d/o W. F. McRee & 2nd wife, Aleathea C. Campbell)
Mercer Williams Tayor
Wilhemina Emma "Willie" Mitchell Taylor, [w/o Mercer]
Lemuel Tyree Taylor, [h/o Myrtie Willis]
Dr. Robert Zachary Taylor, [h/o Carrie Roena Wilson, lived in Blair, OK]
Dr. Thomas Lacy Taylor, [h/o Ethel Laurents, moved in Hawaii]
Jane Gregg Taylor, [(m) 1st John Taylor Haynes, 2nd Dr. Frank Lester Roberts]
Catharine Crisp "Katie" Taylor, ( [w/o Abb, d/o Dr. J. J. Crisp & Addie Jones]
Albert Sidney "Abb" Taylor, [nephew of Jap, s/o Wm & Frances E. Enochs
Taylor]
Seated:
Charles Grimm "Charlie" Taylor [lived in Marianna, Ark]
Silas Jasper "Jap" Taylor, [s/o Basil Manley Taylor & Dicie Williams]
Sarah Jane "Sallie" Crenshaw, [Jap's 2nd wife, d/o Rev. Ira Irvin & Martha
J. Gregg Crenshaw]
Emma Hickman, [w/o Ira Basil Taylor]
Ira Basil Taylor
Children seated with adults:
Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, [w/o George Wade Penn]
Basil Manley Taylor, [h/o Anna Mai Hill, lived in Kansas City area]
Mary Taylor, [d/o Ira & Emma, w/o Thomas B. "Tommy" Jeter]
Virginia Taylor, [d/o Ira & Emma, did not marry]
Boys seated in Front:
Allen Taylor, [h/o Evelyn Munger, lived in El Paso]
Silas Jasper Taylor II, [h/o Sudie Belle Fitzgerald]
Most are buried at Oakland
Cemetery in Trenton, TN.