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Ward Taylor, Sr. (1791-1871, and
Nancy (Mathews) Taylor (1796-1879) came to Texas from Alabama in
1845. Several Taylor and Mathews relatives and children joined
them in Marion County in that year and the years following,
building homes and helping to settle the area. In May 1860,
four-month-old Emmett, son of E. W. and S. E Taylor, was buried
on this site on land belonging to Marion DeKalb (M. D. K.)
Taylor. Emmett's grave remains the earliest marked burial in the
cemetery, though family history indicates that the graveyard was
in use before the Civil War.
According to legend, the family buried several slaves outside the
original fence to the north of the main cemetery. When M. D. K.
deeded the land to his father, Ward Taylor,Sr., in 1868, the
family cemetery was mentioned in the deed. Ward's wife Nancy
inherited the property upon his death. She left the property,
according to Ward's instructions, to their son J. M. Taylor, who
willed it to his wife Amanda Maleson (Craven) Taylor. In 1961, a
cemetery association was formed to care for the graveyard.
Association members identified sixteen of those who are believed
to have been buried in 32 unmarked graves. In 1998, there were 32
marked burials in Taylor Cemetery. The graveyard continues to
serve Taylor descendants and all others who wish to be buried
there.
(1998) --Texas Atlas
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