Margaret Antoinette (White) Taylor (1836 - 1913)

Born 25 Oct 1836 in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, USA

Wife of Thomas Thomson Taylor — married 17 Jan 1858 in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1913 at age 76 in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1836. She passed away in 1913. Details of her parents and names of siblings John D. and Margaret White – (John Donaldson, b. October 25, 1796, d. May 1855) (Margaret Baker White, b. 1806, d.1867) Parents of Netta Taylor. John Donaldson was born in North Carolina, and moved with his parents to Kentucky where he married Margaret Baker. The White‟s son, Carr, was born in Kentucky before the family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. In Georgetown, John Donaldson taught school (his most famous pupil was Ulysses S. Grant); served as county surveyor; was a Representative and, later, a senator to the Ohio State Legislature; and, in the last years of his life served as Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer of Brown County. The Whites had nine children: Carr, Grafton (who died prior to the Civil War), Chilton, Ann (d. 1863), Margaret “Netta,” John G. (b. 1837, d.?), Leonard (b. Jan. 14, 1841, d. June 15, 1862), Mary Jane (b. 1843, d. October 29, 1864), and Elizabeth (b. 1846, d. ?).. By the time of the Civil War, Margaret White had been a widow for several years and was no longer living on the family farm, but in Georgetown proper. In Tom Taylor’s Civil War historian Albert Castel refers to Netta‟s father numerous times as “Hugh Donaldson White.” However, Thomas Taylor, in “My Family and I,” Ulysses S. Grant in his memoirs (Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. ([repr]New York: DeCapo Press,1982). 9, and the 1850 census all refer to him as “John D. White.” It is unclear exactly what the living arrangement of Margaret White was during the 1860s. Her husband had owned property in town that was divided between his sons Carr and Chilton after his death. Since Chilton already had his own residence it appears that Margaret, and her unmarried children, lived in the section of the townhouse left to Chilton by his father.

Sources

• Original, typed biographic sketch by my 2nd great grandfather, Thomas Thomson Taylor (1836-1908) confirming dates for; birth, death, marriage of his ancestors and descendants. Thomas was a Brigadier General in the 47 Ohio Infantry during the Civil War and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. After the Civil War, Thomas resumed his practice as a Lawyer. This biography has information related to his family that dates back to the first colonists to America, summaries of ancestors that participated in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Indian Conflicts, Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The date this biography was written is unclear; however since it was typed, it was after 1868 and before his death in 1908. Dates mentioned in the sketch of living relatives suggests that it was written after the Spanish/American War in 1898. - NETTA TAYLOR AND THE DIVIDED OHIO HOME FRONT, 1861-1865 (167 page dissertation) [1]
• 1850 United States Federal Census, Ohio, Brown, Pleasant, Line 20.
• 1860 United States Federal Census, Ohio, Brown, Pleasant, Line 36.
• 1870 United States Federal Census, Missouri, Knox, Center, Line 11.
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Kansas, Reno, Little River, 285, Line 20.
• 1900 United States Federal Census, Louisiana, Calcasieu, Lake Charles, District 0016, Line 34.
• Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993. Name: M.A. White, Gender: Female, Marriage Date: 17 Jan 1858, Marriage Place: Brown, Ohio, Spouse: Thomas T. Taylor, Film Number: 000384275.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49323337/margaret_antoinette-taylor: accessed June 26, 2024), memorial page for Margaret Antoinette White Taylor (25 Oct 1836–28 Sep 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49323337, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).