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Ella Desaussure Taylor 1870 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1870

Birth Location: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 14 Jan 1961

Death Location: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA

Father: Lawrence Taylor

Mother: Catherine Burroughs

Spouse(s): Samuel Clarkson

Children(s): Mary Clarkson

The story of Ella Desaussure Taylor began in 1870 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA. Ella Desaussure Taylor married Samuel L Mayrant Clarkson, and had children including Mary Desaussure Clarkson. Ella Desaussure Taylor passed away in 1961 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Ella Desaussure Taylor began in 1870 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA.
  • Ella Desaussure Taylor married Samuel L Mayrant Clarkson, and had children including Mary Desaussure Clarkson.
  • Ella Desaussure Taylor passed away in 1961 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lawrence Taylor
1848 – 1927
Birth Location: Stoney Hill, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
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Catherine Burroughs
1848 – 1930
Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
CB

Spouses(s)

Samuel Clarkson
1865 – 1932
Birth Location: Richland, South Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Clarkson
1893 – 1973
Birth Location: –
MC

Ella Taylor's Ancestors

Self
Ella Taylor
1870 – 1961
Birth Place: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Lawrence Whitaker Taylor
1848 – 1927
Stoney Hill, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
Catherine (De Clemery) Burroughs
1848 – 1930
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Henry (Kollock) Burroughs
1809 – 1851
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Eliza (Gabriella) DeSaussure
1815 – 1896
Charlestn, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Burroughs
1779 – 1837
Catherine Eirick
1780 – 1858
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Burroughs
1748 – 1820
Lydia Hallett
1738 – 1793

Ella Taylor's Descendants

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Ella (Desaussure) Taylor (5 Feb 1870 – 14 Jan 1961) m. Samuel (L Mayrant) Clarkson (4 Jul 1865 – 8 Feb 1932)
  1. 1. Mary (Desaussure) Clarkson (30 Jun 1893 – 25 Feb 1973) m. Thomas (Ancrum) Boykin (3 Mar 1884 – 3 Nov 1948)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Ancrum) Boykin (2 Dec 1928 – 13 Dec 1999) m. George (Purnell Jr) Gunn (6 Aug 1931 – 7 Oct 2004)

Ella Taylor's Timeline

2 Records

1870
5 Feb 1870
Birth of Ella Desaussure Taylor in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
1961
14 Jan 1961
Age 91
Death of Ella Desaussure Taylor in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1870
    Event Place: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1961
    Event Place: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
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