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General Sylvester Price Taylor 1895–1972 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Dec 1895

Birth Location: Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 2 Jun 1972

Death Location: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Father: James Taylor

Mother: Margaret Jacks

Spouse(s): Samuel Powell

Children(s): Oliver Taylor

In 1895, General Sylvester Price Taylor entered the world in Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA, born to James Randolph Jim Taylor And Margaret Angeline Angie Jacks. General Sylvester Price Taylor married Samuel Edmond Powell, and had children including Oliver Jack Taylor. General Sylvester Price Taylor passed away in 1972 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1895, General Sylvester Price Taylor entered the world in Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA, born to James Randolph Jim Taylor And Margaret Angeline Angie Jacks.
  • General Sylvester Price Taylor married Samuel Edmond Powell, and had children including Oliver Jack Taylor.
  • General Sylvester Price Taylor passed away in 1972 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Taylor
1866–1948
Birth Location: Alva, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
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Margaret Jacks
1870–1953
Birth Location: Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
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Spouses(s)

Samuel Powell
1898–1974
Birth Location: montgomery, Ms
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Children(s)

Oliver Taylor
1927–1985
Birth Location: –
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General Taylor's Ancestors

Self
General Taylor
1895–1972
Birth Place: Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
Parents
James Randolph "Jim" Taylor
1866–1948
Alva, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
Margaret (Angeline "Angie") Jacks
1870–1953
Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
Grandparents
Jacob (Jordan "Jay") TAYLOR
1836–1920
Washington, AL
Easter (Melinda) Pyron
1838–1919
Montgomery, Mississippi
Nathaniel (Wilson) Jacks
1824–1900
Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Catherine Pinnix
1831–1910
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Taylor
1810–1883
Dorcas Moore
1815–1847
Robert Pyron
1800–1849
Mary Dowdle
1803–1853
John Jacks
1798–1850
Susannah Barton
1801–1850
Green Sr
1797–1870
Sarah Austell
1803–1836
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John TAYLOR
1783–1843
Hughanna Carr
1781–1861
John PYRON
1762–1838
John MP4
1768–1834
Mary Pickens
1771–1861
John Jr
1770–1851
Sarah Keen
1771–1849
John Barton
1765–1832
Overton Pinnix
1760–1838
Malinda GIBSON
1766–1856
Joseph Austell
1770–1824
Nancy Littlejohn
1755–1829

General Taylor's Descendants

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General (Sylvester Price) Taylor (23 Dec 1895–2 Jun 1972) m. Samuel (Edmond) Powell (17 SEP 1898–19 AUG 1974)
  1. 1. Oliver (Jack) Taylor 1927–1985 m. Marjorie Taylor 1927–2012
    1. 1. Curtis (L) Taylor 1948–2025

General Taylor's Timeline

2 Records

1895
23 Dec 1895
Birth of General Sylvester Price Taylor in Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
1972
2 Jun 1972
Age 77
Death of General Sylvester Price Taylor in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1895
    Event Place: Sweatman, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jun 1972
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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