Life History

Other facts

Notes

• The Day Family History, as reported by Harold K Christian in theJenkins Family History, indicates:
  "The Taylor family lived among the Indians when the children weresmall.  He was a large man, well proportioned and seven feet tall; andhe was well respected by the Indians."
  
  My Taylor's name is not certain.  If Louisa Taylor was a sister toLucinda, Nancy and Daniel, their father was born in Mississippi. Thatdoes not seem likely, however.  Meanwhile, the census reports thatLouisa's MOTHER was born in Ireland.
  
  1880 Census in Cass County, Texas, Pct#3, P# 17/19, Farm# 144;
  Jenkins, Joseph W M 52 m Farmer SC SC SC
  Jenkins, Louisa W F 42 m Kps Hse MI MI IRE.
  
  There is information in the Day Family that the grandmother (not themother) of Lucinda, Nancy and Daniel was born in Ireland.  It ispossible that Louisa was an aunt, rather than a sister.  This wouldlikely mean that Louisa was a sister of the father of Lucinda, Nancyand Daniel.
  
  Harold Christian mentions several Taylor families had migrateddirectly to Mississippi from New England in this period.  I have foundsome others.  As of 1 November 2006, I have not yet made any definiteconnection with other Day and Taylor families in Mississippi aboutthis time.
  
  Family tradition persists that this Taylor line was related toPresident Zachary Taylor.  I heard this form as early as I canremember.  My grandfather Joseph Asa told me this among other mattersof family
  history.
  
  However, the lineage of that family is clear down to Richard StrotherTaylor, born in 1826, the same year as Lucinda Amanda Taylor's husbandJoseph Sanford Jenkins.  If they were kin, they were not in Zachary'sdirect line, but descend from an earlier common ancestor, which I havenot yet connected. I have some good clues that seem close (as ofNovember 2006).  This GED includes Zachary Taylor's family forcomparison.

Sources

• 1. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
  • Name: Location:http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf;;
• 2. Jenkins Journal, July 1982, by Harold Keith Christian
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 17 October, Beat #3, PO Unionville & Cusseta, Hse #483, Fam #495
• 4. J Epperson Genealogy
  • http://genealogy.eppytx.com/FamilyTree/F014.htm
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 16 June, Justice Precinct 3, District 22, page 14A, Hse/Fam #238
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Cass County, Texas
  • 7 June, Precinct 3, District 12, Page 19 (scan 129), Hse/Fam #168