When Barbara "Barbary" Taylor was born on 8 January 1801, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, John "Westville John" Taylor, was 28 and her mother, Barbara Strickler, was 25. She married David Andrew Smith on 8 November 1818, in Champaign, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 24 May 1827, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Westville, Mad River Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States.