James Taylor

Brief Life History of James

When James Taylor was born in 1838, in Alabama, United States, his father, Joseph Randolph Taylor, was 39 and his mother, Margaret McDavid, was 34.

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Joseph Randolph Taylor
1800–1868
Margaret McDavid
1804–
William McDavid Taylor
1825–1891
Elizabeth Caroline Taylor
1828–1862
Joseph Randolph Taylor Jr
1830–
John Taylor
1832–
Clayton Taylor
1835–
James Taylor
1838–
Newton Patrick Taylor
1841–1912
Cyrus Clayton Taylor
1846–

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    World Events (3)

    1846

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.

    In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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