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Pvt Lafayette Taylor

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Pvt Lafayette Taylor

Birth
Death
18 Jun 1881 (aged 34–35)
Burial
Blackwood, Camden County, New Jersey, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8024444, Longitude: -75.0647139
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Civil War Union Soldier. He was enrolled in the 23rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 28, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company K on September 13, 1862. He served through the December 1862 Fredericksburg Campaign, and the May 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, and was honorably mustered out on June 27, 1863.

Lafayette Taylor (b. 1846) was the son of Edward and Martha Taylor. His brothers were Henry, George, Edward and Isaac Taylor. Lafayette married Maria Amanda North on Jan. 18, 1871, in Chews Landing, Gloucester Township, Camden Cty, New Jersey. The couple celebrated the birth of a son,. John W. Taylor, on April 4, 1873. His son became a sign painter, and worked all across the country, including in New York. John and his mother Maria took care of each other until her passing in 1936. They eventually settled in Brooklyn. Maria Taylor's obituary also noted that she was also buried in Blackwood, NJ. John W. Taylor, Lafayette's only son, died two years later in 1938.
Contributor: Wendy Waszut-Barrett (50800670)
Civil War Union Soldier. He was enrolled in the 23rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 28, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company K on September 13, 1862. He served through the December 1862 Fredericksburg Campaign, and the May 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, and was honorably mustered out on June 27, 1863.

Lafayette Taylor (b. 1846) was the son of Edward and Martha Taylor. His brothers were Henry, George, Edward and Isaac Taylor. Lafayette married Maria Amanda North on Jan. 18, 1871, in Chews Landing, Gloucester Township, Camden Cty, New Jersey. The couple celebrated the birth of a son,. John W. Taylor, on April 4, 1873. His son became a sign painter, and worked all across the country, including in New York. John and his mother Maria took care of each other until her passing in 1936. They eventually settled in Brooklyn. Maria Taylor's obituary also noted that she was also buried in Blackwood, NJ. John W. Taylor, Lafayette's only son, died two years later in 1938.
Contributor: Wendy Waszut-Barrett (50800670)

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  • Created by: RPD2
  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12171344/lafayette-taylor: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Lafayette Taylor (1846–18 Jun 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12171344, citing Blackwood Methodist Cemetery, Blackwood, Camden County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by RPD2 (contributor 309).