Biography* Our school teacher, Mr. John L. Taylor, has concluded to make Sykes his permanent home and is having a handsome dwelling erected (Pen. Ent., 8 Aug 1885). Mr. John L. Taylor, Sykes Island, was on a list of teachers of Acc Co (Pen. Ent., 21 Jan 1888). Mr. John L. Taylor of Saxis and aged 80 years, died on 23 Aug 1942. Services were at Saxis Methodist Church on 25 Aug by Rev. Forrest and Weaver, with interment in the Taylor Cemetery on Saxis. Mr. Taylor taught school at Mearsville, Modest Town and Saxis. Survivors were listed (E.S. News, 28 Aug 1942).
Marriage* 25 December 1886 He married Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer, daughter of John Wesley Drewer and Eliza Jane Miles, on 25 December 1886 at Worcester Co, MD.2
Was Living after 1886 John was living after 1886 at Saxis Island, Acc Co, VA.1
Census* 1910 He was listed as a resident in the census report in 1910 at Saxis Island, Acc Co, VA.3
Church member* 1917 John was on the in 1917 roll of the at Meth Ch, Saxis, Acc Co, VA.4
Death* 23 August 1942 John died on 23 August 1942.4
Burial* His body was interred at Taylor Cem, Saxis, Acc Co, VA.5
Family
Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer b. 31 May 1872, d. 24 Nov 1946
Marriage* 25 December 1886 He married Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer, daughter of John Wesley Drewer and Eliza Jane Miles, on 25 December 1886 at Worcester Co, MD.2
Children 1. Viola Sally Taylor+ b. 1887, d. 7 Dec 1944
2. Lillian V. Eliza 'Lill' Taylor+ b. 31 Dec 1889, d. Oct 1974
3. Cecil Auvergne Taylor b. 24 Feb 1893, d. 27 Jul 1967
4. John Wesley Taylor b. 9 May 1896, d. 1896
Parents of John L. Taylor were Thorogood S. Taylor b. 1825, and Eveline T. Wessells Taylor b. 1831
Citations
[S1084] Auvergne Taylor Linton.
[S595] Ruth T. Dryden, Lower Eastern Shore Maryland Marriages (including the counties of Somerset, Worcester, Wicomico) 1865-1906.
[S39] 1910 Accomack Co, VA, Census.
[S78] Pocomoke Charge, Church Register, 1898-1927, Saxis Roll.
[S38] Barry Wayne Miles, Saxis/Sykes, Acc Co, VA, Cemeteries, no marker.