1878 Obituary of Judge John Taylor, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2001


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Obituary from the Farmerville "Union Record"
4 Feb 1878
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"AN OLD LAND-MARK GONE.
Scarce had last Sunday's Sun announced to the world its coming, the spirit of Judge Taylor 
"crossed over the river and rested beneath the shade of the trees." Judge Taylor was born 
in Georgia in 1804, and in early youth moved to Butler County, Alabama. For a number of 
years he was Sheriff of that county. Before Union Parish was created, he settled in what 
was then Ouachita Parish, in 1837, and after the division in 1838, was appointed Judge of 
Union Parish. This position he held for several years, holding in his hand for the rich and 
poor alike the scales of Justice, well poised. He served three successive terms in the 
legislature of Louisiana, where, by his good judgment and unswerving fidelity to his State 
and Constituents, the plaudit of "well done thou good and faithful servant" was his reward. 
Judge Taylor's third wife survives him. He leaves 47 children and grandchildren, all of 
whom live in this parish, except one son, Capt. J. G. Taylor of Ouachita Parish. Union 
Parish can ill afford to loose such men, but none are exempt from the claims of the grave, 
and we bow in humble submission to him that doeth all things well.
'Leaves have their time to fall,
And wither with the North wind's breath,
And stars to set - but thou has't
All seasons for thine own, of! Death.'"
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[Note: The Union Record was a newspaper published in Union Parish between 1866 and the 
1879. Unfortunately, only three issues are known to survive. This obituary of Judge Taylor 
was included by the late Mr. John Fletcher Ramsey in his book on the Taylor family, 
published posthumously by his daughter in 1982.]

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