Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Taylor, William Green 
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Cemetery:           Colonel John Williams Cemetery
Name:               William Green Taylor
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[Top of headstone broken and laid at base]

W. G. Taylor
Dec. 11, 1826
Sept. 7, 1922
Brother dear, we hope to meeet thee
When the day of life is fled, then in
Heaven with you together, where no
Joy and sorrow is shed."

Born December 11, 1826 to Penelope Simmons & Green Taylor. Masonic Lodge 
Steward 1857-66-71; S.D. 1861 to 1865; S.W. 1872 to 1874; 1883 to 1892; 
Masters 1875-76. Confederate soldier, Lieutenant of 4th Reg. under Col. Brimm. 
 
Married Caroline Williams, daughter of Col. John & Ann Nancy Ballard Willliams 
on Feb. 3, 1848. They has 11 children: Virginia (Jenny), John William, Julia 
Ann, twins James Henry & Nancy Penny, Mary Elizabeth, Lott B, Robert, Benjamin 
Oliver, Willliam Edward asnd Olive  Branch (Ollie). Vigorous man. Struck by a 
car and slowly confined more and more. Heart problems. He died at age 96, one 
week after John Sutton was murdered, on Sept. 7, 1922.

Obit Free Press Oct. 7, 1922
WILLIAM TAYLOR DIES AT HOME NEAR CITY;
NINETY-SIX YEARS OLD
The funeral of William Green Taylor was held from the residence near this city 
Saturday afternoon.  Burial took place in a family cemetery, Mr. Taylor was 
nearly 97 years of age.  His desire to live to be 100 was thwarted.  Until a 
couple of years ago he was one of the most energetic nonagenarians in this 
part of the country.  He frequently walked a mile or two to transact business 
here, appeared many years younger than he was, and liked to discuss progress 
and inventions.  Airplanes were matter of fact affaires to him, and he only 
deplored the fact that he might not live to see them in universal use.  When 
an automobile struck him in a Kinston street he suffered an injury that kept 
him confined to his home, and his energy gradually left him.  He died at 2 am 
Saturday.
 
Mr. Taylor was the father of John W. Taylor, veteran member of the police 
department here.  Police Sergt. Taylor suffered a stroke several months ago 
and has not been able to return to duty.  He is well past his 70th year.  
Other children surviving are William J. and Lott Taylor, prominent local 
farmers; Mrs. Gaston Fordham, of Jones County, and Miss Olive Taylor.  Mr. 
Taylor was the grandfather and great-grandfather of numerous young persons 
in this section. 
 
"WAS OLDEST MASON HERE"   1922
William Green Taylor, who died at his residence near this city Satu;rday, 
was the oldest member of St. John's lodge No.4 of the Masons here.  Mr. 
Taylor, who was 96 years of age, was "raised" in 1853.  He had been a member 
of the fraternity nearly 80 years.  In his middle life he took  part in the 
councils of his lodge, one of the most venerable in this region, even older 
than its members would indicate.  The masons attended the funeral Saturday 
afternoon in considerable numbers.

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