Robeson County, NC - Obituary of Samuel Jenkens Taylor, 1909

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Samuel Jenkens Taylor died on August 22, 1909, in Robeson County and was 
buried in a small cemetery near the Big Swamp called the Singletary-Regan 
Cemetery. His granite monument reads today as follows: 

"Samuel J. Taylor, March 18, 1823 - Aug 22, 1909." 

His obituary is found in the Robesonian newspaper dated Monday August 30, 
1909, and reads as follows 

"Mr. Samuel J. Taylor 
In the death of Mr. Samuel J. Taylor, which occurred at his home on last 
Sunday night, August 22nd about midnight, Howellsville township lost one of 
her eldest and most honorable citizens. His death was not at all unexpected, 
owing to his extreme old age, the doctors having informed his friends that 
they could render no assistance. He was born in the year 1823 and was 86 
years old, has been married three times and was the father of 22 children, 
V. H. Taylor, Esquire, of the Lumberton Bar, being the youngest one living. 

His first wife was Miss Easter Smith, second, Miss Harriet Byrd, and his third, 
Miss Rosa Prevatt, all Robeson County girls. His body was interred at the 
Howell graveyard Monday afternoon at 3 O'clock. The funeral was conducted at 
the grave by the pastor of the East Robeson Circuit, Rev. Mr. Jenkins. 

Mr. Taylor was a kindly disposed man, a good neighbor, and a man of a very 
fine sense of justice. He leaves his widow--a most consecrated Christian and 
lovable woman, who stood by him with marked fidelity in his declining years 
and administered to every want with all skill and proficiency possible for 
human hands to render and eighteen children to mourn his death." 

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