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TAYLOR
FAMILY This is another example of a small
cemetery that has become lost to time.
Nothing is known of these tombstones, or possible cemetery, other
than a short recollection submitted to the FLORIDA GENEALOGIST JOURNAL for
the Spring 1996 issue. (Volume XIX,
Number 2, Spring 1996 [whole number 73]) [The Florida State Genealogy
Society, Tallahassee, FL 32302] In it, the contributor, Mrs. N. Joann
MacKinnon Osborne, a noted genealogist and one of the High
Commissioners/Coveners of the Clan MacKinnon Society, recalled going
with her grandfather to pick grapes near Florahome, Florida. The date was August 31, 1968, and she
recalled traveling with her grandfather down a poorly kept dirt road to a
vineyard somewhere outside of Florahome.
On their way back into town, but before they got to the ‘hard
road’—possibly SR 100?--, she spied the top of one of two tombstones
sticking out of heavy woody underbrush.
They stopped and she recorded the following information: Her memory. The Cemetery Task Force members are
aware of this information, but when they were out in the field, 1998-2003
looking for lost cemeteries, they were not able to find these graves. Your correspondent was only guessing
when she titled this ‘TAYLOR FAMILY’.
The dates suggest they could be siblings, but Catherine could also
have been a young bride. A check of
census records for this time frame yielded no information. As to approximate location, the Opal
Lilly Vineyard is approximately 3 miles north of Florahome on Coral
Farms Road. It was one of the oldest
and best-known vineyards in the area, though there definitely could have
been others. Sadly, both Miss Opal and Mrs.
Osborne passed on in May of this year, taking with them any possible
clues—no matter how seemingly irrelevant--to the location of these
graves. At least thanks to Mrs.
Osborne’s foresight in 1968 to record the information, and again in 1996 to
publish it, we have this much knowledge. |
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LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS(sic) |
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TAYLOR |
A BARNETT |
1/29/1909 |
10/15/1936 |
THEY WHO KNEW HIM BEST WILL BLESS HIS NAME AND KEEP HIS MEMORY
DEAR WHILE LIFE SHALL LAST. |
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TAYLOR |
CATHERINE E |
8/1/1914 |
7/4/1930 |
ONE PRECIOUS TO OUR HEARTS HAS GONE A VOICE WE LOVE IS STILL THE
PLACE MADE VACANT IN OUR HOME CAN NEVER MORE BE FILLED. |
Last updated: 8/12/2005