does any one know how i can get a copy of this so called TAYLOR BOOK it was supposed to be written in union parish around 1972 ?

I'm not sure when this was compiled, but it was by Mr.
John Ramsey there in Farmerville and it is the Family of William Taylor and Catherine Gray. He does mention attending a Taylor Reunion in 1957. It consist of probably a
hundred pages. William Taylor family included Mary Taylor 1793, James Taylor 1795, Gordon 1798, William Bullock 1800, Elijal M. 1802, John 1804,Alexander Marion 1807,
Sarah (Sallie) 1811, Pamelia 1813,Robert Francis 1816,
and Catherine (kate) 1820. Let me know if this would
be of interest to you.

I have a small amount of Taylor and Ramsey information I would be glad to share. They are not my husband's direct lines but have married into them. Harold, are you the person who went to school at Marion with my husband, Welton "Bo" Gilbert?

Yes Bettye I am, hope things are great for you and Bo. This
book has 3 references for Gilbert but only found two. One
was Betty Gray and Melvin Gilbert immediate family. The other is Pamelia Taylor m. Charles Larkin Gilbert, they
had 11 children. The oldest Dr. Willuiam Taylor Gilbert. Some have dates. There are a lot of Ramsey's. Hope you can use
some of this. harold-p@sbcglobal.net. Its great to hear from
you. Harold

Hello Harold. I'm glad to find you. Bo will email you personally. Are you going to be at the Marion High School Reunion the last of April? Melvin Aubrey Gilbert and Betty Gray Taylor were my husband's aunt and uncle. Melvin was the son of James William Gilbert and Ida Elizabeth Mayes. There were three separate groups of Gilberts in Union Parish with my husband's great-great-grandfather, James R. Gilbert the last to arrive. Possibly all three Gilbert groups are related. Charles Larkin Gilbert named a son James R. Gilbert. Jesse John Columbus Gilbert (son of Daniel Gilbert & Narcissa Beardon) married Ella Taylor (do you know the names of her parents?). The Mayes family also has several connections to the Taylor family.

Hi Bettye, I will be at the reunion in April. I have a picture from
last year I would Like to send Bo. I didn't find a Ella Taylor
at all, also there were no Mayes mentoined. This list shows
Charles Larkin Gilbert family as marrying Pamelia Taylor and
children as 1. Dr. William Taylor Gilbert, 2. Jane Elizabeth,
3.Rachel, 4. Abigail, 5. James Sidney, 6. Richard M, 7 Martha, 8.Mary (Mollie), 9. Thomas T. 10. Charles L., 11.
Antoniette..Note at bottom of page states the family moved
to Fort Worth TX. It gives the birth dates for the eleven as
well as some children and who they married. I did find the
third reference. Rev. James Taylor an Mary Breedlove's
daughter Melvina Taylor married Abslum M. Gilbert, they had
one dau. Elizabeth Verona Gilbert m. Elias Taylor. Melvina
2nd Marriage was to a Wyatt. Hope some of this will help
you.

Hi Harold,

Is there some way I can get a copy of this book? In your later posting you provided information that I did not have on Abslum M. Gilbert & Melvina Taylor, so I know there has to be more infomation in the book that I need as well.
You can reply to me at albright@capstonebank.net
Thank you!
Lynda

I would like to clarify a few things about the family of Charles Larkin Gilbert. Some of this contradicts the statements in Mr. Ramsey's book, but he appears to have focused primarily upon the descendents of the Taylors and Sarah Taylor Deanes, with very little on the Gilberts. The following data all comes from Union Parish court records, censuses, newspaper articles, and military records.

One mistake in Mr. Ramsey's book is with the name of Charles Larkin Gilbert's wife. Court and census records prove that her name was "Permelia A." (not Pamelia). In addition, Charles and Permelia's son James R. Gilbert died in 1863 of smallpox while recovering from battle wounds suffered in fighting the Yankees in Virginia and Maryland. Ramsey lists him as "James S. Gilbert", which is incorrect.

I wish I knew more about the other Gilbert families in Union Parish in 1850 or 1860. I think that J. H. Gilbert who lived in Spearsville must have been a brother of Charles L. Gilbert; many of their sons served in the same company during the War Between the States. It looks as if Melvina Taylor's husband Absolom M. Gilbert was a son of this J. H. Gilbert.

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Charles Larkin Gilbert was born in about 1796 in North Carolina. He married Permelia A. Taylor in Butler County Alabama during the latter 1820s. She was born about 1812 or 1813 in Putnam County Georgia, the daughter of William Taylor and Catherine Gray. She moved with her family from Georgia into what was then Monroe County, Alabama Territory sometimes during the winter of 1818 – 1819. The Taylors settled in the region that became Butler County Alabama in December 1819. Charles and Permelia lived in Butler County in 1830, but soon afterwards followed her brothers into southern Lowndes County. While many of her siblings migrated from Lowndes County to Union Parish Louisiana between 1837 and 1841, the Gilberts remained in Lowndes with her brothers James and Robert. However, about 1848, Charles and Permelia and her brother James Taylor left Alabama and joined their siblings in north Louisiana. Gilbert purchased a farm located some 10-12 miles northwest of Farmerville near his nephew Allen J. Futch and brother-in-law William B. Taylor. He died there on 16 April 1853. Permelia died of inflammation on 16 December 1859 after an illness of eight days.

Known Children of Charles Larkin Gilbert & Permelia Taylor:

1) William Taylor Gilbert (c1829 - Dec 1859) married on 25 Nov 1852, Union Parish Louisiana, to Mary Ann Griffin (c1836 – 1872). Gilbert was a physician. His cause of death was listed as “complicated” by the 1860 census enumerator. He was sick for 18 days prior to his death. The 1860 census indicates that he and Mary had two children, Sidney H. Gilbert and Isoline Gilbert. Mary Ann Griffin was a sister to Col. Sidney H. Griffin of the 31st Regiment Louisiana Infantry who was killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 27 June 1863. After Gilbert’s death, she remarried in 1861 to Farmerville merchant Frederick H. Cann. A biography of William T. Gilbert’s son Sidney H. Gilbert written in 1892 indicates that Mary died in 1872 in Ouachita Parish.


2) Jane Elizabeth Gilbert (c1831 - after 1880) married first about 1854 (probably in Union Parish) to John Archer (c1828 - 1863/1867). Nothing is known of her first husband. She remarried between 1863 and 1868, probably Union Parish Louisiana, to Hugh C. Glasson (c1818 – 21 Apr 1883). He was a Farmerville merchant and saloon-owner. On Saturday evening, 21 April 1883, a tornado struck Farmerville, causing the walls of a building previously destroyed by fire to blow down upon Glasson’s saloon. Brothers-in-law Hugh C. Glasson and William A. Darby (he married Abigail C. Gilbert) were in the saloon. Glasson was killed instantly, and Darby died later that day, according to his tombstone. I have no record of what happened to Jane after Hugh’s death. There is no record of a remarriage in Union Parish, nor are there tombstones in the Farmerville Cemetery for the Glassons.


3) Richard M. Gilbert (c1833 - 1880/1900) married about 1866/1867 to Martha Emma ? (Apr 1835 – after 1900). Richard M. Gilbert enlisted on 13 March 1862 in Union Parish in the same unit to which his brothers James and Thomas, maternal first cousin James A. Dean, and paternal cousins John S. and Thomas J. Gilbert belonged, Company A, 6th Regiment Louisiana Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Port Republic, Virginia on 9 June 1862, and he was absent from duty in the hospital during July and August 1862. Soon afterwards, he was sent home on extended furlough. Richard M. Gilbert still lived in Union Parish as late as 1868 or 1869. However, by 1870 he had moved to Sugarcreek, in Scott County Arkansas with his family. By 1880, Richard had moved his family to Petit Jean, in Logan County Arkansas, where he still farmed. He died there between 1880 and 1900.


4) Abigail C. Gilbert (c1834/1836 - after 1880) married on 15 July 1852 in Union Parish to David Pearson. She remarried there on 29 Jan 1857 to William A. Darby (1 Nov 1817 – 21 Apr 1883). Darby served in a number of civic capacities in Union Parish, including Treasurer of the Union Parish Police Jury, President of the school board, etc. He owned and operated a store in Farmerville for many years, as well as a hotel. He died along with his brother-in-law Hugh Glasson in 1883 when a tornado blew down the Glasson's saloon in Farmerville.


5) James R. Gilbert (c1837 - 4 Feb 1863) enlisted in Company A, 6th Regiment Louisiana Infantry in the spring of 1861, together with his first cousin James A. Dean; his brothers Thomas F. and Richard M. Gilbert enlisted later. He served with his unit in the Stonewall Brigade during the Shenandoah Campaign of 1862 and was present through August. He was wounded at Chantilly or the Battle of Sharpsburg in September 1862 and spent the remainder of 1862 recovering from his wounds. He was admitted to Howard’s Grove Hospital in Richmond, Virginia that winter, where he died in February 1863 of smallpox.


6) Thomas F. Gilbert (c1840 - 1885/1900) served with his brothers and cousins in Company A, 6th Regiment Louisiana Infantry. He was present for duty on all rolls through April 1863, but was wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 December 1862. Gilbert was then captured at Fredericksburg on 29 April 1863 and captured at Spottsylvania Courthouse on 20 May 1864. In both instances, he was imprisoned and then exchanged. He was captured again in Lowndes County Alabama on 23 April 1865, but released after the surrender. Gilbert married first in the 1860s or 1870s, probably Union Parish Louisiana, but his wife must have died. He remarried on 26 Jan 1881 in Union Parish Louisiana to Catherine Rabun [Katie] (Sept 1856 – after 1900). Gilbert worked as a grocery merchant in 1870 in Farmerville. He was the 1880 census enumerator for Ward 1 in Union Parish. Thomas F. Gilbert served as mayor of Farmerville in February 1885, and he was elected as an alderman for Farmerville in March 1885. Ramsey’s book claims he died 20 January 1891, but I have no verification of this.


7) Martha Ann Gilbert (c1842 - after 1860) married about 1858 or 1859, probably Union Parish Louisiana, to Benjamin Franklin Lowe (c1837 – after 1860). I have no further record of this couple.


8) Mary Gilbert (c1844 - after 1860) married in the 1860s, probably Union Parish Louisiana, reportedly to John F. Fuller. I have found no information on them; Ramsey's book states that she married Fuller. A soldier named J. F. Fuller of Company C, 17th Regiment Louisiana Infantry was captured and paroled at Vicksburg, and this could have been the man Mary later married.


9) Charles H. Gilbert (c1847 - after 1860s) was probably Charles H. Gilbert who enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861. Booth’s Index shows two records for the same man named “Charles H. Gilbert”. There were a few other Gilbert families in Union Parish in 1860, but it does not appear that there were any other males with this name. Gilbert enlisted as a private in Company H, 4th Louisiana Infantry in 1861 but was soon transferred to Company A, 1st Louisiana Cavalry. John Fletcher Ramsey’s book claims that he was named “Charles Larkin Gilbert, Jr.”, but this is incorrect according to the 1860 census. Family information sent to me by other researchers claim that he married Mary Powell (Puss) and had a son Charles J. Gilbert born 31 December 1868 in Union Parish. However, I have no proof of this claim. There were other Gilberts in Union Parish in the 1860s, so I am not sure this is correct.


10) Emma Antoinette Gilbert [Nettie] (c1850 - after 1870) married on 10 June 1868 in Union Parish Louisiana to Leroy R. Taylor (c1847 – after 1870), a native of Illinois. She and Leroy lived in Farmerville with their baby Martha L. Taylor in 1870. I have located no further information on them. In particular, I have not located them on the 1880 census. In 1870, Leroy worked as a “Tinner” or “Tanner”.


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Sorry I didn't intend to misinform anyone. I just replyed to
having a book on the Taylors by Mr. Ramsey and answered
some questions for an old friend Bettye Gilbert. I'm sure
Mr. Ramsey's information was gathered from friends, relatives
and families involved during the 40' s, 50's and 70's before
we had the technology for research we have today.

Harold

Hi Harold,
Thank you for replying, sorry that it took me so long. The WIlliam Bullock that you mentioned, is my GG Grandfather, the rest was his brothers and sisters. I wonder how Mr. Ramsey was related to the Taylor's? I would love to see a copy of his book. I have heard that it is just a few pages and I have heard that it is a thick book also, maybe you can clear this up for me, either way I go to Junction City, LA to visit relatives, if you happen to live around or near maybe we could get together for lunch and talk about the book. I work for the sheriffs office now and I am going to college to get my degree in Education with a history major. Within four years I am going to start my own book about the Taylor family. As of now I have 2 three in. binders full of information gathered from family, friends, and census records. I would love to find one of Mr. Ramseys relatives still living and ask permission to use his name in my book b/c he was the first and original author of the Taylor family.

Thank you
Ronnie