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Mehetabel Taylor
DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN, MRS. MEHETABEL TAYLOR PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF NINETY-SIX
After a life of almost one hundred years, Grandma Taylor's earthly life ended, and she has passed to that fairer, better country where the old grow young again and the infirmities of age are unknown. Mrs. Taylor was born in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, January 18, 1799. When she was eight years of age she removed with her parents to Virginia where she grew to womanhood; at the age of twenty-four she was married to Mr. James Taylor, and with her husband commenced her married life at Moundsville, W.Va. and some years later removed to Ohio and bought a farm near Hendrysburgh, and later on sold that and bought another two miles north of Fairview. Ten children blessed Mr. and Mrs. Taylor's union, nine of whom lived to be grown.
The deceased was a busy hardworking woman and nearly all the clothing for her family was spun and woven by her own hands. She was the mother of ten, five of whom survived her. Mr. James Taylor, St. Clairsville; Mr. Lemuel Taylor, Flushing; Mr. Reuben Taylor, Olivet; Mrs. Capt. Dale, Gallipolis; and Mrs. John Bulger, of this place. She was also blessed with forty one grandchildren and forty four great-grandchildren which is surely a wonderful record, and one that will not let her name die out for generations to come.
Mr. Taylor preceded his wife to the better land in 1866, and for the greater part of the last twenty years Mrs. Taylor has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Bulger, of this place. In all that time she received the most loving attention and tender care and there was nothing left undone to make her life comfortable and happy. For a number of years she has been entirely helpless, but Mrs. Bulger never faltered, and until the end came she remained faithful to her sacred trust. Mrs. Taylor joined the Methodist Church at the age of 24, and was all her life a conscientious good woman, a loyal devoted wife, mother and friend who trusted in the Master through all the vicissitudes of life.
Funeral services were held at the home of their daughter, Tuesday morning, conducted by Dr. W.H. Locke. The remains were taken to Belmont for interment.
From the Barnesville Enterprise, February 14, 1895
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