Marshall Benton
"Red Fox" Taylor

Marshall Benton Red Fox Taylor

Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor b 1836 Taylortown, Scott Co VA d 27 Oct 1893 Wise Co VA s/o William P Taylor and Mary "Polly" Stallard. Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor m. 23 Nov 1854 Wise Co VA to Nancy Ann Booth b May 1835 Green Co TN d 1912 Letcher Co KY, d/o James and Mary Booth.  More about Red Fox Taylor. Children of Marshall Benton Taylor and Nancy Ann Booth;

 Mary Elizabeth Taylor b 1856 Scott Co VA m. 23 Mar 1876 Letcher Co KY to James Franklin "Jim" Bentley b 1848 Letcher Co KY; s/o Thomas Bentley and Margaret Crase. Children of James Franklin "Jim" Bentley and Mary Elizabeth Taylor;

I. Magnolia Ann Bentley b about 1877 m. Samuel Benson Wright b 17 Jun 1857

II. Samuel Bentley b about 1879

 Rebecca Taylor b 1858 Wise Co VA d Salina MO; m. Absalom "Ebb" Johnson.

 Martha Catherine Taylor b 11 Feb 1859 Wise Co VA d 6 Apr 1897 Beaver Dam, KY, buried Baker Cemetery Beaver Dam, KY,  m. 15 Feb 1877 Letcher Co KY to Henry Baker, b 26 Feb 1858 Letcher Co KY d 17 Oct 1927 Beaver Dam KY, buried Baker Cemetery Beaver Dam, KY, s/o Elijah Willis Baker and Mary Polly Yonts. Henry Baker m. 2nd Marthann Clay and 3rd Angeline Parsons. .

 Sylvan Taylor b May 1862 Wise Co VA m. 25 Dec 1886 to Hattie Salyer.

Marshall Benton Taylor
and Rebecca Jane Mullins

Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor b 1836 Taylortown, Scott Co VA d 27 Oct 1893 Wise Co VA s/o William P Taylor and Mary "Polly" Stallard. Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor m. Rebecca Jane Mullins b 1855 VA d/o Booker Basil "Cripple Basil" Mullins and America Baker. Children of Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor and Rebecca Jane Mullins;

I. James Calvin Mullins b 31 Mar 1891 Wise Co VA d 22 Nov 1979; m. 22 Dec 1912 Wise Co VA to Delphia Mullins b 3 Dec 1893 Wise Co VA d 19 Jun 1977 Wise Co VA; d/o John Dave Mullins and Princess Parzada Peaks

II. Charlie Todd Mullins

(Source): The letter below was written by Flora Taylor Stallard to her cousin Ewing Taylor, and was given to me by a wonderful lady named Berniece. She has shared much information with me and has graciously allowed me to share it with you.........
Thanks Berniece (and her daughter)!

Note: The spelling is as in the original letter, I added some punctuation for clarity.

Esserville VA
Nov. 23 1960

Dear Cosin Ewing

I will try to answer your letter received some time ago the reason I haven't wrote sooner I was trying get Uncle Marshall's picture so I could send it to you.

William P. Taylor married Polly Stallard his first wife then he for his second wife Eda Ashworth.

William P. and Polly was your great grand parents and they had 5 children. Marshall B the oldest, Sylvan 2 oldest, Nancy married a Tyler 3 oldest. Saria Boatwright 4 oldest Rebecca Davis 5, this is his children by his first wife and after Polly died he married Eda Ashworth they had 7 children, their names are Emory, Elizabeth, Jackson, Allen, Siss, Charlie, Jim. Jackson was my father. Gramma Eda raised W.P. first children and her seven.

Gramma Eda wearied her self till she died when Marshall got in that trouble.

My mother was Susan Wolf and her mother was a Carter. She was Billie Carters daughter.

Billie had two boys Dr. John Carter and Pete Carter, this is all I know about the Carters.

My father and mother had 11 children and there are three of us living, I lost my oldest brother the 11 of last month, he was 91 years old the 21 day of last June. I am 74 yrs old and I am the oldest one living now.

I am sending you one of Uncle Marshall (Marshall Benton Taylor) pictures I found a picture and had some copies of it made and I am sending you one Uncle Marshall was hung at. He went through the scaffold, I don't know how they managed to catch him when he fell through but Dr. Cherry told me and my sister that he was not hung for he was one of the Dr. in the Boothe and Dr. Marshall put on a false face and walked out with the rest of them and they took the casket to the cemetery and buried the casket and Uncle Marshall went to Masauria and his grand daughter was up here three years ago and told my brother Billie that Dr. Taylor was not hanged. But she said he was dead now. Marshall was a freemason and Dr. Cherry said that the 16 men that was in the Booth where he fell through was all Freemasons.

Marshall B. Taylor married Nancy Booth and they had 4 children, their names are Mary. She married Jim Bently in Ky. Martha married Henry Baker. Sylvan married a Saylers. Rebecca married Ebb Johnson, I don't know if any of them is living. The girls all went to Masauria and Sylvan lived haere at Norton, Sylvan has been dead several years.

I don't know anything about Silas Ison.

We live about 1 mile South of Wise Va if you ever some through heare you can find us easy We live on Route 23 between Esserville and Wise. We are well as can be expeded. We are getting up in years. Our children is all married we raised 7 children 3 boys & 4 girls.

And my husband is a retired miner and draws a 100.00 one hundred dollar UMW pension and we draw S.S. too. I am sure Uncle Marshall was not honge you can be sure of that.

So I will close for this time.

This is about all I can tell you at present.

So answer if you want to find out anything else. I don't know of any body having William P. and Polly Picture.

From Your Cosin
Mrs. Trigg Stallard
Esserville VA