Mary Jane Taylor

F, b. 9 April 1836, d. 9 February 1926
FatherDr Caswell Cunningham Taylor b. 15 May 1795, d. 10 Oct 1886
MotherNancy Duncan b. c 1799, d. 1844
ChartsMillard Descendants
Birth*9 April 1836 Mary Jane Taylor was born on 9 April 1836 at Milligan, Carter County, Tennessee. 
Marriage*30 January 1855 She married Abdial Unkefer Kitzmiller on 30 January 1855. 
Marriage*26 October 1873 Mary Jane Taylor married Rev Samuel Harrison Millard DD, son of Samuel Millard and Alice DeHart Morrell, on 26 October 1873 at Tennessee. 
Census1880*1 June 1880 Mary Jane Taylor and Rev Samuel Harrison Millard DD appeared on the 1800 Census of District 9, Washington County, Tennessee, enumerated 1 June 1880. Their children John Worley, Sarah Alice, Malissa, Mollie and Samuel Taylor were listed as living with them.1 
Census1910*16 April 1910 Mary Jane Taylor appeared on the 1910 Census of Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, at 118 Millard Street, enumerated 16 April 1910. Her children Sarah Alice and Mollie were listed as living with her. 
Census1920*15 January 1920 Mary Jane Taylor appeared on the 1920 Census of Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, enumerated 15 January 1920. Her children Sarah Alice and Mollie were listed as living with her. 
Death*9 February 1926 Mary Jane Taylor died on 9 February 1926 at Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, at age 89.2 
Burial* She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee.
Anecdote* Mary Jane (Taylor) Kitzmiller taught the first school at Cedar Hill, Tennessee (Now Milligan College). After their marriage, she and Abdiel moved to Missouri and, sometime after their last child was born, moved to Macoupin County, Illinois where Abdiel's parents lived. Abdiel died there in 1862. Later, after the Civil War, Mary Jane returned to Cedar Hill, Carter County, Tennessee where she and her three children lived, for a time, with her father. There she taught in the old log church house, known as the Buffalo Christian Church. This school, or schools taught by Mary Jane (Taylor) Kitzmiller can be truthfully said to be the embryo of Buffalo Institute that later grew into Milligan College. In 1873, Mary Jane married Samuel H. Millard, D.D. Below is the biography of her second husband. It contains much information on Mary Jane's first marriage. (Some of the above information comes from the notes of Larry W. Harrell.) 

Family 1

Abdial Unkefer Kitzmiller b. 8 Jun 1829, d. 24 Sep 1862
Child

Family 2

Rev Samuel Harrison Millard DD b. 1 Nov 1820, d. 11 May 1905
Child

Citations

  1. [S2633] Rev Samuel Harrison Millard DD household, 1880 United States Census, Washington, population schedule.
  2. [S2413] Obituary - Mrs Jane M Millard, unknown short newspaper title, 10 Feb 1926.