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pictured at right: James Patton Taylor, c. 1906
1862 Photograph of the Nathaniel Greene Taylor Family: This is a composite photograph, I'm sure, of Nathaniel (congressman, Indian Commissioner, and minister), his wife Emmaline (nee Haynes, the sister of Landon Carter Haynes, Confederate senator), and their brood of children, including two future governors of Tennessee (Bob and Alf) and my great-grandfather (James).
Gov. Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee: a poster advertising one of his lectures, with remarks by Robert Love Taylor of Pennsylvania, his great-great nephew.
1923 Photograph of the James Patton Taylor Family: A memorable picture, taken at a family reunion at my great-grandfather's farm on the banks of the Nolichucky River, Carter County, Tennessee.
The Lovelorn Baxter Taylor: The plight of a bachelor, 1904; the remedy, courtship of Love Thomas.
Love Thomas, Not Quite a Bride: A wedding picture, c. 1900, in which the young Love Thomas gazes at her friend who has just been married.
Wedding Announcement, 1907: a newspaper clipping concerning the marriage of my grandparents, Baxter Taylor and Love Thomas.
The Three Boys, 1917: My father at the age of three, with his older brothers and a charming kitten.
Baxter Taylor, c.1919: Granddad Taylor in his office in the state capitol building, Chairman of the Industrial Commission.
The Baxter Taylor family in1930: a photograph taken on the occasion of my Uncle Jim's 21st birthday; Baxter and Love and their three handsome sons.
Baxter and Love with Sons, 1950: in their Sunday-go-to-meeting finery.
Nancy Jane Marshall Wiseman: three photographs of Nanaw Wiseman, my mother's mother, one taken when she was in her thirties, the others in her seventies and eighties.
Martin Pinkney Wiseman: a photograph of Granddad Wiseman as a young man; one of him with Nancy Jane, c. 1930, and a picture of Ora Lee, their second daughter.
Mother at age 23: A photograph of Willie Merle Wiseman--aka Merle Taylor, Merle Davis.
Mother in about 1945: She would have been about thirty years old.
Some early romances: Woody, Harry, and Howard, and a story about the courtship of Robert L. Taylor.
A Second Honeymoon: Merle and Bob in Las Vegas, 1947
Merle and Jimmy: Mother with my stepfather James Davis, at their apartment complex, c. 1994
