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Ellen Perry Talbot

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Adline M. Taylor          Lee R. Taylor

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Houston T. Taylor

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Mr. John Ottis Taylor Passes Away Wed.

Mr. John Ottis Taylor of Matagorda passed away Wednesday at 4:25 p. m. in a Houston hospital.

He is survived by his wife, one son John E. Taylor of Matagorda; two brothers, R. L. Taylor of Wadsworth and W. T. Taylor of Chapel Hill.

Funeral service will be held from Christ Episcopal Church, Matagorda, at 3:00 p. m. Friday, with Rev. Aubrey Maxted officiating. Interment will be in Matagorda Cemetery with Taylor Bros. in charge.

Daily Tribune, July 29, 1948

Imogene M. Taylor

Taylor, Imogene M., 81, passed away April 26 at Richmond, Texas. She was a lifelong resident of Matagorda and was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Matagorda. Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of Edward J. and Catherine Selkirk Inglehart. Services will be held Friday morning at 10:30 a. m. at the Christ Episcopal Church in Matagorda with interment at the Matagorda Cemetery. The Rev. James Abernathy will officiate at the services. Survivors include: one son, John E. Taylor of Rosenberg; and one brother, A. E. Inglehart of Navasota. Pallbearers are: Gary Chapman, Cary McPherson, James Andy Inglehart, Carroll Asbill, and Earl McCarty. Funeral services are under the direction of Taylor Bros. Funeral Home.

Daily Tribune, April 27?, 1972

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Jane Rochelle Thompson
A Tribute To A Faithful Servant

Jane Rochelle Thompson, colored, eighty years old, who was born during slavery days (1855) died here from heart trouble Wednesday. “Aunt Jane” as everybody called her, has been a servant in Matagorda most all of her life and she will be missed by everyone for there is not a white family hardly in town that she hasn’t nursed their children, worked in their homes or laundried their clothes for them which she could do so beautifully. This she continued to do until only a short time ago when her health demanded she give up her splendid service and her sister, Fannie, who is just as fine and who worked by her side from day to day, took charge and nursed her to the end. These old servants are fast passing into history.

Matagorda County Tribune, February 21, 1935