Robert Ryburn Taylor1

b. 19 April 1881
FatherThomas Caywood Taylor2,1 b. 5 Jun 1840, d. 11 Jun 1909
MotherMartha Elizabeth Henderson3 b. 10 Mar 1849, d. 1919
Birth19 Apr 1881 Robert Ryburn Taylor was born on 19 Apr 1881.2,1 
Cens-19006 Jun 1900 The 1900 census for the Glade Spring district of Washington County, Virginia included Robert's parents with their 9 children, including Robert's married sister Mary and her husband and child. Robert's father and brother-in-law William Adkins both worked on the railroad. Robert, at age 19, was employed as a watchman.4 
 Robert did not marry.2,1 
DeviseeMay 1919  He and his brother Richard inherited their family home in Washington County, Virginia when their mother wrote her will in 1919. She described it as including a house, yard, garden and orchard.3 
ChartsDescendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited16 Feb 2010

Citations

  1. [S140] "Ryburn History," compiled by P. Shugart, p. 23.
  2. [S29] Leonidas Littleton Papers titled "Ryburn Family."
  3. [S961] Martha E. Taylor will (recorded 1919), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Book 31: 575. The will was dated 12 May 1919 and recorded 23 Jul 1919. Martha's son Richard Taylor was named as her executor.
  4. [S574] Thomas Taylor household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 5B, dwelling 86, family 90, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Nov. 2006, image 10 of 70. Enumeration includes: Thomas Taylor, 59, marr 30 yrs, b. June 1840, owns home, no mortgage, is home (not farm); Elizabeth, wife, 51, marr 30 yrs, mother of 10 children, 9 living; Minerva, dau, 28, b. Dec. 1871; William, son, 23, b. Oct. 1876, blacksmith; Minnie, dau, 21, b. Dec. 1878; Robt, son, 19, b. Apr. 1881, watchman; Margaret, dau, 16, b. Sept. 1883; Charles, son, 14, b. Dec. 1885; Richard, son, 12, b. Dec. 1887; Ethel, dau, 10, b. Apr 1890; William Adkins, son-in-law; 30, b. May 1870, marr 3 yrs, locomotive fireman; [Adkins], Ella, dau, 26, b. March 1874, marr 3 yrs, mother 1 child; cont. top next page: Claude Adkins, gr son, 2, b. Aug. 1897; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.