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nu po ug ---wedding'oiable* Ln Fnmily ConnectionYancey Davia Taylor’* father wa3 John Burleson Taylor, who died several years a so at the age of 100. He was a cousin. of Gen. Zachary Taylor, who led the United States troops to vLctory in tho ■war with Mexico In IS 47 and later became President of the United States- Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy during the War Between the States, married Gan, Zachary Taylor's'datighter, and Yancey Davis Taylor bears his middle name in honor of the leader of the Confederacy. Mrs. Yancey Taylor’s father bore t2to name of Aaron Burleson and her grandfather was also named Aaron Burleson, who was a brother of Joseph Burleson, grandfather of Yancey Davis Taylor. Mr*. Taylor's grandfather on her mother1.** Okie was Thomas Jones Hardeman, who served In ihe House of Bcr rose ntativoa and lt;he Senate of the Bwpublic of Texas and was a personal friend ci[ Gen, Sam Houston and Stephen F. Any tin- Her grandmother, Mrs. Hard ema m was * daughter of Green DeWltt. a Texas patriot, after whom DeWitc County was named. A niece of Mrs. Taylor Is Mrs. Paul McSween. wife of the manager of the St. Anthony Hotel, and who was formerly Miss LauraWilliamson.To Qualify the statement Jn the opening sentence of this narrative let it be said that a Burle-non was a member of George Washington's staff; there 'were colonels, cap'alna and privates] bearing the name of Burleson in ; the Bevolutionary Army, and the! battlefield* of Bunker Hill, Brandywine and Saratoga, were stained with Burleson blood. In the war of 3 812 they camo again in largo number* to tia defers we of th olr country, displaying their usual gallantry and dash at Dundy's Dane, SaokcU's liarbor, Oswego and Queenstown Heights. ‘When our own loved Texas was in revolt against Mexico in ISJfl the Burlesons were here, rallying to the cause of Texas Independence, when Gen- Dd Burleson was .with Sam Houston at San Jacinto after bavin* previously icon service under Gen- Andrew Jackson In ih* Creek War of IS 15. Thft Burleson* %ver« wain in th* widdH ln the war with Mexico in 1*«. *hot, fought and mingled their shout* of victovy with Zachary Taylor'* Army at Buena Vi*ta, Monterrey. • Pa So Alto and Peseca de Palma, all o£ which 1 wan r leaned . t^om t.he memoirs oC rr. Rufus C. Burle-non, noted educator, long Identified with Baylor Universitye.fGTBVolt;thhitethestyreaiDifpD.lXj o ! rr gi sc ta ol lo er at Sc JcAnTaso:lo*TeOfWleflbnLhiifapUlofjoifoilrighIupbyliiEbostllvqu:COIThletpenmaAnofboihelgetturanAf{TCImsbee
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 09, 1938
Page 14
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