1History, LDS book # 977.862 V 21.
Village Of Cook Station
"Our Ozark Mountain Neighbors" by Gilbert Lang, Crawford Co., Missouri"
Taylor Petty 1st and wife, whose maiden name was thought to be Blackwell came from Virginia and homesteaded land at the head of the Meramac River in Dent, County, Missouri. Post office office was probably Salem, Mo.
Children listed were: 1. Wilson (Wilse) 2. Millie who md Joe Taft 3. Taylor (2nd) Taylor Petty was the 1st to die at age of 30, sometime before the Civil War. His wife married again when her children were almost grown. 4. Jefferson Riley born 1843. Md. 5 times. Died Feb 1912, bur. in Cooksy Cem. Cook Station, MO. Millie, Petty dau of Taylor Petty 1st. md Joe Taft. Their chldren were:
William (Bill)
James
Mary
Ollie
Julia
Linda
Charles (Charles) md Mary Best.
Charles Taft, son of Jo and Millie Petty Taft married Mary Best. (See Petty Papers 11- 1 page 28 for more details.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 11 #1 pg 28.
remarried when her children were almost grown.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 11 #1 pg 28.
1Marriage Record, LDS 975.565 v25g.
Charlotte, County VA Marriage bonds. bondsman John Petty.
1Marriage Record, LDS 975.565 v25g.
Charlotte, County VA Marriage bonds. bondsman John Petty.