Seventh Generation

4569. LaFayette Givens Taylor was born on 5 March 1875 in Nelson Co., VA. He lived with his parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 26 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴³⁷² LaFayette died at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA on 20 June 1964. In June 1964.¹⁴³⁷³

Obituary, the Waynesboro News-Virginian, Jun. 22, 1964

ROSELAND-Lafayette Givens Taylor, 89, died Saturday at 10:20 a.m. in the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.

He was born in Nelson County on March 5, 1875, the son of the late William H. and Martha Jane Coffey Taylor. He was a member of the Massies Mill Presbyterian Church and a retired employee of the Nelson County School system.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie May Coffey Taylor; five daughters, Mrs. Nathan Smoot of Piney River, Mrs. Signor Dillard of Madison Heights, Mrs. Paul G. Campbell of Massies Mill, Mrs. Andrew Hatter of Bedford and Mrs. W. G. Williams of Lynchburg; three sons, William H. Taylor of Piney Taylor, Robert Taylor of Tyro and Melvin Taylor of Massies Mill; one foster son, Calvin T. Lawhorne, with the U. S. Army in Germany; 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Preston Parr Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Jonesboro Cemetery.

LaFayette Givens Taylor and Rose L. Painter were married on 21 June 1894 in Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴⁷⁵⁶ Rose L. Painter was born in 1876 in Nelson Co., VA. Rose is buried at Pleas Taylor Family Cemetery in Nelson Co., VA . Her date of death is not known.¹⁴⁷⁵⁷

LaFayette Givens Taylor and Rose L. Painter had the following children:

LaFayette Givens Taylor and Lillie May Coffey were married on 21 January 1904 in Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴³⁶⁸ They¹⁴³⁶⁸ appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹⁴³⁶⁹ They¹⁴³⁶⁹ appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹⁴³⁷⁰ LaFayette and Lillie¹⁴³⁷⁰ appeared in the census on 8 April 1940 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹⁴³⁷¹ Lillie May Coffey, daughter of William Henry Coffey and Nancy Lutitia Dinsmore, was born on 18 May 1890 in Nelson Co., VA. Lillie died at Guggenheimer Memorial in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA on 25 July 1976 of chronic brain syndrome and was buried at In July 1976.^{14365,14366,14367}

LaFayette Givens Taylor and Lillie May Coffey had the following children: