• "Nancy Ann Taylor Tombstone Order".

• Category: Original

A photocopy of the original record is found in the book "The Bennet Taylor Family", by James Clifton Winfrey, Littleton, 1980

• Text: Christian County, Ill., Oct 11th 1865
  This is to Certify, That I have this day bought of D. Strohm & Co., one set of American
  Marble Grave Stones. Head stone to be about 3 feet high, and about 14 inches
  wide; Foot Stone to be one-third the height and width of Head Stone; to be inscribed as follows:
  Nancy A Wife of Bennet Taylor Died
  Sept 10th 1865 Aged 54 years 10 mo and 10 days
  to be delivered at My Residence in the fall of 1865, for
  which I agree to pay $25 Dollars on Delivery 186-
  Desire ? with a bail
  D[avid] M Taylor