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- There is written documentation that Mary Shelby, daughter of Susannah
Polk Alexander and Evan Shelby, was married to William Taylor
Alexander. This William Taylor might have been the brother of
Susannah Polk Alexander. This would have made William Taylor her
uncle, a very close blood tie. I have never seen evidence that
Susannah's brother's name was "William" Taylor. I have only seen it
written as Taylor Alexander. What makes more sense to me is that
William Taylor Alexander, son of Elias Alexander, Jr (II), married
Mary Shelby. He was her 1/2 first cousin twice removed. Elias Sr.
was married twice. William Taylor's grandmother was Mary Taylor. Mary
Shelby's line came through Elias Sr.'s 2nd wife Sophia LNU, therefore
she was his "1/2" 1st cousin
two times removed. (Martha Cross Mordecai, 2003)
Obituary of Mary Shelby Alexander, Daughter of Evan and Grandaughter
of Moses:
"On the 25th day of January, 1860, Mrs. Alexander, wife of Wm. Talor
Alexander, of Hickory Withe Congregation, Fayette County, Tenn. was
called away by the wise Disposer of events from weeping relatives and
friends, by paralysis, at the ripe old age of sixty-nine. In her
youth she cordially embraced the Savior of her pious parents, who had
trained her for God, and openly confessed him before men, by taking
her place as a communicant in a Presbyterian congregation in North
Carolina; and during a long life she adorned her profession by
'walking humbly, soberly, righteouslly and godly in this present
world.' As a wife, a mother, a mistress, a neighbor, a friend and a
member of the church, she had few equals. On the other hand, she was
peculiarly free from such foibles as, not unfrequently, much diminish
the usefulness of christians; and on the other, her positive
excellencies were numerous and striking. She was the oldest and one
of the most active female, members in the little church above
mentioned; and in it her death has left a blank that will be hard to
fill; and to her family, especially to her aged companion, who has for
years been blind, never again expects to see the light of day, it is
an irreparable loss. But it is a matter of inexpressible thankfulness
to God, that has committed her mortal remains to the cold earth in the
firm hope and belief that their loss in her unspeakable gain."
(Source: Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III, by
Caroline Isabel Poole Jones)
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1791 - 1860 (68 years)