Jesse Taylor Memorial

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2022.13.2

Description

Jesse Taylor Memorial at its original location in Jollytown, Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Dedicated 25 August 1892. The inscription reads, "Jesse Taylor, Priv. Co. F, 7th Regt. W. Va. Vol. Inf'y., Aged 21 yrs. & 1 mon. / First soldier killed from Greene Co. Pa. in the War of the Rebellion at Romney, W. Va. Oct 26, 1861. / Erected to his memory by his comrades. / S. W. Gilmore, G. W. Shough, Sec., Jeff. Dye, Cor. Sec., J. L. Garrison, Treas., Abe Taylor - Bld. Com. / W. H. Meighen, Pres. of Asso'n." Original, candid.

Collection

Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection

Made/Created

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Gilmore Township / Jollytown

Lexicon

Search Terms

Gilmore (Greene County, Pa. : Township), Jollytown (Pa.), Military, Taylor family, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

THOM0002

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Taylor, Jesse [1838-1861]

Web Links and URLs

Jesse Taylor Memory Medallion (Personal story), DOWNLOAD high-resolution JPG image, DOWNLOAD high-resolution TIFF image

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Meighen Series - Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection

Notes

The Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection was passed from Dennis Meighen [1853-1929] and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Carpenter [1855-1934], to their daughter, Mary Priscilla (Meighen) Garrison [1889-1973], and her husband, Guy Stanley Garrison [1889-1956], to their daughter, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005. SOURCE CITATION: Jesse Taylor Memorial at its original location in Jollytown, Gilmore Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; item no. THOM0002, Meighen Series, Helen Lee (Garrison) Thompson Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).