Mary Alice BOLLING
- Born: 18 Oct 1869, Carter Co, KY
- Marriage: Lewis Scott TAYLOR on 17 May 1888 in Carter Co KY
- Died: 16 Oct 1933, Monitor, Logan Co, WV at age 63
- Buried: Euma Cem, Logan Co, WV
 General Notes:
Marrige Bond dated 17 May 1888. Information about Female stated the marrige was to be at the home of Wm Bowling.
Alice was a daring adventurous little woman who delighted in riding barefoot and in a standing position astride two barback horses. She wieghted 90 pounds when she married Lewis Scott Taylor. Alice later became a very devout Christian after moving to WV. At times she would feel a prompting to pray for her son Clyde who was serving in France (WWI). Later he would relate to her that at those particular times men were falling all around him. Alice was always helping neighbors with various tasks including preparing bodies of their loved ones for burial. She taught Sunday School and lived a quiet unasuming life always doing for others. She was an excellent seamstress. The girls would see dresses they liked in a catalog and she would make them. Her handiworks also included quilt making, embroidering, and crocheting. Very task oriented, days were filled with busy activities such as picking wild blackberries and huckleberries (blueberries), canning, gardening, flowers, ironing, house chores and church going.
Research Notes:
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Noted events in her life were:
• Alt. Burial: Moved to Highland Memory Gardens at Godby, WV.
Mary married Lewis Scott TAYLOR, son of George TAYLOR and Catharine INGLIS, on 17 May 1888 in Carter Co KY. (Lewis Scott TAYLOR was born on 4 Apr 1865 in Peters Mt., WV, died on 6 Sep 1939 in Switzer, Logan Co, WV and was buried on 9 Sep 1939 in Euma Cem, Logan Co, WV.)
Marriage Notes:
Bond 12 May 1888, Sur. Wm Bowling,
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