WAX TAYLOR, EVA ADELE - Bourbon County, Kansas | EVA ADELE WAX TAYLOR - Kansas Gravestone Photos

Eva Adele WAX TAYLOR

Mason Cemetery
Bourbon County,
Kansas

February 20, 1878 - Mary 19, 1909

Eva was born in Montgomery County, Iowa, the daughter of Francis Marion Wax and Ellen Rachel Ewing. Her father was born in Ohio and in the spring of 1855 moved with his parents to Montgomery County, Iowa.

When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the 29th Iowa Infantry in the fall of 1861. Francis participated in the battles of Helena, Little Rock, Mobile Bay, and Turnwall Creek. He was discharged in 1865 and returned to Montgomery County.

Francis married Ellen Rachel Ewing on 6 Oct 1868 in Montgomery County. They had four daughters. Francis and Ellen are buried in Glenwood Cemetery at Walnut, Crawford Co., KS.

Eva married Evard Morton "Mote" Taylor in 1900 in Fremont County, Iowa. They had three children: Guy, Ellen, and Kenneth. Mote and Eva moved to Kansas after the birth of Guy.

Eva died from complications of childbirth at the age of 31, two weeks after the birth of Kenneth.

After Eva's death, Mote married Florence Mabel Williams in Uniontown on 4 Apr, 1910. They had three children: Mary, Robert, and Evard. They lived in Uniontown before moving to Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa.

Mote died in 1951 at the age of 73 years, he and Florence are buried in
Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, IA.

Photo Courtesy of
Robin Hixon

Contributed on 4/13/14

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Submitted: 4/13/14 • Approved: 4/13/14 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R30843-G30842-S3

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