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Individual Record for: Sallie Mae Taylor (female)
Nicknames: Zachie (as a child)
"Little Mommie" (as an adult)
| Event |
Date |
Details |
| Birth |
10 MAY 1890 |
Place: Trenton Dade Ga |
| Death |
25 DEC 1947 |
Place: Jenkins Letcher Kentucky |
| Census |
1900 |
Place: Dade County Georgia
- Notes:
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1900 Census Record Trenton, Dade County GA
Zachariah Taylor Head
W M Feb 1840 60 M 3 Birthplace GA Fathers BP GA Mothers
Birthplace GA laborer
Nancy wife W F Feb
1845 55 M 35 (10 pregnancies/6 Survived) [GA GA GA] [read_Y] [write_N]
Children:
Fanny dau W F Nov 1880 19 S [GA GA GA]
Thomas son W M March 1884 16 S [GA GA GA] Day Laborer
Zachie dau W F MAY 1889 11 S [GA GA GA]
Enumerated on June 2 1900 by Stephen Thurman
Image On File_Extraction by Alma Harings [aharings@cox.net]
Notes Source: 1900
Census Dade County Georgia
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| Census |
1930 |
Place: Lipps Township, Wise County VA
- Notes:
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1930 Census for Lipps Township Wise County VA
(The father and head of household in 1930) John E Dixon was listed as
a married 55 year old literate white male gainfully employed as a
miner. The record also revealed that John (as well as both of
his parents) were born in the state of TN . His wife Sallie Dixon was
listed as a 39 yr old literate white female ( a mother and
homemaker) from (birthplace) GA. At the taking of this 1930 census,
the parents had two daughters attending school and three young
boys still at home as follows:
Loretta daughter age 15 student Birthplace GA
Alma daughter age 10 student Birthplace VA
Ray son age 5 home Birthplace VA
Roy son age 3 home Birthplace VA
Joe son age 1 home Birthplace VA
Record Extraction By Alma E. Harings
Census Image on file
aharings@cox.net
Notes Source: 1930
Census Lipps Township Wise Co VA
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| Burial |
29 DEC 1947 |
Place: http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.com/~grundyconnections/index.htm
Link To View Stanley Family
Cemetery Page
- Source:
- Tombstone Images On File-
Stanley Cemetery Clintwood VA
Quality: Primary - Picture:
- Stanley Cem Clintwood VA
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Picture:
Sallie Mae and Friend
Picture:
Little Ed Sanders and Cousin
Shirley Daniels (Clintwood VA)
Little Mommie
Sallie Mae Taylor-Dixon
Sallie Mae Taylor was born on May 10 1890 in Trenton GA and was the
last born child to Zachariah F. Taylor and Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie"
Osborn. Referred to by her parents and siblings as "Zachie",
Sallie eventually married John Edward Dixon in Trenton (Dade Co GA) on
16 December, 1908.
Sallie's father, Zachariah F Taylor of Cobb Co Ga had been a devout
member of the local Baptist Church just outside of Trenton GA there in
Dade Co into which Ed Dixon eventually became a lay minister.
No doubt Zack Taylor had a profound influence on his young son-in-law.
While still in the Trenton area of Dade county, Sallie and Ed started
their family. They eventually left Sallies hometown and on 4
July 1917 arrived in Wise, Virginia where they settled and made their
home.
Sallie's husband John Edward Dixon was known to many as "Poppy Dixon"
or "Uncle Ed" . He had been a lay minister since 1916, but in 1918 he
was ordained a minister by the Missionary Baptist Church in
Wise, Wise County, Virginia. Other than his family, nothing was more
important than his ministry. Ed was the pastor at churches in Mary
Chapel, Coeburn, Ball Run, Banner view, Hurricane, Mud Town and
many other churches. He led many people to be Christians and baptized
them in lakes and rivers of the area. Rev. J.E Dixon remained
active in the ministry as long as he was able to attend.<br>
His wife Sallie Mae was a petite yet fiercely strong mountain woman who
dedicated her life to caring for her home and her loved ones.
According to my mother, Sallie had the gift of second sight or
what some may call a sixth sense. My mother said that her grandmother
Sallie Mae just seemed to know things before they would happen.
In 2003, I wrote my Uncle Ed Sanders and asked if he too had noticed
anything paticularly unique or special about his grandmother Sallie.
He shared the following memories with me:
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- A Grandsons Recollections
"............Yes
Libby, I always referred to my Grandmother as "Little Mommie" and for
the record, she was the most gentle and loving person that I have
ever known. If one of her children (Or family) was on their
way home (As we called it, "going home") she would spend hours cooking
and cleaning, getting ready for them and then would sit by the window
in the kitchen all night waiting for the car containing her
loved ones to come up the holler.
And yes, your mother was right. Our Little Mommie
did have a Sixth Sense. As your mother may have told you, we lived
most of our lives prior to Little Mommy's death on Christmas
day of 1947 with she and Poppy Dixon. Our cousin Shirley Daniels
spent most of her young life prior to Dec 1947 with the Dixons as well.
One day Shirley and I were outside playing and
hadn't noticed that a storm was brewing nearby. The mountains blocked
everything in the sky except that which was directly above us.
When all of the sudden Mommie came running out of the kitchen and
grabbed Shirley and I and carried us into the kitchen. She held us
tightly to her breast while a cyclone passed outside the window
where Shirley and I had been playing just moments prior.
The tree in which we had been playing in was gone
and all that was left was a hole in the ground. How she knew that that
storm was coming was beyond us, but even as young as we were,
we knew that she had just saved our lives. As far as I know, a storm
had never happened there like that before and has never happened since.
So, do you call that a Sixth Sense? "
Love, Uncle Ed
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- I can recall my mother telling several similar stories about my
Great Grandmother Sallie Mae when I was just a little girl and even
then I was amazed by the physical and spiritual fortitude of
this little woman. Her strength could not have been all her own. I
remember being told that she had a very close relationship with God and
that it was not unusual to see Little Mommie suddenly drop to
her knees in prayer.
Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to meet her as she died
well before my birth. Even so, I believe her existence affected my
spiritual life thru the sharing of her stories and I believe my
faith in God was strengthened by her example. And for her legacy I am
truly grateful. Thank you little mommie....
Your great granddaughter
Alma Harings ("Libby")
Notes Source: Alma E
Dailey-Harings
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