Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer

1872 - 1946  (74 years)

• Name	Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer  [1]
  Birth	31 May 1872	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  Biography	The following information was provided by Evelyn (Lewis) Powell. "Aunt Maude married her school teacher when she was 13 years old and her first child was born when she was 15 years old. Her husband, Mr. Bud Taylor, taught most of the family during this period. Whether you had a pain in your big toe or were seriously ill she was the first one called on to help heal you. She was always helping someone, always doing something for someone: sewing, repairing clothing, darning, and a specialist at laundering shirts. Once someone was visiting relatives in Saxis, but they were staying with Maude instead of with their relatives. Evelyn asked her mother, Mae, why they were staying with Maude and Mae replied, "because it was 'Sprawlings Hotel' and everyone who needed a place to stay was welcome." She was very religious. She was in a circle group wearing a pearl or colored bead necklace at a "Camp Meeting" and another member stuck his finger through the necklace and told her if she wanted to get to heaven she had to get rid of that. It is thought that God took her in anyway." Mrs. Maude E. Taylor, widow of Mr. John L. Taylor, of Saxis, died at the home of her brother, Marvin T. Drewer, on Saxis, Sunday, 24 Nov 1946, aged 74 years. She was a life long member of the Saxis Methodist Church, was very active in its work and was at the church when stricken last Thursday morning. Survivors were listed (Pen. Ent., 29 Nov 1946).
  Church member	1917	Meth Ch, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  Was Living	Sep 1946	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  Marr Name	Marda Ellen 'Maude' Taylor
  Record ID	338
  Death	24 Nov 1946	Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  Burial	Taylor Cemetery, Saxis, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. John Riley Drewer,   b. 10 Feb 1865, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 22 Dec 1934, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 69 years) ╚═Kate Elizabeth Griffin,   b. 1 Jan 1865, Portsmouth, Virginia d. 26 Dec 1920, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 55 years),  m. 11 Jun 1886, Temperanceville, Accomack Co, Virginia   ╚═May Griffin,   b. 12 May 1872, Norfolk, Virginia d. 5 Jun 1942, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age 70 years),  m. 1925     2. Mary Jane Drewer,   b. 19 Feb 1867, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 14 Feb 1871, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 3 years) + 3. Lloyd MacDuffy Drewer,   b. 31 Aug 1870, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 9 Sep 1946, Shields, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 76 years) ╚═Virginia Leigh Grinnalds,   b. 10 Dec 1871, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1 Sep 1942, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 70 years),  m. 10 Jul 1892, Oak Hall, Accomack Co, Virginia   + 4. Marda Ellen 'Maude' Drewer,   b. 31 May 1872, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 24 Nov 1946, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 74 years) ╚═John Lindham 'Bud' Taylor,   b. 1862, Mearsville, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 23 Aug 1942  (Age 80 years),  m. 25 Dec 1886, Worcester Co, Maryland   + 5. Harvey Anderson Drewer,   b. 11 Sep 1875, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 19 Dec 1955, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 80 years) ╚═Florence Temple Phillips,   b. 28 Dec 1878, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Mar 1934, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 55 years),  m. 27 Aug 1897, Oak Hall, Accomack Co, Virginia   ╚═Naomi Franklin Spence,   b. 8 Jan 1897, Watts Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 14 Jan 1971  (Age 74 years),  m. 24 Sep 1935, Oak Hall, Accomack Co, Virginia   + 6. Mary Jane Drewer,   b. 31 Jan 1879, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 22 Apr 1935, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware  (Age 56 years) ╚═Sewell James Linton,   b. 13 Mar 1879, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 5 Dec 1938, Cole's Point, Virginia  (Age 59 years),  m. 19 Jan 1899, MD-VA Line, Worcester Co, Maryland   + 7. William Cleveland 'Willie C.' Drewer,   b. 1 May 1884, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 16 Apr 1915, Tangier Sound, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 30 years) ╚═Minnie Crandall Bonnewell,   b. 21 Oct 1884, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 23 Feb 1967  (Age 82 years),  m. 28 Jun 1903, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia   + 8. Marvin Thomas Drewer,   b. 13 Feb 1889, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 31 May 1967  (Age 78 years) ╚═Beulah D. Stant,   b. 7 Mar 1890, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1971  (Age 80 years),  m. 22 Dec 1909, Meth Ch, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Drewer,   b. Abt 1805, Virginia d. Bef 24 Jan 1849, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 44 years)  (Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--),   b. Abt 1790   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I338	MilesFiles23 | Descendants of John Drewer & Susan Simpson, Ancestors & Descendants of Bruce Sterling
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Drewer,   b. 1843, Baltimore, Maryland d. 10 Sep 1912, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Eliza Jane Miles,   b. 17 Sep 1843, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 20 Feb 1915, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1863	Somerset Co, Maryland   [1, 7]
  	The family Bible shows 17 Nov 1863 and Pollitt shows 12 Nov 1863.
  Family ID	F9172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Lindham 'Bud' Taylor,   b. 1862, Mearsville, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 23 Aug 1942 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1886	Worcester Co, Maryland   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Viola Sally Taylor,   b. 1887, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 7 Dec 1944, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware (Age 57 years) ╚═ John W. Marshall  (Age 85 years)  m. 24 Dec 1903;    ╚═ John Wescoski  m. Abt 1920 + 2. Lillian V. Eliza 'Lill' Taylor,   b. 31 Dec 1889, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Oct 1974, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 84 years) ╚═ John Pierce  m. Abt 1910;    ╚═ Howard William Linton  (Age 65 years)  m. 29 Oct 1911   3. Cecil Auvergne Taylor,   b. 24 Feb 1893, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 27 Jul 1967, Saxis Island, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 74 years) ╚═ Virginia 'Jennie' Baker  m. Abt 1935   4. John Wesley Taylor,   b. 9 May 1896, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1896
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Taylor Cemetery, Saxis, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2344] Drewer, John W., Family Bible, (J.A. Wilmore & Co., New York, Copyright page missing), 2344. [S31] 1880 Accomack Co, VA, Census, 31. [S78] PocCh 1898-1927 Sax Roll, 78. [S1083] Drewer, Mildred Lee 'Mickey', 1083. [S27] Peninsula Enterprise, Obituary, 27. [S38] Barry Wayne Miles, Miles, Saxis/Sykes Cemeteries, (VA-Tidewater, Gen Society, Hampton, VA, Jun 1988), no marker, 38. [S564] Pollitt, Roy - Som Co Marriages 1796-1871, (Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Co, 1986), 564. [S595] Dryden, Ruth - Lw ES MD Marriages 1865-1906, (San Diego, CA: Ruth T. Dryden, 1991), 595.