George Edward Taylor

  General Notes:

One of the two Taylor brothers infamous for committing the Meek's Murders.

"Gus Meeks and his wife and three children were taken out of Milan at 12 o´clock Thursday night and murdered in cold blood by W.P. and George Taylor of Browning. The murdered were: Gus Meeks, aged 33 years, Delora Meeks, his wife aged 30, Hattie Meeks, the four year old girl and Mary Meeks the 18 months old baby girl."

George escaped from jail on 11 Apr 1896. "George was never captured, thought for years his appearance was reported at various parts of the country. Rumors said he fought honorably in the Spanish American War, others said he left the country, some said he returned and visited his family, but he was never apprehended by the law. Nellie grew to womanhood and married Albert Spray of North Salem. She died in 1910 shortly after giving birth to a daughter Hattie."

More information about the murder is available here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molinn/meeks.html ¹⁹⁷⁶