Grant Taylor was born on July 19, 1919 in Mississippi. 1943 - January 8: Grant Ed Taylor (Edward Taylor) married Ida Bell Dickens 1944 - June 17: Drafted into United States Army 1945 - May 7: Grant T. Taylor was born on Pointer Plantation in Como, Ms. 1946: Ida Bell Taylor was living with her maternal grandmother, Dan Ella (Dank)Porter McClain 1947 - December: Grant (Edward) Taylor is released from Army with a "honorable Discharge 1948 - January 13: Ida Mae Taylor was born; the child's nickname was "sister." Little Grant came up with the idea of both a new baby and the nickname. Ida was born in Coldwater, Ms at Dan Ella (Dank)Porter McClain's house. 1949 - April 2: Earline Taylor was born in Como, Ms at Dank's house on the Pointer Plantation. 1950 - September 15: Earnestine Taylor was born in Como, Ms at Dank's - on Pointer's Plantation. 1952 - April 1: Floyd (B-Boy) was born in Como, Ms on Pointer Plantation at Mary Daniels' house, Ida Bell Taylor's third cousin. 1953 - December 17: Carrie Lee Taylor was born in Lula Ms in Mr. Elgin and Rosie Jones House (a rental). 1955 - May 11: Thelma Lee Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mr. and Mrs. Jones' house. 1956 - July 8: James Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mrs. Wilson's house - a caucasian woman we rented from. 1957 - July 22: Mary Jane Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mrs. Wilson's house. 1959 - May 23: Sallie Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mrs. Wilson's house. 1964 - July 6: Zachary Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mrs. Wilson's house. 1967 - November 6: Anthony Ashland Taylor was born in Lula, Ms in Mrs. Wilson's house. Grant (Edward Taylor) lived in Dundee, Ms from 1941 - 1944. He ran away from home, he and his brother, Willie B. Taylor after receiving a beating from their father, Rev. Granison Taylor. The story goes that the young men had taken the family car without permission. The boys had gone out to sell some furniture they had made. When their father awakened, wanting to use his car, it was gone; he became enraged. As soon as the young men returned, their father began beating them furiously, even hitting them with a poke iron. It was said that Grant (Edward) hand was slit due to the beating. After their stepmother finally warned him of God's damnation and their sister,Mattie Mae's intervention, Granison Taylor withdrew his blows; the two younger brothers fled. Grant made his way from Como, Ms to Dundee, Ms where he worked as a clerk in a caucasian man's convenience store.