Sarah Ann Cole

(1824-1900)

Story

Sarah married Alexander Taylor, who was the son of Isaac Taylor, Scottish immigrant to New Bern and renowned trader and merchant. Isaac is mentioned in the Patrick O’Brian seafaring novels.

Isaac cut Alexander out of his will for excessive drinking. Perhaps this explains Sarah and her sisters running a boarding house in Chapel Hill after the Civil War. Sarah had two sons, James Cole Taylor. b. 1855, and Isaac Montrose Taylor, 1857 – 1921, who was a physician and founder of Broadoaks Sanitorium in Morganton, NC. Sarah and Alexander were the great- grandparents of Dr. Isaac Taylor, dean of the Medical School at the University of North Carolina from 1964 - 1971, and great, great grandparents of musicians James Taylor and Livingston Taylor.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Sarah Ann Cole was born on November 24, 1824, in New Bern, NC. She died in 1900.

Places of Residence

• New Bern, NC.
• Chapel Hill, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: James Carney Cole (1795-1854) and Mary Catherine Snead (1799-1862).
• Spouse: Alexander Taylor. They had two sons, James Cole Taylor (b. 1855) and Isaac Montrose Taylor (1857-1921).
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, Blanchard Cole (1841-1842), Hugh Laing Cole (1838-1898) and James R. Cole (1831-1893).
  • five sisters, Elizabeth Jane Cole (1822-1830), Elizabeth Jane Cole (1836-1837), Harriotte Middleton Gillespie Cole (1827-1921) , Lavinia Ellis Cole (1833-1923)  and Mary Catharine Cole (1820-1900).