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8 " SEPTEMBER 8 . 2006
THE COLUMBIA STAR " S C
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By Rachel Haynie
Dr. Edmund Taylor
has a number of ancestors
with Civil War military serv-
ice, but one is of special
interest to a noted scholar.
Dr. Dave Bush will be in
town to give the keynote
address at the Ninth Annual
Civil War Symposium to be
held September 22, 23. The
Ohio professor has request-
ed to meet Taylor. He hopes
the retired physician will
bring his family artifacts.
The Ohio archaeolo-
gist. author of Doing Time,
knew of the Taylor connec-
tion in Columbia when he
agreed to speak at the sym-
posium. He spoke of young
Lt. John Taylor with great
familiarity.
John Taylor, one of
several patriots serving
from the same family, was
captured in South Carolina
and transferred from one
Union prison to another
before enduring the last
two years of his incarcera-
tion at Johnson Island.
Bush hopes Taylor has
some details he can add to
his body of knowledge
about the Union prison
camp that held thousands
of Confederate officers.
Taylor said, "He was
captured when the orders
he was following, to relieve
a sentinel, sent him in the
wrong direction, right into
Union hands." Taylor spoke
of his ancestor as though he
knew him "we'll. Keen
research into his family's
history has kept Lt. John
Taylor alive in the con-
sciousness of the contem-
porary Taylor all these
years.
"All he had was one
blanket, and they were on
the edge of Lake Erie. Snow
and wind would come
smack through the walls,"
recounted Taylor who
knows his forebear's letters
by heart. "He nearly froze to
death, and on top of that,
they kept them on the
barest possible calories to
keep them alive and just
well enough that they
wouldn't have to give them
medical attention."
Taylor said more sol-
diers died of medical condi-
tions than were killed, but
Dr. Edmund Taylor has treasured artifacts his
ancestor Lt. John Taylor brought home from
Johnson Island, an Ohio Civil War Prison. At the
Ninth Annual Civil War Symposium September
22, 23, 2006, he will show them to a Johnson
Island scholar in town to address this year's
Civil War Symposium at the SC Department of
Archives and History.
of,our ancestor s
the treitrneiit,4ff tln amlcers ly book l,'
held at Johnson Island was letters," said Taylor.
not ordered by Union com- He will show Bush his
mand. "It was the men at ancestor's picture, the
the prison who took things shadow box filled with Tay-
before they ever reached lor's war relics, and two
the prisoners:John Taylor's books, one by the Meiss-
family sent him clothing, ners. The other he wrote
food, supplies, even money, himself. The retired physi-
but theynever got to him." cian's family history has
The unauthorized one chapter devoted entire-
blockade worked the other ly to John Taylor's time at
way, too. "Although he Johnsonlsland.
wrote to his mother every Learning that Lt. John
day, she received his letters Taylor's progeny was inter-
only sporadically," said Tay- ested in an information
lor, who was born after his swap encouraged Bush to
grandfather died but invite others descended
remembers his grandmoth- from Johnson Island pris-
er. oners to seek him out dur:
After the war, Taylor's ing the two-day sympo-
grandmother collected as slum.
many letters that had trans- Bush is the banquet
ferred between her and her speaker for Saturday
son as she could. 'A cousin, evening at the symposium.
Francis Taylor Meissner, For more information, go to
and her husband Charles www.state.sc.us/scdah/200
have now published a fami- 6civilwar.htm.
Ellen MacLaughlin of
Lexington, Joan Gibbs
of Sumter, and Emily
Lee of Columbia dis-
play the stuffed dolls
made by the Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sorority
Alumnae and donated
to the Palmetto
Health Children's
Hospital. Over 1000
stuffed dolls and bags
have been donated to
the hospital over the
past 15 years.
Photo contributed by
Gina McCuen
I
i i:i!ii ~ ii
Julianna Elizabeth
Fowler and David
Martin Houck were
married September 3, 2006.
at 6 pm inthe Magnolia
House in Lexington. Jerry
Posey officiated the double-
ring ceremony.
The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. AI Jay
Fowler. Her grandparents are
Drs. Edwin and Mary Anna
Rushia of Charlottesville. Vir-
ginia, and Mrs. Edna Howell
Fowler and the late Alger
Fowler. The bride graduated
from Dreher High School
and Columbia College with a
bachelor of arts degree in
social work. She is employed
with the South Carolina
Department of Health and
Human Services.
The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. David R.
Houck. His grandparents are
the late Joseph Walker Merck
and the late Mary luanita
Gaines-Merck of Liberty,
South Carolina. and Mr.
Melvin Richard Houck and
the late loanne Helen
Borkowski-Houck of
Mauldin. South Carolina. He
graduated from Dretier High
School and is currently
attending Midlands Techni-
cal College.
The bride wore a chif-
fon gown over matte satin
with a shell neckline. The
matte satin sweetheart
Dreher High to hold
All-Class Reunion
Contributed by the
Dreher Foundation
The Dreher Founda-
tion is excited to announce
an All Class Reunion week-
end May 11-12, 2007. The
weekend's theme is "Look-
ing Forward to Looking
Back." There will be a regis-
tration at Dreher, tours of
the old and new Dreher,
and a short showcase on
Friday between 1 and 5 pm.
The school w'dl be
opened for tours on Satur-
day, May 12. There will also
be enjoyable athletic events
during the day.
Saturday evening will
be the grand finale - a huge
party at the new Columbia
Convention Center, includ-
ing a band, heavy hors
d'oeuvres, a silent auction,
memorabilia for sale, and.
plenty of friends with
whom to reunite.
For information or to
volunteer, please contact
Francie Markham (Founda-
tion president) at
britlit@sc.rr.com or 803-
771-9988 or Debbie Kinder
(Dreher contact) at
dkinder@richlandone.org
or 803-929-3968. Go Blue
Devils!
Mrs. David Martin Houck
Houck, brother of the bride-
groom, served as best man.
A reception was held in
the Magnolia House. The
couple will reside in Colum-
bia.
bodice was accented with
three dimensional flowers
and handbeading. The
A-line skirt fell to a chapel
length.
The matron of honor
was Mary Lynn Fowler.
mother of the bride. Kevin
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