Warren Taliaferro was born February 7, 1843, in Peoria, Ill.  At age of 19 while the family was residing in Missouri, he enlisted in Company G, First Regiment Cavalry Volunteers, Confederate States Army.  He participated in the battles of Blue Mills, Lexington, Sugar Creek, Farmington, Iuka, Corinth, Baker's Creek, Big Black, Vicksburg, Georgia Camp, and Lovejoy Station.  He was wounded in three battles.  His obituary (in Ann Taliaferro McMillan's scrapbook) states that he served in the Seventh Missouri Cavalry during the Civil War.

After the war, he came to Texas and married Nancy Ann Maria Webb, born April 8, 1949, in Farmers Branch.  She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Webb.  Warren and Nancy Ann were married March 10, 1874.  They lived in Farmers Branch where they farmed land and, later, ran a general store called "W. Taliaferro and Son."

They had six children: Dennis Ayers died in infancy; Jefferson Blackmon died when he was eight years old Mary Ruth lived only a year; Newton Webb Taliaferro lived to twenty-two, dying of blood poisoning; Herbert Warren Taliaferro, born December 21, 1878, died May 28, 1962; Maggie May was born September 29, 1886, and was living in Dallas in 1975.

Warren Taliaferro was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of James A. Smith Masonic Lodge No. 395. Nancy Ann Maria belonged to Chapter 678, Order of the Eastern Star.  They died less than a month apart (Warren, June 15 and Nancy Ann July 12) in 1929 and were buried in the Webb Chapel Cemetery.

Maggie May Taliaferro married Alvin Will Gravely (June 6, 1883 - Oct 8, 1951) on December 21, 1903. Their only child, Warren, and his wife, Carita have two children: Warren Gravely, Jr., and Martha Ann Gravely.

Herbert Warren Taliaferro married Eva Miffle to Draper on December 21, 1911, in Dallas, Texas. Herbert did some farming and continued in business with his father. He closed the store about a year after his father's death and he and Eva moved to a farm southwest of Farmers Branch. He worked for the office of Dallas County Tax Assessor-Collector. In the early 1940s they moved to Richardson, Texas.

Eva was an 1895 graduate of Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. She took part in many community activities during her years in Farmers Branch.  She taught Sunday School at Webb Chapel Methodist Church, served as president of the Civic Improvement League, was active in Home Demonstration Club work, and was a member of the Dallas County Federation of Women's Clubs, as well as the Dallas Woman's Forum. During World War I, she was an active worker for the American Red Cross. The women of the community gathered in the Odd Fellows Hall to sew for the Red Cross; their children came with them and played while their mothers sewed.

Eva and Herbert celebrated their 25th, 40th, and 50th anniversaries. Eva died February 4, 1968, and she and Herbert re buried in Webb Chapel Cemetery

Elm Fork Echoes, Vol. III, November 1975, No 2, p. 46.
Reprinted in Farmers Branch, Texas - A Pictorial History
Used with permission of the Farmers Branch Historical Park

Dallas Morning News
June 16, 1929
 

Dallas Morning News
July 13, 1929

Pioneer Passes Away

Warren Taliaferro, pioneer resident of Farmers Branch, died at his home there Saturday, June 15, after a sickness of six months. He was born Feb 7, 1843 in Peoria, Ill., and and came to Dallas county in 1874.  He served during the Civil War with the Seventh Missouri Cavalry and came to Texas in 1868.
He is survived by his wife; a son, H. W. Taliaferro; a daughter Mrs. Will Gravley, and two grandchildren, all of Farmers Branch.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Webb's Chapel, Rev. D. A. Ross pastor of Carrollton M. E. Church officiating and in charge of James A Smith Masonic Lodge.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, June 21, 1929
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Mrs. Warren Taliaferro

Mrs. Warren Taliaferro, 80, early resident of Dallas County, died Friday morning, July 12, at her home in Farmers Branch after a month's illness.
She was born at Farmers Branch, April 8, 1849, the daughter of Isaac and Mary Webb in whose cabin the first Methodist church in Dallas county was said to have been founded.
She is survived by a son, H. W. Taliaferro, and a daughter, Mrs. Will Gravley; two grandchildren, Warren Gravley and Ann Taliaferro, all residing at Farmers Branch, and a sister, Mrs. G. L. Ford of Dallas.
Services were held at the home in Farmers Branch Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. D. A. Ross and the Rev. C. W. Dennis.
Burial was in Webb Chapel Cemetery near the old home.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, July 19, 1929
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams