Third of three children two brothers: Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Jr. Hammer, Austin, TX 1994 and Patillo, Pattillo, Pattullo, and Pillillo Families, compiled by Melba C. Documentation provided by the archivist of the LBJ Library, using two reference books: Taylor & Shaffer Ancestors by Joseph P. In fact, the origin of the name is 'Pittillo' and her first American ancestor was James Pittillo of Bristol Parish, Virginia. Likely because Mexico borders her native Texas, it had been mistakenly published in some accounts that her mother's family was of Spanish ancestry. Johnson's mother's family name was Pattillo. date of death unknownĮnglish, Scottish The Taylor family was of English extraction. The town of birth is not known but she did live her early life in Billingsly, Alabama.įirst stepmother, name, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death, unknown, marriage ended in divorce, 1930's second stepmother, Ruth Scroggins, date of birth unknown, married in Marshall, Texas, 1930's. 'Forgetful of self she lived entirely for others' is the epitaph. Johnson recalls the dismay of relatives at the tombstone date error. Taylor in Autauga County, Alabama on 28 November, 1900 died 4 September 1918 Some sources claim a date death of 14 September Mrs. Minnie Pattillo Taylor, born 16 May, 1874 in Alabama married Thomas J. Thomas Jefferson Taylor II born 29 August, 1874, Autauga County, Alabama General store owner cotton planter land owner died 22 October, 1960, Marshall, Texas turning his store profits into real estate, he owned some twelve thousand acres of cotton, perhaps the largest landowner in Harrison County, Texas he donated nearly 400 acres of property, some two-thirds of his total, to the state and it became Caddo Lake State Park he also owned the property on which the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was built during World War II. **The two-story brick southern plantation mansion, with traditional balcony where she was born is still standing and a registered national landmark. Johnson has been known as 'Lady Bird' since childhood, when her nursemaid Alice Tittle commented that she was 'as purty as a lady bird.' It is unclear what kind of reference this may have been.

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