On 27 February 1926, Emma Taylor died in Rappahannock District, Essex County, Virginia. She was female; white; widowed; wife of R. Harvey Taylor; age 72 years; occupation housekeeper; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was Ferall Brizendine, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; mother unknown; informant was Harry Taylor of [illegible] Virginia; attended from 1924 to 1926; died at 9 p.m.; cause of death “arterio-sclerosis (affecting brain more than elsewhere)”; burial on 28 February 1926, no location stated. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 3290.]