The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
TAYLOR \ 3 4 YoPP,
thus was lie &"'depotitatcd.' rs my IN
formant described the scene. s%&S ;3$
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TWICE MARRIED. A, ID
This remarkable individual was born
about sixty, years ago on a spur OF the
Blue Ridge, in this county lie has been
married twlee+-the first. time at the age
Of twenty-elght, ard lagain last year.
His ast&union was probably marriage
do 5convenance,'p'5e as our French brethren
say. and Is noteworthy only from the
fact that he and his dulcana were united
by d colpred preacher. possibly the prly
case on record Of the marriage In the
South OF white persons by colorcd \
preacher. $ssfs e II {; EN- ss ,g55 y 9}
It Is around his first marriage, however,
that the romance of his life Is ent'Einee
II 1t had not been for that Happy event
,Yopp would likely be living now In a
cave instead Of "a cabin! Agood woman.
Mrs. Fannie Hockens by name, having
reached the age OF sixty-flye, and having
buried her second husband, was looking
out upon the bold world In that roman
tic and kind hearted frame Of mind that
belongs to women when they get to the
point Of 'AnybDdy, Lord, n no matter
Who'll She saw Taylor bare headed, bare
footed and ill-kept. isi
sa YoPP's HAT.
She pited his sad and lonely 6condit ton
ana to ameliornte the same made him
present OF an abandoned hat Of one 8of
her sons which hat he still proudly
wears, as may z be seen { from the excel
lent likeness mentioned above, IN recently
taken. by Photographer Thomas g.
Maury, Of Salem. Ya.;.San highly priced
BY policeman Frank G.. Weber by Polls
tician Tom Allff and by this humble
scribe. Yes if one y only knew how old
the hat was when Mistress IIockens. gave
It to Taylor. 1t would DO an easy call
lcmatior to determine its present age,
Suffice 1t to saygthat young Yopp was
touched by the delicate thoughtfulness
Of the hale and heart-yearning dame,
and one thing led to another. until they
were finally married. It was case of
real affection, and furnished a kird of
moving picture of loves artless and re-
CARELESS brimfuness of bliss, as it is
sometimes seen in the rural .'deestricts."
Adapting an old classic one might truth
fully say that
"rhey sat under a tree
And said, beautiful. Hark!.
3I4 And listened and looked
In tho clouds for the lark
Then sang by the 1ircslde
Symphonlously
A song without words,
A Ia Dame Virgins of Lee.
For thirty years did they walk life's
weary road together, sscorched by the heat
Eof thirty summcrs and pinched by the
cold of like number Of winters. but
ulWtLyH as near 70 bllutuIc'S ucdIt lS tIS
senior member Of the family would allow
Taylor to get. We think thatfths family
would have been numbered anong, the
nobility IN tho tho age the eays ,dwelie!s
the husband, and so demure, self-con-
Btained and resourceful was the wife. Mrs.
Yupp did much for her husband, and so
far tanned him that they nude their home
during the latter years Of their m; married FRIED
life in or near Salem. i. *
EE353s SILENT PAIR, sss tg5sgt
It Is certain that their fuses, II they
had any. were strictly family rows.aapd}
were. not displayed fore the public gaz,e
any age. in fact fact Taylor'Fs wild ways are
not 50 well known now I. {, as they were r,
to us ola residents. and this story Is told
generation one Of the striking characters
Of, the country sidc,in former days, III As
stiil az sllslt a9d AZ
a0F saarS nf s anssa yiae es,es wa
llnd his huge proportions. one would 4
hardly suspect the anxiety that his pres
ence In q nelghborhood aroused back in5thei
hated breath and how the housewives
drew bars and fastened bolts after night
fan, One feels a tlnd8of tender Interest
On br e sd ans NJ MatsSn ssef pa
and by cyldencing his interest more ~ the
motions Of his body than by, any facial
EXPRESSION, and noYerspy SMILING. .IAeEc
he stands at Il safe DISTANCE and ruba his
body and mods his 1lead, When one gets
closer to him and wins his con ldence, no
( finds that he has tho power OF speech and
that his mind. and particularly his In
stlncts, arc as clear and acute as one
could possibly expect, Ills bodily health
has been perfect, and he has never TAKEN
a dose OF nledicipes Moreover, ne uses
neither Whlskey nor TOBACCO. 81
STOPPED THE ENGINE, Il. s.
. His great power OF endurancn and his
invulnerabilty We're we'll shown in an, en-
counter nc hnu some years ago With y
twelve horsepower SO WrWtll When tpe
bystanders saw That no was caught ~
the belt and was being carried towards
tho Iy-wheel, they stodd ~ bleat hless
and impotcnt silence, supposing that nos
thing they could do would save the unfor-
tunate man, The engine was stopped, not
by tie engineer, for he llad no Ilme to
even grasp the lever, but, Wheli Iaylors
adalnantlne limbs came IN ,Gontaclt Win
nc. wheel all Of tho machinery stopped
instantly.
Willing hands out tho band and drew
forth what they behaved 70 ne deal
man; but not So for Yopp came forth
unscathed, but tile machinery H9as almost
ruined. NJ a as Y s4i 81 a HE
As 5faylors first wife was sixty odd
when he married her and llYed tn ~ nine
during the sixth decade Hof his tlllistIi.
Gus career, survive the same twice Thirty
years. ii 83 TiGd. W,
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