D 8. Eliza Catharine Martin, daughter of Major John, was born in Clark county, Kentucky, in 1798; was an exemplary member of the Methodist church. She married Nathaniel Pendleton Taylor, son of James Taylor, who married Ann Pendleton. Nath. P. Taylor was a cousin to Colonel Richard Taylor, who married Mrs. Mary Ann Buckner, the sister of Eliza Catharine Martin. Nathaniel P. Taylor lived in Jefferson county, Kentucky. They had only two children:
E 1. Laura, who died in infancy, and
E 2. Eliza Catharine Lewis Taylor, who married Judge Wash.
D 8. Mrs. Eliza Catharine Taylor, died in 1819 at the residence of her father, Major John Martin, shortly after the birth of her second child. She was interred in the family burying-ground. The following is a copy of the epitaph upon her tombstone :
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA CATHARINE TAYLOR,
Youngest child of
Major John and Elizabeth Martin,
And wife of
Nath'l P. Taylor,
Born April 28, 1798;
Died July 28, 1819.
