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D 2. Mary Ann, daughter of Major John Martin, was born in 1778 in Albemarle county, Virginia. When a child about six or seven years old she got lost in the woods in Kentucky soon after her father moved to that State and remained out all night. Wolves and bears were very abundant at that time, and the wolves frequently howled near her during the night. The next day some two hundred persons of the vicinity turned out to hunt for her; she was found in the evening by Colonel Crockett.
In 1794 she married John Washington Buckner, Sr., in Clark county, who survived their marriage only a few years. After the death of J. W. Buckner, Sr. , she married Colonel Richard Taylor, son of Commodore Richard Taylor, grandson of George Taylor, great-grandson of James Taylor, Jr., and great-great-grandson of James Taylor, Sr. , who emigrated from England to America.
Colonel Richard Taylor was for many years Sergeant to the Court of Appeals. He was an energetic business man. For many years before his death he was much afflicted from the effects of a wound he received in his hip in the Indian wars while under the command of General James Wilkinson ; and in consequence of the kindness and attention shown him by the General at the time he named a son after him.
After the death of Colonel Taylor she removed to her father's in Clark county and lived there until 1838, when she went to Lexington, Ky., where she resided until her death, which occurred in 1853. She was a very pious and orderly member of the Methodist church. Her remains were deposited in the graveyard at Lexington.
She had two children by her first and four by her second husband, viz. : ...
