GRACE FOUNDATION OF TAYLORS ISLAND, MD
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    • Tragic Fire
  • Transpeninsular Line
    • 1971 Article on Transpeninsular Line
  • Home
  • About Taylors Island
    • History of Taylors Island
    • Directions and Driving Tour
    • Old Post Office
    • Tour Pamphlet
    • Self-Guiding Nature Trail
    • Map showing Taylors Island from 1670
    • 1877 Map of Taylors Island
    • Historic Structures >
      • Becky Phipps Cannon >
        • 1912 Balt. Sun Article - Cannon Blown Apart
        • Cannon re-dedication 1999
        • Cannon - MD Historical Trust Info
      • Historic Old School House >
        • Historic Schoolhouse (MD Historical Trust Info)
      • Ridgeton Hall >
        • Ridgeton Hall - Maryland Historical Trust Info >
          • Judge Levi Travers
      • General Store >
        • General Store (MD Historic Trust Info)
        • Christmas Eve General Store Tradition
      • Mulberry Grove >
        • The History of Mulberry Grove >
          • Article About Mulberry Grove
          • Silk Worms of Mulberry Grove
          • Mulberry Grove - MD Historic Trust Info
      • Spicer Bungalow
      • Kirwan Farm >
        • Maryland Historical Trust Info - Kirwin Farm
      • "The LeCompte" a/k/a "Cator" house >
        • Cator-LeCompte House (MD Historic Trust Info)
      • Other Structures (inventoried by the Maryland Historical Trust)
      • Old Windmill >
        • Windmill locations 1877
      • The Canning House >
        • Tomato Picking Time
    • 1920's - photos
    • Visit by sitting U.S. President
    • Geological Survey
    • Radio Program Transcript - 1969
  • Battle of the Ice Mound
    • Oral History of Battle of Ice Mound (as memorialized in 1931)
    • Audio Description of Battle
    • Bicentennial celebration of the battle >
      • Recognition for a well planned event
      • USPS recognition of Battle of Ice Mound Bicentennial
    • Floeberg 1936
    • British on Punch Island Creek
    • BRITISH ON SLAUGHTER CREEK
  • Churches
    • Grace Episcopal Church >
      • Interior of Grace Church
      • MD HISTORICAL TRUST INFO
      • The Story of the Bell
    • Chapel of Ease >
      • Interior Chapel
      • Interior Chapel from balcony
      • Historical Marker
      • MD HISTORIC TRUST INFO
    • Bethlehem "Brick" Church >
      • Interior photos
      • MD HISTORICAL TRUST INFO
      • Ministers of Bethlehem Church 1820--1900
      • Church Minutes (selected minutes 1860, 1873 & 1876)
    • Chaplain Memorial >
      • Interior Photos Chaplain Memorial Church
      • MD HISTORICAL TRUST INFO
    • Lane Methodist Episcopal Church >
      • Lane Church Images
      • MD HISTORIC TRUST INFO
    • Video Tour of Churches
    • History of Island Methodism
  • Cemeteries
    • Grace Foundation Graveyard Policy
    • Bethlehem Church Cemetery Records
    • Grace Episcopal Church Burial Records
    • Lane Cemetery
    • Robson Cemetery >
      • Robson Cemetery Grave Photos
    • Hoopers Point Cemetery
  • Notable Islanders
    • Early Islanders
    • Samuel M Travers
    • HON. LEVI D. TRAVERS
    • Dr. Washington A Smith
    • J. Hooper Bosley
    • Tall Family >
      • Family Burial Ground of Elijah Tall
    • THOMAS BROOME TRAVERS >
      • Thomas Broome Travers (genealogy)
    • Revolution
    • T. Reynolds Carpenter
  • Schools & Students
    • School used as museum
    • Schoolhouse MD Historical Trust Info
  • African American Schoolhouse
    • African American School - MD Historic Trust Info
  • Slaughter Creek & The Bridge
    • Old Store at bridge
    • Bridge to Meekins Neck
    • Ferry to Meekins Neck
  • Island Folklore
    • The Tea Set
    • The Story of Polly
    • Taylors Island During Prohibition
    • Clara Bow
    • The Tale of the Swan Decoy
  • Lists of Business Persons & Farmers
    • 1887
    • 1894-95 >
      • Wm. D. Travers
    • 1908-09
    • 1915-17
  • Taylors Island Ship Building
    • Travis Spicer & Sons Shipbuilders
    • Historic Ships of Taylors Island >
      • Moses Henry Geoghegan
  • Slaughter Creek Marina
    • Coast Guard Station Photo
  • James Island
    • James Island photos
    • James Island sketches
    • James Island Videos
    • Aerial Photos of James Island
    • James Island Articles
    • James Island School
    • Sika Deer of James Island
    • James Island Restoration
  • Remembrances from bygone days
    • History by Laura Robinson Navy -1977
    • Old mode of transportation
  • Grace Foundation History
    • Senator George L. Radcliffe
    • The Promise
    • 1st Meeting of Grace Foundation May 13, 1951
  • Membership Information
    • 2022 Membership Letter
    • 2020 Membership Letter
    • 2020 Membership Roster
    • Membership Application
    • 2019 Membership Letter
    • 2015 Membership Letter
  • Champion Trees of Taylors Island
    • Bicentennial Tree
    • Persimmon Tree
    • Post Oak
    • Trees harvested to be used as roads
  • Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Company
    • TIVFC articles
    • TIVFC Photos over the years
    • Tragic Fire
  • Transpeninsular Line
    • 1971 Article on Transpeninsular Line
GRACE FOUNDATION OF TAYLORS ISLAND, MD
The photos here are from Stephanie Coleman Elliott. Her grandparents lived on Taylors Island in the 1920s for about 6 years or so. Her grandfather had a portable saw mill and he got a contract to clear land on the island. He stayed part of the time at the home of Mr. Loft of Loft's Candy Company out of Baltimore. Mr. Loft had a vacation home there and her grandparents house sat for them. Her aunt attended school on the island. When they returned home (Columbia, Del, near Delmar, Sharptown, Mardela, and Hebron) they brought with them Lawrence Hooper, who was African American, deaf and didn't speak very well. He was in his 20s and became very close to her grandfather and wanted to go with him when they left the island. He lived with them the rest of his life and died when he was about 78.
Thank you Stephanie for sharing these wonderful images of our island's history.
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Above photo: 4th of July celebration at home (Loft property) with Cooper family & Taylors Island Maryland friends.
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Above: Photo of Margaret Cooper in 1932 on visit back to Taylors Island Maryland.
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Boat at Taylor's Island, Md, 1920s
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Above: Little gasoline boat in Oyster Creek ​
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Capt. Sherman Cooper with Margaret Cooper, Leon Brannock, Harlan & Robert Horseman, dogs Spot & Kike in Slaughter Creek, Taylor's Island, Md c. 1924"

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Above: Sherman Cooper & Margaret at Edmonson property on Taylors Island Maryland Home from Nov. 11, 1924 - Sept. 27, 1927
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Aunt Maggie at home on Taylor's Island, Md, 1926. Edmondson Property
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Margaret Ellen Cooper (right) at Taylor's Island. B.E. Harrington Residence in background

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Our home for 14 months - in the woods in Hooper's Neck, Taylors Island Maryland, 1920s

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Margaret Cooper on ice piled up from the Little Choptank River, on Loft property, Taylor's Island, Md, 1929
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Margaret Cooper (standing on left) at Hoopers Neck,Taylors Island, Maryland - home sweet home in the woods - 1923-1924. — in Delmar, Delaware.

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Lawrence Hooper shortly after moving to Delaware with Sherman & Beula Cooper.

This is a picture of Lawrence Hooper. He was deaf and didn't speak very well. In the 1920s he was in his 20s and became very close to Stephanie’s grandfather Sherman Cooper. Lawrence, who was called “Bo” lived with Cooper family while they stayed on Taylors Island for several years. After the Cooper family left Taylors Island he went with them and lived as part of their family until he died at age 78. He was very much a part of Stephanie’s family, having been around since before her mom was born. He was even buried in the family cemetery alongside Stephanie’s grandpop whom he idolized. The Cooper family only ever knew of one relative that Lawrence had – an aunt. After he moved with the Cooper family, Lawrence’s aunt, around 1930, tried to get him to go back with her, but he refused.

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Home for a while - Sept. 27, 1927 - March 14, 1929. George Loft Home, formerly Richard Spellman home

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Sherman Cooper (left) and brother Clyde on their steam powered portable saw mill called "Old Smutty Bill". Used in Taylor's Island, Md. from 1924 - 1929
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Margaret Ellen Cooper, 1929. On dock in Oyster Creek when creek frozen over, Taylor's Island, Md

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Sherman Cooper, Margaret Cooper & Teaser on Taylors Island. ​
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Margaret Cooper, Mary Frances Harrington, Emeline Slacum at Margaret's home at Taylor's Island. Roberts and Caton residences and schoolhouse in background. 1920s.
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At the saw mill at Taylor's Island, Md, Sherman Cooper and team hauling lumber down to the wharf, 1924.

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Oxen steering team at the saw mill in Taylor's Island, Md. 1920s

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Sherman Cooper and team hauling big timbers at The Nest, near home in the woods.Taylor's Island, Md, 1924
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Margaret Cooper and Aline Travers, Chesapeake Bay, Taylor's Island, Md, c. 1928
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Bungalow on Kitchen Point, Chesapeake Bay, Taylor's Island, Md. 1920s
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Margaret Cooper (8 yrs old) with kittens (Grace Ann and Fusty Boots) at the Saw Mill at Taylor's Island, Md., 1924
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Margaret Cooper at saw mill in Taylor's Island, 1924
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