Evelyn was married first to Johnnie Richard Tayloe, after his death she was unable to continue to keep farming so her and both of her sons Richard Tayloe and Fred Tayloe moved to an apartment in Ahoskie. Fred got so upset and did not want to live in Ahoskie and wanted to be back on the farm. So he moved in with his half-sister Ruth Tayloe Myers which was married to Herbert Myers. Richard lived with his mother and help her. She work in a resturant, sewing and did other work to make a living. Fred would marry and continue to live at Hexlena.