Some ongoing thoughts about the Taylor Family. I have quite often thought that perhaps the Taylor Home where Andy, Opie, and Aunt Bee live may well be Andy's childhood home. The reason being is that it appears that Andy owns the house debt free. When Barney was trying to get Andy to sell the house he told them he could get a price for his house and Andy could then get a small mortgage for the rest. I don't think Andy would have taken on an additional mortgage if he owed money on his current home. My thought is that perhaps Andy inherited the house as he is still a young man in his thirties. It would seem odd that a single man that young could have his house paid off so soon if he had bought it. When Andy thought about leaving Mayberry he once told Barney that he had been sheriff for what I think was around ten years or so and that he would have ruffled some feathers in that time. So that would mean Andy must have become sheriff shortly after he got out of the army. Of course this is all conjecture on my part and I could very well be 100% wrong. One would also notice that there didn't appear to be any Taylor kin at Andy and Helen's wedding, and when they came back to Mayberry to have their baby baptized no Taylor family was there that we know about. But it is fun to think about these things when I have my plastic bucket on my head.
-- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.mayberryreflections.com _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
