Zachary Taylor
Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor Wood
She was born April 9, 1811 and she died in Germany on December 2, 1875. Anne married an army surgeon and gave birth to four children. A widow by the war's end, she journeyed to Germany where she lived with a daughter, who had married a baron.
Sarah "Knox" Taylor Davis
She was born March 6, 1814. She died of malaria at the age of 21 on September 15, 1835. She married a military man, Jefferson Davis, who would eventually become the president of the Confederate States of America. But Sarah would not live to see it happen. She died three months after the wedding of the malaria that had almost taken her as a girl.
Octavia Pannel Taylor
She was born August 16, 1816 and she died of malaria on July 8, 1820. She was three years old.
Margaret Smith Taylor
She was born July 27, 1819. She died October 22, 1820. Only three months after the death of her sister, one year old Margaret was taken by malaria as well.
Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss Dandridge
She was born April 20, 1824 and she died July 26, 1909. "Betty," as she was called, served as White House hostess for her mother who refused to entertain. She was immensely popular and was considered an elegant beauty. She married twice. She had no children.
Richard Taylor
He was born January 27, 1826 and died on April 12, 1879. After education in Europe, he served as an aide de camp to his father during the Mexican campaign. Later when the general became president , he served as his father's private secretary. During the Civil War he rose to fame as a Confederate general, fighting with Stonewall Jackson in the Valley Campaign. He refused to accept favors or promotion because of his name, earning even begrudging praise from Northern observers. He was a plantation manager, soldier, politician and author. Taylor was considered a success who earned his own reputation on its own merits. He died from severe internal congestion, resulting from a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis.
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