Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States
Term[]
- March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850 (1 year, as 12th President of the United States)
- Preceded by James K. Polk
- Succeeded by Millard Fillmore
Life Data[]
- Born November 24, 1784 (Barboursville, Virginia)
- Died July 9, 1850 (65 years)
- Occupation: Soldier
- Military Service: 1808-49 (41 years, Major General, US Army)
- Political Party: Whig
Immediate Family[]
- Father: Richard Lee Taylor (1744-1829)
- Mother: Sarah Dabney Strother (1760-1822)
- Sibling 1: Hancock Strother Taylor (1781-1841)
- m.1803 Sophie Hord (1783-1814)
- Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
- m.1814 Annah Lewis (1796-1881)
- Children: 9 sons, 5 daughters
- Sibling 2: William Dabney Strother Taylor (1782-1808)
- Sibling 3: George Taylor (1789-1829)
- m.1814 Mary Campbell (1800-71)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Sibling 4: Elizabeth Lee Taylor (1792-1845)
- m.1810 John Taylor (1768-1829)
- Children: 2 sons, 7 daughters
- m.1830 James Taylor (1784-1858)
- Children: 1 daughter
- Sibling 5: Richard Strother Taylor (1794-1864)
- Sibling 6: Joseph Pannell Taylor (1796-1864)
- m.1827 Evelyn McLean (1809-87)
- Children: 6 sons, 7 daughters
- Sibling 7: John Strother Taylor (1798-1829)
- Sibling 8: Sarah Bailey Taylor (1799-1851)
- m.1819 French Gray (1786-1830)
- Sibling 9: Emily Richard Taylor (1801-41)
- m.1822 John Allison (1794-1845)
- Children: 2 sons
- Paternal Grandfather: Zachary Taylor (1707-68)
- Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Lee (1709-50)
- Maternal Grandfather: William Dabney Strother (1726-1808)
- Maternal Grandmother: Sarah Bailey (1720-74)
Wife: Margaret Mackall Smith[]
- Born September 21, 1788
- Father: Walter Smith III (1747-1804)
- Mother: Ann Hance Mackall (1753-89)
- Siblings: Richard, Samuel, Mary, Walter, Richard, Joseph, Mary
- Died August 14, 1852 (63 years)
- Marriage: June 21, 1810 - July 9, 1850 (40 years, died)
Child 1: Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor[]
- Born April 9, 1811
- Died December 2, 1875 (64 years)
- Husband: Robert Crooke Wood (1799-1869)
- Marriage: September 20, 1829 - March 28, 1869 (39 years, widowed)
- Child 1: John Taylor Wood (1830-1904)
- m.1856 Lola Mackubin (1835-1909)
- Children: 5 sons, 6 daughters
- Child 2: Robert Crooke Wood Jr. (1832-1900)
- m.1867 Mary Trist (1838-1914)
- Children: 4 sons, 3 daughters
- Child 3: Blandina Dudley Wood (1834-92)
- m.1859 Edward Boyce (1831-62)
- Children: 1 son
- m.1866 Guido, Baron von Grabow (1822-98)
- Children: 1 son
- Child 4: Sarah Knox Wood (1835-1915)
Child 2: Sarah Knox Taylor[]
- Born March 6, 1814
- Died September 15, 1835 (21 years)
- Husband: Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-89)
- Marriage: June 17, 1835 - September 15, 1835 (2 months, died)
Child 3: Octavia Pannell Taylor[]
- Born August 26, 1816
- Died July 8, 1820 (3 years)
Child 4: Margaret Smith Taylor[]
- Born July 17, 1819
- Died October 22, 1820 (1 year)
Child 5: Mary Elizabeth Taylor[]
- Born April 20, 1824
- Died July 25, 1909 (85 years)
- First Husband: William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815-53)
- Marriage: December 5, 1848 - August 5, 1853 (4 years, widowed)
- Second Husband: Philip Pendleton Dandridge (1817-81)
- Marriage: February 11, 1858 - October 28, 1881 (23 years, widowed)
Child 6: Richard Scott Taylor[]
- Born January 27, 1826
- Died April 12, 1879 (53 years)
- Wife: Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier (1834-75)
- Marriage: February 10, 1851 - March 16, 1875 (24 years, widowed)
- Child 1: Louise Margaret Taylor (1852-1901)
- Child 2: Elizabeth Myrthe Taylor (1854-1936)
- m.1884 Walter Stauffer (1854-1932)
- Children: 3 sons, 5 daughters
- Child 3: Zachary Taylor (1858-64)
- Child 4: Richard Taylor (1860-63)
- Child 5: Myrthe Taylor (1866-1942)
- m.1884 Isaac Stauffer Jr. (1856-99)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter