President Zachary Taylor

1784 - 1850  (65 years)

• Name	Zachary Taylor  [1]
  Title	President
  Born	24 Nov 1784	Montebello, Orange, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Jul 1850	Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
  Person ID	I37893	WikiKin
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Lee Taylor,   b. 22 Mar 1744, Rapidan, Madison, Virginia, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1821, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Dabney Strother,   b. 14 Dec 1760, Orange, Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Dec 1822, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F16867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Mackall Smith,   b. 21 Sep 1788, St Leonards, Calvert, Maryland, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1852, Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1810	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
  Children	1. Richard Taylor,   b. 1817, Christian, Todd, Kentucky, USA  [natural]   2. Ann Margaret Taylor,   b. 9 Apr 1811, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1875, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   3. Richard Taylor,   b. 27 Jan 1826, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1879, New York, New York, USA  (Age 53 years)  [natural]   4. Sarah Taylor,   b. 1769,   d. 1861  (Age 92 years)  [natural]   5. Margaret Smith Taylor,   b. 27 Jul 1819, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1820, Bayou Sara, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 20 Apr 1824, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 25 Jul 1909, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)  [natural]   7. Nancy Taylor,   b. 5 Nov 1807, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1892, Ashley, Independence, Arkansas, USA  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   8. Sarah Knox Taylor,   b. 6 Mar 1814, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1835, Brierfield Plantation, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 21 years)  [natural]   9. Octavia Blandine Taylor,   b. 1816, Christian, Todd, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 1820  (Age 4 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F16822	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 21 Jun 1810 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Died - 9 Jul 1850 - Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Early life Zachary Taylor was born on a farm[2] on November 24, 1784, in Orange County, Virginia, to a prominent[3] family of planters.[4] He was the youngest of three sons in a family of nine children.[2] His father, Richard Taylor, had served with George Washington during the American Revolution.[3] Taylor was a descendent of William Brewster, one of the Pilgrims; James Madison was Taylor's second cousin, and Robert E. Lee was a kinsman.[5] During his youth, he lived on the frontier in Louisville, Kentucky, residing in a small cabin in a wood during most of his childhood, before moving to a brick house as a result of his family's increased prosperity.[4] He shared the house with seven brothers and sisters, and his father owned 10,000 acres, town lots in Louisville, and twenty-six slaves by 1800.[4] Since there were no schools on the Kentucky frontier, Taylor had only a basic education growing up, provided by tutors his father hired from time to time.[2] He was reportedly a poor student; his handwriting, spelling, and grammar were described as "crude and unrefined throughout his life."[4] When Taylor was older, he wanted to join the military.[4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for President Zachary Taylor [S4] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online. Record for Zachary Taylor