Zachary TaylorAge: 65 years17841850

Name
Zachary Taylor
Given names
Zachary
Surname
Taylor
Birth November 24, 1784 40 24
Birth of a brotherGeorge Taylor
1790 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterElizabeth Lee Taylor
1792 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a brotherJoseph Pannill Taylor
1796 (Age 11 years)

Birth of a sisterSarah Bailey Taylor
1799 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a sisterEmily Richard Taylor
1801 (Age 16 years)

MarriageMargaret Mackall SmithView this family
June 21, 1810 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor
April 9, 1811 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Knox Taylor
March 6, 1814 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Octavia Pannill Taylor
August 16, 1816 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Margaret Smith Taylor
July 27, 1819 (Age 34 years)
Death of a daughterOctavia Pannill Taylor
July 8, 1820 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterMargaret Smith Taylor
October 22, 1820 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherSarah Dabney Strother
1822 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Mary Elizabeth Taylor
April 20, 1824 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Richard Taylor
January 27, 1826 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childRobert Crooke WoodAnn Margaret Mackall TaylorView this family
September 20, 1829 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherRichard Taylor
1829 (Age 44 years)

Marriage of a childJefferson Finis DavisSarah Knox TaylorView this family
June 17, 1835 (Age 50 years)
Death of a daughterSarah Knox Taylor
September 15, 1835 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherHancock Taylor
1841 (Age 56 years)

Death of a sisterElizabeth Lee Taylor
1845 (Age 60 years)

Marriage of a childWilliam Smith BlissMary Elizabeth TaylorView this family
December 5, 1848 (Age 64 years)

Occupation
US President No. 12
yes

Death July 9, 1850 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
brother
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Family with Margaret Mackall Smith - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 21, 1810Jefferson Co., Kentucky
10 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Octavia Pannill Taylor
Birth: August 16, 1816 31 27Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Death: July 8, 1820Bayou Sara, Louisiana
3 years
daughter
Margaret Smith Taylor
Birth: July 27, 1819 34 30Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Death: October 22, 1820Bayou Sara, Louisiana
5 years
daughter
21 months
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Zachary Taylor, uS President No. 12, son of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney Strother, was born on November 24, 1784 in Montebello, Orange Co., Virginia and died on July 9, 1850 in White House, Washington D.C. at the age of 65. He married Margaret Mackall Smith on June 21, 1810 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. She was born on September 21, 1788 in Calvert Co., Maryland and died on August 14, 1852 in East Pascagoula, Mississippi at the age of 63.

      Children of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith:

      1. Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor (18111875)
      2. Sarah Knox Taylor (18141835)
      3. Octavia Pannill Taylor (18161820)
      4. Margaret Smith Taylor (18191820)
      5. Mary Elizabeth Taylor (18241909)
      6. Richard Taylor (18261879)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith, was born on April 9, 1811 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky and died on December 2, 1875 in Freiburg, Germany at the age of 64. She married Robert Crooke Wood on September 20, 1829 in Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. He was born on September 23, 1801 in Rhode Island and died on March 28, 1869 at the age of 67.

    2. Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith, was born on March 6, 1814 in Vincennes, Indiana and died on September 15, 1835 in Locust Grove, Louisiana at the age of 21. She married Jefferson Finis Davis on June 17, 1835 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on June 3, 1808 in Fairview, Todd Co., Kentucky and died on December 6, 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 81.

    3. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith, was born on April 20, 1824 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky and died on July 25, 1909 in Winchester, Virginia at the age of 85. She married 2 times. The first time she married William Smith Bliss on December 5, 1848. He was born on August 17, 1815 and died on August 4, 1853 at the age of 37. The second time she married Philip Pendleton Dandridge on February 11, 1858.

    4. Richard Taylor, lt. General, son of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith, was born on January 27, 1826 in Nr Louisville, Kentucky and died on April 12, 1879 in New York at the age of 53. He married Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier on February 10, 1851. She was born in Hermitage, Plantation, St James Parish, Lou and died in 1875.

Shared note

Elected in 1848 over Lewis Cass by a popular vote of 1,360,967 to 1,222,342 and an electoral vote of 163 to 127. Chose Millard Fillmore as vice-president. Died in office, while Congress was in session. Was a second cousin of James Madison.