 1784 - 1850 (65 years)
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| Name |
Zachary "Old Rough & Ready" Taylor |
| Suffix |
12th President of the United States |
| Nickname |
Old Rough & Ready |
| Born |
24 Sep 1784 |
Montebello, Orange County, Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
9 Jul 1850 |
The White House, Washington, D.C., USA |
| Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Taylor_%28general%29
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chute/gp691.htm#head5
Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States:
"He was the first professional soldier to become President, having been elected because of his victories in the Mexican War. His presidency was brief (16 months) and his accomplishments few. He did, however, take a strong stand against Southern secession over the slavery question, though a Southerner and a landowner himself. Taylor was of English heritage and Whig political affiliation. He stood 5'8" tall and was an Episcopalian. His death came 9 July 1850 in the White House; he was buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery near Louisville, KY.
Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi.
"Old Rough and Ready's" homespun ways were political assets. His long military record would appeal to northerners; his ownership of 100 slaves would lure southern votes. He had not committed himself on troublesome issues. But Taylor did not defend slavery or southern sectionalism; 40 years in the Army made him a strong nationalist.
He spent a quarter of a century policing the frontiers against Indians. In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista.
In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession. He told them that if necessary to enforce the laws, he personally would lead the Army. Persons "taken in rebellion against the Union, he would hang ... with less reluctance than he had hanged deserters and spies in Mexico." He never wavered.
Then events took an unexpected turn. Zachary Taylor spent July 4, 1850, eating cherries and milk at a ceremony at the Washington Monument. He got sick from the heat and died five days later, the second president to die in office.
After his death, the forces of compromise triumphed, but the war Taylor had been willing to face came 11 years later. In it, his only son Richard served as a general in the Confederate Army."
«b»Type:«/b» Web Site - Multiple Source Listing
«b»Title:«/b» My Southern Family
«b»Author:«/b» Becky Bass Bonner & Josephine Lindsay Bass
«b»Source 1:«/b» "Some Prominent Virginia Families", originally published in 1907 by J.P. Bell, Lynchburg Louise Pecquet du Bellet
«b»Source 2:«/b» "Colonial Families of the United States" Volume IV, (7 volumes) MacKenzie, George Norbury (1851-1919).
«b»Source 3:«/b» "Ancestors of American Presidents", compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, Pub. 1989 by New Eng Hist. Gen. Soc., Boston, MA.
«b»Source 4:«/b» "Taylor Descent, Bolling, Shore, Goode" by Robert W. Marks; 5/27/85. 905 N. 3rd St. McGehee AR 71654.
«b»Source 4:«/b» "URL: http://www.freedomnet.com/~czar/pres/p.htm", Ref: The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the US, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publish Co., Inc. 1993.
«b»URL:«/b» «u»<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/>«/u»
«b»LOCA:«/b» Chute Family Records/GP691-5
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| Person ID |
I56547 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2008 |
| Father |
Colonel Richard Taylor, b. 3 Apr 1744, Orange County, Virginia, American Colonies , d. 19 Jan 1829, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, United States of America (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Dabney Strother, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
20 Aug 1779 |
Orange County, Virginia, United States of America |
| Family ID |
F551614988 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Margaret Mackall ("Peggy") Smith, b. 21 Sep 1788, Calvert County, Maryland , d. 14 Aug 1852 (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
21 Jun 1810 |
| Children |
| | 1. Ann Mackall Taylor, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Sarah Knox Taylor, b. 6 Mar 1814, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA , d. 15 Sep 1835, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA (Age 21 years) |
| | 3. Octavia Pannill Taylor, b. 1816, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Mary Smith Taylor, b. 1819, d. 1820 (Age 1 years) |
| | 5. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, b. 20 Apr 1824, d. 25 Jul 1909 (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. Richard Taylor, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. 27 Jan 1826, d. 12 Apr 1879 (Age 53 years) |
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| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2008 |
| Family ID |
F551614989 |
Group Sheet |
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