President Zachary TAYLOR & Margaret Mackall SMITH

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Zachary TAYLOR, 12th President of the United States
Margaret Mackall SMITH

Husband: Zachary TAYLOR
Birth: 24 Nov 1784, Montebello, near Barboursville, Orange Co., VA
Death: 9 Jul 1850, Washington, DC
Disposition: buried Zachary Taylor national Cemetery, near Louisville, KY
Occupation: soldier (rank, General)
Religion: Episcopalian
Politics: Whig
Father: Col. Richard TAYLOR, Sr.
Mother: Sarah Dabney STROTHER

Marriage: 21 Jun 1810, Jefferson Co., KY

Wife: Margaret Mackall "Peggy" SMITH
Birth: 21 Sep 1788, Calvert Co., MD
Death: 18 Aug 1852, East Pascagoula, MS
Father: Walter SMITH
Mother: Ann MACKALL

Children:

1. Ann Mackall TAYLOR, b. 9 Apr 1811, Louisville, KY; d. 2 Dec 1875; m. 20 Sep 1829, Ft. Crawford, MN, Robert C. WOOD
2. Sarah Knox TAYLOR, b. 6 Mar 1813/14, Vincennes, Knox Co., IN
3. Octavia Pannill TAYLOR, b. 16 Aug 1816, Louisville, KY; d. 8 Jul 1820, Bayou Sara, LA
4. Margaret Smith TAYLOR, b. 27 Jul 1819, Louisville, KY; d. 22 Oct 1820, Bayou Sara, LA
5. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" TAYLOR, b. 20 Apr 1824, Louisville, KY; d. 25 Jul 1909; m. 5 Dec 1848, Col. William Wallace Smith BLISS
6. Richard Strother TAYLOR, b. 27 Jan 1826, Louisville, KY; d. 12 Apr 1879

Sources:

1. Grolier Online: the American Presidency [link died]. Segment on Zachary Taylor. Says Pres. Taylor was born "near Barboursville, VA."

2. Descendants of Robert MONTAGUE by Donald L. Kitts. Says Pres. Taylor was born in "Montebello, Orange Co., VA"

3. Family Group Sheet of Pres. Zachary Taylor [link died] by John L. Rogers. Says Pres. Taylor was born in "Montebello Estates, Hare Forest, Virginia."

4. Encyclopedia Britannic CD-98. Says Pres. Taylor was born in Montebello, VA.

5. U.S. Geological Survey. GNIS: Geographic Names Information Service (online database). Barboursville is in Orange Co., VA. The only Montebello in VA in the database is in Nelson Co., which was never part of Orange Co. (or vice versa). Montebello would appear to be the name of a plantation, not a town.

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