Biographical Facts Birth: Orange County, Va., November 24, 1784 Ancestry: English Father: Richard Taylor Birth: Orange County, Virginia, April 3, 1744 Death: near Louisville, Kentucky, January 19, 1829 Occupations: Soldier; Landowner Mother: Sarah Dabney Strother Taylor Birth: December 14, 1760 Death: December 13, 1822 Brothers: Hancock Taylor (1781-1841); William Dabney Strother Taylor (1782-1808); George Taylor (1790-1829); Joseph Pannill Taylor (1796-1864) Sisters: Elizabeth Lee Taylor (1792-1845); Sarah Bailey Taylor (1799-1851); Emily Richard Taylor (1801-1841) Marriage: Jefferson County, Kentucky, June 21, 1810 Wife: Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor Birth: Maryland, September 21, 1788 Death: Pascagoula, Massachusetts, August 18, 1852 Children: Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor (1811-1875); Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835); Octavia Pannill Taylor (1816-1820); Margaret Smith Taylor (1819-1820); Mary Elizabeth Taylor (1824-1909); Richard Taylor (1826-1879) Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian Education: Limited tutorial education Occupations Before Presidency: Soldier; Farmer Military Service: Volunteer in Kentucky militia (1803); Rose from 1st lieutenant to major general in United States Army (1808-1849) Inauguration Age: 64 Death: Washington, D.C., July 9, 1850 Place of Burial: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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