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Sarah Knox Taylor. Sarah Knox Davis ( née Taylor; March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835) was the daughter of the 12th U.S. president Zachary Taylor and part of the notable Lee family. She met future Confederate president Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) when living with her father and family at Fort Crawford during the Black Hawk War in 1832.
- September 15, 1835 (aged 21), St. Francisville, Louisiana, U.S.
On September 15, two days short of their three-month anniversary, Sarah Taylor Davis died. She was buried at "Locust Grove," which is now a state historical site that is open to the public. For more information, see Volume 1 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis.
28 de oct. de 2014 · Sarah Knox Taylor: The First Mrs. Jeff Davis. Posted on October 28, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster. Sarah may have been a tiny little blip in history, but her connections are cool! Sarah Knox Taylor: The Army Brat. General Zachary Taylor, career military officer who came up through the ranks.
- Feather Schwartz Foster
The only thing he clearly cared about was Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of Col. Zachary Taylor, his commanding officer at Ft. Crawford, in Michigan Territory. But Taylor did not want his daughter, “Knox,” to marry a soldier, and one can hardly blame him in Davis’s case.
Sarah Knox Davis formerly Taylor. Born 6 Mar 1814 in Vincennes, Indiana [uncertain] Ancestors. Daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall (Smith) Taylor. Sister of Ann Margaret Mackall (Taylor) Wood, Blandine Taylor [half], Octavia Pannill Taylor, Margaret Smith Taylor, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Dandridge and Richard Strother Taylor.
- Female
- March 6, 1814
- Jefferson Finis Davis
- September 15, 1835
3 de abr. de 2014 · In June 1835, Davis married his commanding officer’s daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor. Because his commanding officer, none other than future president Zachary Taylor, was opposed to the marriage,...
22 de dic. de 2021 · Against Taylor’s objections, Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor married in 1835, but she died of malaria a few months later. Davis, having resigned his commission, followed the lead of his older brother Joseph and became a cotton farmer.
