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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.
Davis se casó con Sarah Knox Taylor, quien murió de malaria después de tres meses de matrimonio, y también tuvo problemas con brotes recurrentes de la enfermedad. 4 No estuvo sano durante gran parte de su vida.
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. They called him “Old Rough and Ready.”
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 · Jefferson Davis marries Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of his commanding officer, Virginia native and future U.S. president Zachary Taylor. Taylor disapproves of the match and Davis resigns his army commission.
9 de nov. de 2009 · After serving only briefly in the Black Hawk War in 1832, he fell in love with Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor. The couple contracted malaria just months after their...
