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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.
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.”
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 .
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 (Taylor) Davis. (1814 - 1835) 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 ...
11 de may. de 2015 · In August 1832, near the conclusion of the Black Hawk War, Davis met the colonel’s daughter, 18-year-old Sarah Knox Taylor. The pair fell in love, but for two years Taylor denied Davis...
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...
