Ancestry of
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Richard Taylor
- Mother:
- Sarah Dabney Strother
- Birth Date:
- 24 Nov 1784
- Birth Location:
- Montebello, Orange County, Virginia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 9 Jul 1850
- Death Location:
- White House, Washington, D.C.
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
- Notes:
12th U.S. President
Zachary Taylor
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Marriages for Zachary Taylor
- Spouse:
- Margaret Mackall "Peggy" Smith
- Marriage Date:
- 21 Jun 1810
- Marriage Location:
- near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky
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Sources for Zachary Taylor
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/07/2011).
- 2 Publications of the Southern History Association, 1898, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 167.
- 3 The Mayflower Descendant, 2010, Vol. 59, p. 16.
- 4 Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families
, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 390-403.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 2.
- 6 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 229, 315.
- 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 513, 571-572.
- 8 Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 17, Isaac Allerton, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2015), 188, incorrectly gives Zachary's birthdate as 24 SEP 1784.
- 9 Washington and Lee University, "Lee Family Digital Archive", (accessed 28 MAY 2013).
- 10 Wikipedia, "Zachary Taylor", (accessed 08/07/2011).