Sarah Knox Taylor

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Sarah Knox Taylor was the daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and the first wife of future Confederate president Jefferson Davis, whose early death ended their brief marriage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
ageAtDeath 21
burialPlace Locust Grove Cemetery, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
causeOfDeath malaria
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1814-03-06
dateOfDeath 1835-09-15
endTimeOfMarriageWithJeffersonDavis 1835-09-15
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Taylor
father Zachary Taylor
givenName Sarah
knownFor being the daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor
being the first wife of Jefferson Davis
her early death shortly after marriage
marriageOpposedBy Zachary Taylor
metSpouseWhile living at a U.S. Army post where Jefferson Davis was stationed
middleName Knox
militaryFamilyBackground daughter of a career U.S. Army officer
mother Margaret Taylor
notableRelative Jefferson Davis
Zachary Taylor
placeOfBirth Vincennes
surface form: Vincennes, Indiana Territory, United States
placeOfDeath Locust Grove Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
positionHeldByRelatives 12th President of the United States (held by her father Zachary Taylor)
First Lady of the United States (through her mother Margaret Taylor)
President of the Confederate States of America (held by her husband Jefferson Davis)
religion Presbyterianism
residence Kentucky
surface form: Kentucky, United States

Louisiana
surface form: Louisiana, United States

frontier U.S. Army posts in the American West
sexOrGender female
sibling Ann Taylor
Margaret Smith Taylor NERFINISHED
Mary Elizabeth Taylor
Octavia Pannill Taylor
Richard Taylor
Sarah Taylor (namesake sister who died young)
spouse Jefferson Davis
startTimeOfMarriageWithJeffersonDavis 1835-06-17

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Jefferson Davis spouse Sarah Knox Taylor