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Sarah Knox Taylor was the daughter of U.S. president Zachary Taylor and the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. She died of malaria or yellow fever three months after their marriage in 1835.
Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of future president Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, was born at Fort Knox in Vincennes, Indiana, in either 1813 or 1814 (probably the latter), and was named for her paternal grandmother and for the fort where she was born.
Jun 5, 2011 · Learn about the tragic love story of Sarah Knox Taylor and Jefferson Davis, who married in 1835 and died of malaria three months later. Find out how her death affected Davis' character and his political career.
Feb 11, 2016 · Sarah Knox Taylor was the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and the wife of Jefferson Davis, the future Confederate president. She died of malaria at 21, three months after their wedding in 1835.
Two of his five daughters died as young children. Another daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, married the young Mississippian who would become the president of the Confederacy and who served under Taylor in Mexico—Jefferson Davis. Sarah tragically died from cholera just two months after her wedding.
May 3, 2012 · Learn about the marriage and death of Sarah Knox Taylor, the daughter of Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis, the future president of the Confederacy. The web page describes their courtship, ceremony, honeymoon, and illness in 1835.
Sarah Taylor was born 6 March 1814 in Ft. Knox II, Vincennes, Indiana, United States to Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) and Margaret Mackall Smith (1788-1852) and died 15 September 1835 St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States ((at Davis's sister's home)) of malaria.
