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• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Zachary Taylor
  Gender: Male
  Birth 1784 VA
  Spouse Name: Margaret Mackall Smith
  Spouse Birth Year: 1788
  Marriage Year: 1810
  
  Zachary became the 12th President of the United States.
  --  Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts
  
  Zachary TAYLOR, 12th President of the United States
  Margaret Mackall SMITH
  Husband:  Zachary TAYLOR
  Birth:  24 Nov 1784, Montebello, near Barboursville, Orange Co., VA
  Death:  9 Jul 1850, Washington, DC
  Disposition:  buried Zachary Taylor national Cemetery, near Louisville, KY
  Occupation:  soldier (rank, General)
  Religion:  Episcopalian
  Politics:  Whig
  Father:  Col. Richard TAYLOR, Sr.
  Mother:  Sarah Dabney STROTHER
  Marriage:  21 Jun 1810, Jefferson Co., KY
  Wife:  Margaret Mackall "Peggy" SMITH
  Birth:  21 Sep 1788, Calvert Co., MD
  Death:  18 Aug 1852, East Pascagoula, MS
  Father:  Walter SMITH
  Mother:  Ann MACKALL
  --  http://dgmweb.net/FGS/T/TaylorZachary-MargaretMackallSmith.html
  
  1850 Federal Census, Washington, DC, 31 August, page 125 (63), Hse #930, Fam #983
  Zachary Taylor 66 M Prest US $100 Real Estate b Virginia [b abt 1784]
  Margaret Taylor 64 F Maryland [b abt 1786]
  
  Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties
  Zachary Taylor
  Birth Date: 24 Nov 1784
  Death Date: 9 Jul 1850
  Comments: SP. MARGARET MACKALL SMITH. PAR. LT. COL. RICHARD & SARAH DABNEY STROTHER TAYLOR. DIED WASHINGTON, D.C. TWELFTH USA PRES.
  
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  12th US President. Taylor fought in the War of 1812 and vanquished the Seminoles in Florida. He antagonized the South by advocating the integration of California (a non-slave state). He was the second President to die in office. He died 5 days after he became ill after attending a July 4th celebration at the Washington Monument.
  
  In the late 1980's, author Clara Rising theorized that he was murdered by poison and was able to convince Taylor's closest living relative, as well as the Jefferson Co., KY Coroner, to order an exhumation. Since his wife would not allow embalming at the time of his death in 1850, his remains did not allow more extensive testing to be done. The results came back 9 days later that his body contained arsenic, but no more than what a normal human being would have and his death was ruled as severe gastroenteritis.
  
  He was first buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington D.C. July 13, 1850. His remains were then shipped back to his home in Louisville, Kentucky on October 25, 1850.
  
  There, they remained in the family vault until he and his wife were moved to their final resting place on May 6, 1926 in the mausoleum. He remained there undisturbed until June 17, 1991 when his body was brought out of the crypt for the exhumation. He was re-interred in the mausoleum next to his wife.
  --  Stories, Ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3472694/media/c3edee7a-685a-4e6f-a14b-27714d0846f6, Original Source Unknown
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Sources

• 1. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 2. World Family Tree Vol. 149, Ed. 1
  • Name: Name: MyFamily.com, Inc.; Date: June-2004;;
• 3. Taylor -- Zachary and Margaret
  • Name: Name: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/T/TaylorZachary-MargaretMackallSmith.shtml;
• 4. Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties
• 5. Various Sources
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Washington, DC
  • 31 August, page 125 (63), Hse #930, Fam #983
• 7. Taylor -- Jeff Davis and Sarah
  • Name: Name: http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/D/DavisJefferson-SarahKnoxTaylor-VarinaBanksHowell.shtml;;
• 8. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 9. 1880 Federal Census, Frederick County, Virginia
  • 2 June, Winchester, District 46, page 8, Hse #49, Fam #52
• 10. 1850 Federal Census, Washington, DC
  • 31 August, Ward 1, page 125 (63), Hse #930, Fam #983
• 11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry