Life History

Notes

• The middle name and family name it comes from is spelled variously Pannell, Pannel, Pannill.
  
  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Joseph Pannill Taylor
  Birth Year 1796
  Spouse Name Evelyn Mclean
  
  Marriage:
  Capt J P Taylor of USA to Eveline A McLean dau Hon John, Postmaster General, Washington City Tues [Nov 20 1827] by Rev Mr Ryland, (published Monday Nov 26 1827)
  --  New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) Typed transcription
  
  The above announcement was published on Monday 26 Nov 1827, indicating the wedding took place Tuesday 20 November.  The same short note was published in the Richmond, Virginia, newspaper on 27 November 1827 and in a Massachussetts newspaper on 28 November 1827.
  
  "Married On Tuesday by Rev Ryland, Capt. J. P. Taylor of the US Army, to Miss Eveline A McLean, daughter of John McLean, Postmaster General."
  --  The Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, November 27, 1827, page 3, column 5, cited by Elizabeth Middleton, note on this genealogy on RootsWeb, 21 May 2016, link to record on Library of Virginia, http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/M2X11YYJE6G3CE9YQTHAU933T5QKJSUPSP89NFXXM26CT1BG8P-67825?func=full-set-set&set_number=000121&set_entry=000089&format=999
  
  Washington, D.C. Marriages, 1826-50
  JOSEPH P [Cpt] Taylor
  Spouse Evelina McLEAN
  Marriage 20 Nov 1827 Washington, DC
  
  A Massachussetts paper ran the story on 28 November.
  
  U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
  Eveline McLean
  Father McLean
  Spouse J P Taylor
  Marriage Abt 1827 Washington City
  Columbian Centinel, Massachusetts, 28 Nov 1827
  
  United States Of America, Brigadier General
  "As the war dragged on, an increasing number of officers and soldiers encountered varied problems.  On June 29 [1864], in Washington, Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, Zachary Taylor's brother, uncle-in-law of Jefferson Davis, commissary general of subsistence, and former member of Lincoln's War Board, died of diarrhea and partial paralysis.  Taylor died with family and fellow officers at hand."
  --  David J Eicher, The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War (NY: Simon & Schuster, September 4, 2001), p 704, cited in Article: "Zachary Taylor,"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor
  
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  American Civil War General Officers
  Joseph Pannell Taylor
  Union Army, Highest Rank Brigadier General
  Birth 1796 Louisville, Kentucky
  Death Date 1864
  romotions: Promoted to Full Colonel (Colonel & Commissary Genl)
  Promoted to Full Brig-Gen
  
  Biography: JOSEPH PANNELL TAYLOR
  
  Taylor, Joseph P., brigadier-general, was born in the state of Kentucky, and from that state entered the regular army service at the time of the war of 1812. He became third lieutenant in the 28th U. S. infantry in May, 1813, second lieutenant in the same regiment in August, first lieutenant in July, 1814, and was honorably discharged from the service June 15, 1815. He was reinstated in the service as a second lieutenant of U. S. artillery in May, 1816, with brevet of first lieutenant from July 15, 1814, promoted to first lieutenant on Nov. 24, 1817, transferred to the 3d artillery on June 1, 1821, and was promoted to captain in the same on July 6, 1825. He was transferred to the 2nd artillery March 18, 1829, and remained with that regiment until July 7, 1838, acting as commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, and was promoted to major July 7, 1838. He became lieutenant-colonel and assistant commissary-general of subsistence in the U. S. army Nov. 30, 1841, and was brevetted colonel for meritorious conduct, particularly in the performance of his duties in the prosecution of the war with Mexico. He was commissioned colonel and commissary-general of subsistence on Sept. 29, 1861, and was promoted to brigadier-general and commissary-general of subsistence, U. S. A., on Feb. 9, 1863.  Gen. Taylor served in this capacity until his death, which occurred at Washington, D. C., on June 29, 1864.
  
  --  Source: The Union Army, vol. 8, cited Ancestry.com,
  http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=Joseph+Pannell&gsln=Taylor&pidlist=1030-107111915-1000-66596_1030-149945277-1000-473915_1030-363068969-1000-2815024_1030-216314596-1000-15022678_1030-958066588-1000-19752972_1030-4097032191-1000-2128554_1030-3270135119-1000-7605266_1030-2419782668-1000-1688814_3867-2759-1000_3599-1884715-1000_3599-1884714-1000_7836-1201091-1000_7836-1201090-1000&ftm=1&gss=angs&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2759&db=hdsofficers&indiv=1
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  Note that the above information reports Joseph born in Kentucky.  Some sources report he was born in Virginia.
  
  American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
  Volume: 174, Page Number: 394
  Joseph Pannell Taylor
  Birth 1796 Virginia
  --  Reference: Colonial families Of the southern states of America By Stella Pickett Hardy. Baltimore. 1958. (643p.):509
  
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  Family and Burial Information is found on Find A Grave database
  
  Joseph Pannell Taylor
  Birth May 4, 1796
  Death Jun 29, 1864
  
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. Brother of President Zachery Taylor. Uncle to Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor.
  
  Spouse Eveline Aurilla McLean Taylor (1809 - 1887)
  
  Children:
  John McLean Taylor (1828 - 1875)
  Richard Lee Taylor (1833 - 1836)
  Joseph Hancock Taylor (1836 - 1885)
  Belle Taylor Clarke (1838 - 1936)
  Elizabeth Lee Taylor (1847 - 1848)
  Sarah Rebecca Taylor Jones (1851 - 1917)
  William Bliss Taylor (1853 - 1871)
  Evelyn Taylor Yorke (1857 - 1919)
  
  Burial Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District Of Columbia, Lot 563
  --  Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5886928
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Sources

• 1. The Union Army, vol. 8, cited Ancestry.com
• 2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Wikipedia
  • "Zachary Taylor," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor
• 5. David J Eicher, The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War (NY: Simon & Schuster, September 4, 2001)
  • p 704
• 6. Library of Virginia
• 7. Washington, D.C. Marriages, 1826-50
• 8. New York Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) Typed transcription