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Maintaining slavery was one of his final acts in life. In his will, approximately 131 enslaved men, women, and children, ranging in age from infants to the elderly, were left to Taylor's wife Margaret; daughters Ann and Betty; and his son Richard.
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Sarah Dabney Strother Taylor
mothers date of birth and place: Dec.14,1760 Virginia -
Lieutenant colonel Richard Taylor
fathers birth date and place: Apr. 3,1779, orange county, VA -
November 24, 1784, at Montebello plantation, near Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.
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Margaret Taylor
Born: September 21, 1788, Calvert County, MD -
Millard Fillmore
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nickname: Old Rough-and-Ready
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when he got married: June 21, 1810
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Zachary Taylor, a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850.
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Margaret Smith
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Sarah Knox Taylor Born: March 6, 1814, Forts of Vincennes, Indiana
Died: September 15, 1835, Saint Francisville, LA -
Mary Elizabeth Bliss Born: April 20, 1824, Louisville, KY
Died: July 25, 1909, Winchester, VA -
Richard Taylor Born: January 27, 1826, Jefferson County, KY
Died: April 12, 1879, New York, NY -
he was a farmer
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Whig-party
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Taylor became commander of the army of the west division
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He was a descendent of William Brewster, a leader of the Pilgrims who first landed on Plymouth Rock and sailed to America on the Mayflower.
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Taylor helped with the Indians campaigns including the black hawk war
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Taylor lived in a simple tent ate simple foods he was a simple person
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President James Madison was Taylor's second cousin.
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In 1848, the California gold rush began, increasing the urgency to establish government in the west. In order to avoid bitter debates over the status of slavery in Federal territories, Taylor encouraged California and New Mexico to bypass territorial status and enter the Union as states as soon as possible.
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he was very short and when he wanted to ride his hoarse he would have to get a boost up on his horse
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it has 5 parts 1. is California became a free state 2.was slave trade stopped in Washing Ton D.C.
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what was newsworthy:May 1, 1850. Compromise of 1850. Congress debates solutions to the issue of slavery's possible expansion into the territories won in the Mexican War.
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On July 9, 1850, after only 16 months in office, President Zachary Taylor dies after a brief illness
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Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, KY
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Ann Mackall
Born: 1811, Jefferson County, KY
Died: December 2, 1875, Freiburg I'm Breisgau, Germany -
My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.
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Episcopalian
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Old Whitey Old Whitey, a wartime horse
Apollo, a former circus pony
