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Margaret Taylor | |
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| First Lady of the United States | |
| In role March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 | |
| President | Zachary Taylor |
| Preceded by | Sarah Childress Polk |
| Succeeded by | Abigail Fillmore |
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| Born | September 21, 1788 Calvert County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1852 (aged 63) Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Resting place | Zachary Taylor National Cemetery |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Ann Mackall, Sarah Knox "Knoxie", Octavia Pannell, Margaret Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty", Richard Scott "Dick" |
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852), was the wife of Zachary Taylor, the President of the United States. She was First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850. Some people called her Peggy Smith.
She was born in Calvert County, Maryland. Her mother’s name was Ann Mackall and her father’s name was Walter Smith. Her father was a major in the American Revolutionary War. When she was visiting her sister in Kentucky in 1809, she met Zachary Taylor. Taylor was a lieutenant at that time. They married in June 1810. For sometime, she stayed in a farm she had got as a marriage gift from her father. There she gave birth to her first baby. But, then she started to live with her husband. Taylor’s garrison moved from one location to other on the western front, and she also moved with him.
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