Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . ACHARY TAYLOR, iwclfth,4) President of the United States,^*was born on the 24tli of Nov.,1784, in Orange Co., Va. Hisfather. Colonel Taylor, was^0 a Virginian of note, and a dis-^ »> tinguished patriot and soldier ofthe Revolution. Wiien Zaiharywas an infant, his fatlier with hiswife and two children, emi
Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . ACHARY TAYLOR, iwclfth,4) President of the United States,^*was born on the 24tli of Nov.,1784, in Orange Co., Va. Hisfather. Colonel Taylor, was^0 a Virginian of note, and a dis-^ »> tinguished patriot and soldier ofthe Revolution. Wiien Zaiharywas an infant, his fatlier with hiswife and two children, emigratedto Kentucky, where he settled inthe pathless wilderness, a fewmiles from Louisville, hi thisfront-tW ier home, away from civilization andI all its refinements, yjung Zacharycould enjoy but few social and educational advan-tages. When six years of age he attended a commonschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, andiiaiiifested a strong desire to enter the army to fightdie Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. Thereis little to be recorded of the uneventful j ears of hischildhood on his fathers large but lonely 1808, his father succeeded in obtaini
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