The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04


 seen again either of her parents.
 This incident made a great impression upon Colonel Taylor, who, however, stern in manner, had warm heart and a for giving nature, and he deplored the fact that he had had no opportunity to be reeonciled to his child
 Many years passed, and Colonel Tay- Tor had made a brilliant record for him self in the Florida war-where he had conquered and punished the Seminoles of the Everglades.
 Some of the biographies of Jefferson Davis, in denying the story of the run away marriage, assert that Colonel Tay- Tor was a widower, and for that reason the young couple went to a relative of the bride in Kentucky to have the eere- mony performed. Mrs. Taylor lived to accompany General Taylor through the Florida war, and went to the White House with him after his election as the twelfth President of the United States. She lived a short time after his death, and died in East Paseagoula, La in August, 1852.
 Therefore Miss Taylor did not go from Fort Crawford to Kentucky to be mar ried for the reason stated, for both par ents lived then at Fort Crawford wher e young Davis was also stationed Under ordinary circumstances the wedding would have occurred at General Taylor S house.
 Never Saw Him Again.
 But be that as it may. none of the Tay- Tor family ever saw Jefferson Davis again until he and General Taylor met thirteen years afterward on the field in Mexico.
 General Taylor's family were living at Fort Jessup, near Baton Rouge, La, when he was named by President Polk as commander-in-c of the Army of Occupation on the Texas border. Signs of trouble with Mexico were giving the country great anxiety, and there was a sigh of relief when it was known that Old Rough and Ready was in com mand.
 Mrs. Taylor and Miss Betty, the young est daughter, remained in their home at the garrison while the war continued. The eldest daughter had married and was residing in Baltimore. Both General and Mrs. Taylor still felt their loss In the death of theip daughter. Sarah, and the intervening years had not made them for n-r that she had left them against their wishes.
 MT. Davis had after the death of his wife lived on his cotton farm in Missis- sippifi remaining a widower until 1S45, when he married Miss Varina Howell whose death occurred a few days ago in this city. At the breaking out of the Mexican war he was a member of Con- gress. which office he resigned to be- come colonel of the First Mississippi reg inlent.
 At Monterey the First Mississippi was statione at one of the forts in the that ended with the defeat of Ampulia, its Mexican defender, Jefferson Davis re- ceived a slight wound. Before this event, at the time and subsequently, 1t was no- ticed that Colonel Davis and General Taylor never met, and 1t was evident that A. |. 4l, . of accident. The cause of this was freely discussed, and It came to be known that a reconciliation had never taken place between them.
 So things remained until the close of the three days struggle that ended in tri- umph at Buena Vista.
 "It was on this occasion,'' says the author of the Ladies of the White House." when victory seemed hesitating where she should bestow her wreath, when the men of the north and west had exhausted their energies, when Clay Crittenden, Yell and their brave com patriots slept in death on the bloody field-at this moment, when Santa Anna believed and announced himself the herd of the field and when he concentrate his favorite troops to make last charge upon our dispirited and exhausted col umns. Colonel Davis, at the head of his Mississippi regiment. nobly sustained the shock and sent the foe back disappointed and dismayed. Then it was that Q Jack seeing by whora he, his gallant men and his countrys honor had been saved, had no place in his heart but for gratitude, and the long estranged em- braced each other and wept tears of reconciliation upon the battlefield"
 Davis Complmented.
 In his official report of the battle of Buena Vista, General Taylor compliment ed Colonel Davis regiment of Mississippi riflemen, whose bravery was conspcu ous, and of Davis himself he said: "Col- onel Davis, though severely wounded, re- mained in the saddle until the close of the action. His distinguished coolness and gallantry at the head of his regi- ment on this day entit1e him to the particular notice of the government"
 They never met again. General Taylor, the nations military hero, became the whig candidate for the presidency in 1S4S and Davis, who was then United State senator from Mississippi. opposed his election, he being a democrat. Gen eral Taylor was elected and fer year and four months was President of the United States, dying suddenly July Q, 1850.
 The household of President Taylor in~ cluded his youngest daughter Miss Betty, who had in 1S4s married Colonel Bliss of the army She by a second marriage be- came Mrs. Philip Dandrldge, and her home until her death a few years ago was at Winchester, Va. Mrs. Dandridgo was often with her sister, Mrs. Wool, whose home for many years was at 25 East Thirty-first street, in this city.
 Senator Davis never called on President Taylor after his accession to the Presi- dency, nor did he ever visit Mrs. Taylor