The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28

had no opportunity to be reconCiled 70 his
child.
Many years passed, and Col. Taylor had
made a brilliant record for himself In the
Florida ~War1where he had conquered and
punished the Seminoles Of the Everglades.
Some OF the biographies Of Jefferson
Davis, in denying the story OF the runaway
marriage, assert that Col. Taylor was a
widower, and for that reason the young
couple went TO a relative OF the bride
In kentucky to have the ceremony per-
formed. Mrs. Taylor lived to accompany
Gen. Taylor through the Florida war. and
went TO the White House with him after
his election az the twelfth President OF the
United States. She lived a short time after
his death, and died in East Pascagoula, La
in August, 1852.
Therefore Miss Taylor did not go from
Fort Crawford to Kentucky to be married
for the reason stated. for both her parents
lived then at Fort Crawford, where young
Davis was also stationed. Under ordinary
circumstances the wedding would have
occurred at Gen. Taylor's house.
But be that az It may, none OF the Taylor
family ever saw jefferson Davis again
until he and Gen. Taylor met thirteen years
afterward on the field in Mexico.
Gen. Taylor's family were living at Fort
Jessup. near Baton Rouge, La, when
he was named by President Polk as Com
mander in Chief OF the Army Of Occupa-
ton 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 command.
Mrs. Taylor and Miss Betty, the youngest
daughter, remained in their home at the
garrison while the war continued. The
eldest daughter had married and was reside
ing in Baltimore. Both Gen. and Mrs.
Taylor still felt their loss in the death OF
their daughter Sarah, and the intervening
years had not made them forget that she
had left them against their wishes.
Mr.. Davis had after the death Of his wife
lived on his cotton farm in Mississippi, re-
naming a widower until ls45. when he mar
ried Miss Varina Howell, whose death 90
Cured a few days ago in this city. At the
breaking out Of the Mexican War he was a
member Of Congress, which Office he resigned
to become Colonel Of the First Mississippi
Regiment.
At Monterey the First Mississippi was
stationed at one of the forts in the suburbs
Of the city, Inc in the battle that ended
with the defeat of Ampudia, it's Mexican
I ueIeuOoT, JeucTEOh Jaws lOStANON n ehShS
wound. Before this event, at the time
and subsequently it was noticed that Col.
Davis and Gen. Taylor never met. and it
was evident that this was by design and
not the result 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 ths
three days struggle that ended in triumph
at Buena Vista.
1T 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 the West had exhausted their
energies, when Clay, Crittenden, Yell n
their brave compatriots slept in death on
the bloody feld-at this moment, when
Santa Anna believed and announced him.
self the hero Of the field, and when he con-
centrated his favorite troops to make a
Last charge upon our dispirited and ex-
hausted columns. Col. Davis, at the head
Of his Mississippi regiment, nobly sustained
the shock and sent the foe back disap-
pointed and dismayed. Then it was that
Old Jack, seeing by whom he, his gallant
men and his countTy's 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 recon-
Citation upon the battlefield
In his official report Of the battle Of BuenG
Vista Gen. Taylor complimented Col.
Davis's regiment of Mississippi rifemen,
whose bravery was conspicuous and Of
Davis himself he said: -Col. Davis, though
severely wounded, remained in the saddle
until the close of the action. His distin-
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OF his regiment on this day entitle him to the
particular notice of the Government
They never met again. Gen. Taylor, the
nations military hero, became the Wing
candidate for the Presidency in 1s4s and
Davis, who was then a United States Sens
tor from Mississippi. opposed his election,
he being a Democrat. Gen. Taylor was
elected and for a year and four months was
President Of the United States, dying sud-
denly July 0, 1880.
The household Of President Taylor In
Guided his youngest daughter, Miss Betty
who had in 1S4S married Col. Bliss Of the
army. She by a second marriage became
Mrs. Philip cambridge, and her home until
her death a few years ago was at VIM
chester, Va. Mrs. cambridge was often
with her sister, Mrs. Wood, whose home
for many years was at rs East Thirty-hrst
street, in this CITY.
Senator Davis never called on President
Taylor after his accession to the Presidency;
nor did he ever visit Mrs. Taylor or Mrs.
Bliss. He was not in Washington when
President Taylor died and the family never
heard from him after that event.
President Taylor's son. Gen. Richard
Taylor, became a distinguished officer Of
the Confederate army and gave his services
to uphold the Confederate States. Of which
Jefferson Davis was the President. He died
many years ago. Mrs. Wood. the eldest
daughter OF Gen. Taylor, died in Germany
while on a visit to a married daughter now
living in Dresden. There are now living
Of Gen. Taylor's grandchildren the two
daughters OF Gen. Dick Taylor and the
daughter OF Mrs. Wood.
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