Mary Elizabeth Bliss served as White House hostess in her ill mother’s, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, place. Betty, as she was called, was born on April 20, 1824. She was the youngest of the Taylor children and one of three … Continued
Margaret “Peggy” Mackall Smith Taylor is said to have prayed that her husband would not win the election for the Presidency. Margaret Mackall Smith was born on September 21, 1788 to Walter and Ann “Peggy” Mackall Smith. She was most … Continued
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, a hero in the Mexican-American War and the only President to come from Louisiana. He was born on November 24, 1784 in Barboursville, Virginia to Richard and Sarah Dabney Taylor. … Continued
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Sarah Childress Polk was one of the longest Presidential widows of the 19th Century. Sarah Children was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1803. She was the third of six children to Joel and Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress. In 1817, she attended … Continued
James Polk was the 11th President of the United States. He is the only president to have served as House Speaker. He is also considered the last strong pre-Civil War president. James Knox Polk was the first of ten children … Continued