Octavia Pannel Taylor

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Octavia Pannill Taylor is listed in R. Whitney Tucker's "The Descendants of the Presidents", Delmar Printing Company, Charlotte, N.C.,(©1975) Chapter XII. Zachary Taylor, Page 103, Second generation, Descendant XII-3(Octavia Pannel (sic.) Taylor, born in Jefferson Co., Ky., August 16, 1816;died at Bayou Sara, La.,July 8, 1820.)

Octavia Pannell Taylor (15 August 1816 – September 1820) was the third child and third daughter of Zachary Taylor and his wife Margaret Mackall Smith.

The third child of the couple, Octavia Pannell Taylor was born on August 15, 1816, in Louisville, Kentucky. Her siblings were: Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor Wood (April 9, 1811 – December 2, 1875), Sarah Knox "Knoxie" Taylor (1813 – September 15, 1835), Margaret Smith Taylor (July 17, 1819 – October 1820), Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor Bliss Dandridge (April 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909) and Richard "Dick" Taylor (January 27, 1826 – April 17, 1879).[3]

In 1820, Zachary Taylor took his family to Bayou Sara, Louisiana. Soon after their arrival, Octavia, her younger sister Margaret, and her older sister Knoxie became ill with what their parents called a "bilious fever",[citation needed] which was most likely of malaria, but some sources claim that it was yellow fever. On September 1820, Octavia, at four years old, died from her illness.[citation needed] That October, Margaret, at one year old, died of it as well.[citation needed]

Impact of death on Zachary and Margaret Taylor

The death of Octavia Taylor left a deep impact on her parents. Wead notes that the Taylors were "forever traumatized by the experience , and were pleased to leave Louisiana behind. Eisenhower suggests that Zachary Taylor may have been convinced that "military life, with its long separations, was unsuitable for families" as a result of Octavia's death.

Name spelling[edit]

Although her name was most likely Octavia Pannell Taylor because her uncle's full name was Joseph Pannell Taylor, her name is also spelled Octavia Pannel Taylor or Octavia Pannill Taylor[ depending on the source

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Daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith

Sister of Ann Mackall Taylor Wood Sarah Knox Taylor Davis Margaret Taylor Mary Elizabeth Taylor Richard Taylor

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