Show ad rp ay A I 1 A HP gave taylor Is F reel 13 by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN bherman tur IN united states Is about to take over the care of 0 the burial ground of gen zachary taylor twelfth president ile ho died in the white house july 0 1850 after giving hla his country more than forty years of service it if it be admitted that it Is the duty of the nation to see that the burial pin places ces of its presidents tire are cared for congress has long neglected this duty in the case of old rough and beady upon tile the death of president taylor hlf his remains were interred in the ca congressional if gress lonal burial ground christ church cemetery washington in accordance cor dance with ills hla wish they were transferred to the old taylor homestead near louisville ny ky the state of kentucky erected years ugo ago a handsome memorial near tile the burial vault dut but no provision lias has ever been made for the adequate and permanent care af pf of tile the grounds long ago tile the homestead passed from the hands fiands of the taylor family the state of kentucky now holds fields title with some private interest in five acres about the burial vault the grounds lie near the browna boro road read tin an important thoroughfare thorough fara of jefferson county A half mile antle roadway leads to thern them it has been recently improved by the tha county the louisville outdoor league purposes to plant this roadway find and make it a zachary taylor memorial lane inne the last congress passed a resolution appropriating for the care maintenance and improvement of the burial grounds and directing the secretary of war to establish thereon a national cemetery the precedent for the latter I 1 Is s the andrew johnson national cemetery of fifteen acres established by congress in 1000 so we shall have the zachary taylor national cemetery maintained by tile the united states government zachary taylor deserved well of his wintry try ile he wits was born in orange county ty va ills his father was col richard taylor tin an officer in the revolution lie ile was a descendant of elder william brewster of mayflower and plymouth fame faille the taylors moved to kentucky in 1785 in 1808 at the age of twenty four zachary was commissioned a first lieutenant tit in tile the seventh infantry a new regiment in 1812 as major lie he defended F fort ort arrison near terre haute ind against st indians and was breveted major ajor in 1815 when tile the army was vas reduced to men lie he resigned major taylor was however induced to return to the army as lieutenant colonel in command of port fort snelling I 1 the e black hawk indian war of 1832 t round found him in command of fort craw 1 i ford tit nt prairie du chien wis Wt olet itally ally tally it was to colonel taylor that billack lack hawk surrendered after the second campaign the e black hawk war was only n so called war but it has haf an all interest a its own tit in that it brought er historic personages oen gen winfield acott cott took command at bort crawford with colonel taylor was aleut jefferson eterson davis dails and in col samuel 1 I ayo thompsons Thomp sons regiment of illinois volunteers was capt abraham lincoln jefferson davis 1808 89 was a west point graduate of 1828 after tile the close of the black hawk hostilities he eloped from F fort ort crawford Crawfo nl with will sarah tile the oldest daughter of colonel taylor A little inter lie he as tin an englif engineer made n survey of the chicago and calumet rivers the federal government having decided to establish it harbor on tile the west shore for tho the fast growing schooner traffic of lake alike michigan davis recommended calumet ill his chief reason being that lake anh e calumet could bo be made a landlocked land locked harbor for the maintenance of it fleet to le be used against canada no you will not find this in the hIs histories and the lie trick by which C chicago cago finally won over calumet Is still another story davis left the army in 1835 to become it a cotton planter in mississippi in 1815 ile he was elected to congress but resigned to get into the lie mexican war as colonel of a mississippi regiment fie fought under general taylor at monterey Mon lerey at buena vista in the latter battle lie he displayed groat great gallantry and was wounded front from 1847 to 1851 IS il davis was in the senate then lie served its as secretary of w war r patter ador president pierce the year 1857 found him film hack bilick in the spi senate liate arid in 1861 ilk he resigned to go with the south and to become president of the confederacy Abr abraham allain lincoln was twenty three when tile the black hawk afir broke out ile he responded to tile lie call for volunteers by tile lie governor of illinois tile Io boys ysl in insisted upon meeting electing him captain tin and away lie he marched you have or of course rend read of his amusing i experiences nut but did you know that once he was under arrest for tirina off ff ills pistol contrary to regulations and lid did you vou know that lie he had flail to t wear a wooden sword swoll for two days while under arrest because some of tits his men inen stole whisky and got drunk and lid did you know tant lie he saved tile the life of tin an old indian who surrendered from a crowd of bloodthirsty soldiers goldiel s anti and lid did you know that lie demanded tit the same fati food for men that the regulars got fill and blurted bluffed the army off officers leers into giving it and heres another thing that you will not find in nil all the histories after captain Lincol ns com company pliny hall had been disbanded ill lincoln Prill enlisted sted is as a 11 private in the independent spy company just what services tic he rend rendered pred as it i spy Is unknown to tills this writer ile HP wits was however discharged fit at white witter water wis A t thief filet strip stole ills his horse ile he had to make an all inglorious return to naw salient by foot by canoe find and by timber raft colonel taylor litter after the black hawk war took command of our forces in florida where tile the seminole war was on lie he wound up that war wai by defeating the indians indiana at the battle of okeechobee in 1810 1840 lie he was put pul in command of the southern division of the army and moved his home to td baton rouge la in 1816 1846 upon the breaking out ol of the blex mexican ican war brigadier general genera taylor was ordered to the ilie rio grande on oil two successive lays days he fought and won von the battles battle of palo alto find and gesnea 10 lo de la in raima palma and cleared the lower valley of the rio itlo grande next he marched to nuevo leon tin and fought a series of batt battles lem ending in the ennie year with tile capture of monterey notwithstanding the fact that under orders from ills government lie he hall had sent his best troops to reinforce general scott who wag aa invading mexico by the way or of vera vcra cruz lie ho purs pursued tied santa ann ana and with a much interior inferior force defeated that mexican commander at tile the battle batile of buena vista may 23 33 1817 1847 18 17 this important victory was followed by the lie mexican of general jon ernt scott which ended with tile the capture of the city of mexico september 14 1847 which virtually ended the war pence peace between the ho two countries wn was 11 declared february 2 1818 this war confirmed tile the annexation of texas and also brought into the united states california and nevada most of arizona new mexico find and utah and a part of colorado general Tny Taylor lors 3 way of tre treatie treat atin ln pm pill houi li find and tits his readiness to fight the mexicans Mex lenns under tiny any and all conditions earned him film the title of old hough and rendy ready 11 ills brilliant victories ninde made hlin blin a popular hero there was R tin an insistent demand for him for the presidency taylor illin himself was not enthusiastic ile he said if the people want me to be president I 1 shall serve hut but I 1 shall do nothing not hinc to get the office tte he was elected by tile the ahles over the democrat lewis cass cas of michigan taylor married margaret Mn rgaret smith in 1810 when lie was a young captain she was ever his companion and helpmeet wherever he was stationed when he wits was elected president she said paid it was a plot to deprive her of tier her husbands society and to shorten fits life by unnecessary erre care she had no social aspirations she refused to take tiny any part in the social life of the white louse house and turned the duties of hostess over to tier her youngest daughter the of mij IV IV S nilsa bliss mlis miss hetty betty was the youngest hostess the th white house ever saw As for mrs taylor she put gas in the white house and depte kept everything lind and span slip she reserved for herself a 9 few bonnis out of tile the way where site she could knit and smoke hei he corncob pipe in pence peace and think up ul filings for ohp comfort of f her husband |