Sarah Knox Taylor

(c. 1814-1835)

BIRTH

c. 1814

PLACE

Vincennes

DEATH

September 15, 1835

PLACE

St. Francisville

FAMILY

HOMES

NICKNAMES

Knox; Knoxie

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Sarah Knox Taylor (c. 1814-1835) was a wife of Jefferson Davis. The recorded birthplace is Vincennes. The recorded place of death is St. Francisville.

WIFE

EARLY LIFE

Sarah Knox Taylor was born in c. 1814 in Vincennes.

Sarah Knox Taylor is documented in the cited sources as a spouse of Jefferson Davis. The marriage is dated 1835 in the existing research record. This entry does not yet document a distinct public office or occupation.

CAREER

DEATH

Sarah Knox Taylor died near St. Francisville on September 15, 1835, about three months after marrying Jefferson Davis. Contemporary accounts attribute her death to a fever, described variously as malaria or yellow fever.