Historical Cosmo Girls

[Linda Anderson]

One thing leads to another and I looked up Jefferson Davis's first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor. She was the daughter of future President Zachary Taylor. Davis resigned from the army to be able to marry her but she died of malaria on September 15, 1835 after only three months of marriage.

"Davis was devastated by the death of his young wife, as were her parents...When Jefferson Davis married Varina Banks Howell on February 26, 1845, he insisted that the newlywed couple visit Sarah's grave during their honeymoon."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knox_Taylor

Sarah Knox Taylor