Their mother was Ann Mackall Taylor Wood, daughter of Zachary Taylor, president of the United States. She married Robert Crooke Wood, who was an officer in the United States Army who continued to serve the Union forces in the Civil War.
Their two sons, however, joined the Confederacy, one in the Army and the other in the Navy.
From Find-A-Grave.
COLONEL ROBERT CROOKE WOOD, JR.
BORN: 4 April 1832, Fort Snelling, Minnesota
DIED: 4 December 1900 (aged 68) , Orleans Parish, Louisiana
BURIED: Metarie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
His grandfather was President Zachary Taylor, His uncle by marriage was Jefferson Davis, Confederate president.
Education: Kentucky Military Institute. Attended St, Mary's College. 1850-1853 attended USMA, West Point.
1855-1858 served as lieutenant in 2nd U.S. Cavalry.
--Old Secesh
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