The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Friday, April 1, 2022

Joseph Pannell Taylor's Daughter Married Future Confederate General David Rumph Jones

Sarah Rebecca Taylor Jones, a daughter of Union  General Joseph Pannell Taylor, brother of President Zachary Taylor, married David Rumph Jones, a Civil War Confederate major general.

DAVID RUMPH JONES

BIRTH:  5 April 1825, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

DEATH:  20 January 1863 (aged 37), Richmond, Virginia

BURIAL:  Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

Born in South Carolina, but family moved to Georgia from where he was appointed a cadet at the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1842.  He graduated in 1846, placing 46th out of a class of  59.  Among his classmates were  future Confederate general Stonewall Jackson and Union general George B. McClellan.

--Old Secesh


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