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Joseph Pannell Taylor
Joseph Pannell Taylor (May 4, 1796 – June 29, 1864) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He was the younger brother of Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States.
Early life.
He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney Strother. He married Evelyn A. McLean (1809-1887) from Ohio, daughter of John McLean, a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and the U.S.
1841, Meigs married Louisa Rodgers (1816–1879), the daughter of Commodore John Rodgers. Their children included:
- John Rodgers Meigs (1842–1864), a West Point graduate and Army officer who was killed in action during the Civil War
- Mary Montgomery Meigs (1843–1930), the wife of Army officer Joseph Hancock Taylor, who was the son of Union Army Brigadier General Joseph Pannell Taylor, and nephew of President Zachary Taylor
- Charles Delucena Meigs (1845–1853), who was named for Meigs' father