Frederick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor July 25, 1909
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Washington Post, (DC) July 26, 1909
July 26, 1909 - DEATH OF 'FIRST LADY' Mrs Dandridge daughter of Pres. Taylor -
 - HOME IN WINCHESTER VA SINCE 1857, 
	Winchester Va., July 25 - Mrs. Betty Taylor Dandridge, dau of Zachary 
Taylor, twelfth President of the United States, died at her home on North 
Braddock street, this city at 5:45 pm following a lingering illness. Her death 
was from a sudden heart attack.
	Mrs. Dandridge was ... born at what is now Fort Snelling, on the 
Mississippi River, in Minnesota, on April 20, 1824. She was the third daughter 
of President Taylor...mother was Margaret Mackall Smith of Maryland. Her first 
husband was Col. William Wallace Bliss she married in 1848... Col. Bliss died 
near New Orleans on Aug 5, 1853 from yellow fever... after the death of Col. 
Bliss she married Philip Pendleton Dandridge and came to Winchester to live in 
1857. Her second husband died in 1882. No childs were born of either marriage.
   Washington Post, Washington DC

Additional Comments:
There is so much misinformation about how many children Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 
Taylor Bliss Dandridge had, that I thought I would post this obit. It has much 
more information, but I could not post if word for word, although obits are 
not copyrightable.....

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