Talk:Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

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Did you know... that the United States owns all of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, except where Zachary Taylor and his family are actually buried?

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Congressional Burying Ground?[edit]

I can find no reference that Congressional Cemetery was ever called the Congressional Burying Ground. A history of the cemetery from 1906 on the Congressional Cemetery website gives the official name as "The Washington Parish Burial Ground", and notes it has always been called "Congressional Cemetery".--Edgewise (talk) 15:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have the Kleber book myself, and it states: "On July 9, 1850, Taylor died in Washington, D.C., probably from cholera, and was buried in the Congressional Burying Ground. On November 1, 1850, he was re-buried in the Taylor family cemetery, now part of the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, at Springfield(s) in Louisville." In the "Taylor, Zachary" Encyclopedia of Louisville article, it lists two books by Holman Hamilton as references: 1) Zachary Taylor, Soldier of the Republic (New York 1941); 2) Zachary Taylor, Soldier in the White House (New York 1951).

Also, a Google search for "Congressional Burying Ground" turned up a good deal of results. Look at this page -- I think it's proof the Congressional Cemetery was indeed called the Congressional Burying Ground. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 18:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Was Zachary Taylor Murdered?[edit]

The history section ends with "Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed to determine if the real cause of death was arsenic poisoning".

If we are going to raise the question, shouldn't we resolve it?

"A team of Kentucky medical examiners concluded yesterday that Taylor was not poisoned with arsenic or other compounds ... laying to rest speculation that he was the first president assassinated." The article title is actually misleading, as the body was too decomposed to determine what he *did* die of, but there was no sign of poisoning. Zachary Taylor Death Solved. Blwhite (talk) 04:52, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

W.G.L. Taylor[edit]

The beginning summary lists "W.G.L. Taylor, a captain for the Confederate States of America" as one of the family residents of the cemetery. But FindaGrave claims to have indexed 97% of the graves in the cemetery and doesn't list anyone matching that description.

This search --Taylors that would have been alive during Civil War returns 7 male candidates. I can't make anything like a WGL out of any of them. The cemetery itself has a similar search with similar results. Blwhite (talk) 04:56, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I talked with the officials at the cemetery this week, and asked them to look for WGL. They personally reviewed all the headstones and markers in the family plot and say they can't find anyone that fits the description for WGL. The search results appear to be accurate. I'll update the page. Blwhite (talk) 04:53, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]