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Zachary Taylor Wood

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Zachary Taylor Wood Veteran

Birth
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Death
1915 (aged 54–55)
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Wood - Section K, Lot 5
Memorial ID
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Canadian Law Officer.
Born in Annapolis Naval Academy, Maryland, he became Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) and Acting Commissioner of the Yukon Territory of Canada from 1902 to 1903. He served in the NWMP and the RNWMP from 1885 to 1915. In 1998, Mount Wood in the Yukon was renamed by the Canadian Government in honor of Zachary Taylor Wood for the 125th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). His great grandfather was U.S. President Zachary Taylor and his father was Civil War Confederate Naval Officer John Taylor Wood. He died in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Canadian Law Officer.
Born in Annapolis Naval Academy, Maryland, he became Acting Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) and Acting Commissioner of the Yukon Territory of Canada from 1902 to 1903. He served in the NWMP and the RNWMP from 1885 to 1915. In 1998, Mount Wood in the Yukon was renamed by the Canadian Government in honor of Zachary Taylor Wood for the 125th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). His great grandfather was U.S. President Zachary Taylor and his father was Civil War Confederate Naval Officer John Taylor Wood. He died in Asheville, North Carolina.
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