John Taylor Wood was the son of Robert Crooke Wood, an Army surgeon, and Anne Mackall Taylor, daughter of the future President Zachary Taylor and his wife Margaret Mackall Smith.
John Taylor Wood was the son of Robert Crooke Wood, an army surgeon, and Anne Mackall Taylor and Grandson of Zachary Taylor. Bell, 2002, p.1 His mother was also the daughter of the future Zachary Taylor and his wife Margaret Mackall Smith.