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Rachel Jackson ( née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [1] [2] She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role ...
19 de abr. de 2024 · Rachel Jackson (born June 15, 1767, near Pittsylvania county, Virginia [U.S.]—died December 22, 1828, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was the wife of U.S. Army general and president-elect Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States (1829–37).
18 de dic. de 2009 · Rachel Jackson (1767-1828) was the wife of U.S. Army general and President-elect Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh president of the United States (1829–37). She died less than...
Born in Virginia on June 15, 1767, she journeyed to the Tennessee wilderness with her parents Colonel John Donelson and Rachel Donelson when she was 12. At 17, while living in Kentucky, she married Lewis Robards, of a prominent Mercer County family.
First Lady Biography: Rachel Jackson. Colonel John Donelson, born 1718, Somerset Count, Maryland, hunter, surveyor, foundry owner, Revolutionary War soldier; a member of the Virginia Assembly, co-founder of Nashville, Tennessee, died by murder in 1786, assailants unknown on return from Virginia to Tennessee.
Married - 1791 to Andrew Jackson (first married to Lewis Robards in 1785, divorced 1793) Children - none; adopted Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1809-1865) from Rachel’s brother. Died - December 22,...
Rachel Donelson Jackson. Lived: 1767-1828 Mrs. Andrew Jackson . Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband's inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at The Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828. Lines from her epitaph--"A being so gentle and so ...
