S9.com / Biographies /
Madison, Dolley(nee Payne)
1768 – She was born on the 20th day of May this year in New Garden, a Quaker community located in the area now known as Guilford County, North Carolina.
1790 – She married John Todd, Jr., a lawyer who was instrumental in keeping her father out of bankruptcy and who found Mary Payne a position as the manager of a boarding house.
1793 – Her son and husband died of yellow fever that broke out an epidemic in Philadelphia.
1794 – After returning to Philadelphia, her friend Aaron Burr, who was a frequent guest at the boarding house managed by Mary Payne, introduced her to James Madison. She married Madison in a plantation in Washington.
1809 – Her husband served as the President of United States until 1817. She also occasionally acted as what is now described as First Lady of the United States during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, fulfilling the ceremonial functions more usually associated with the President's wife, since Jefferson was a widower.
1849 – She died on the 12th day of July this year in Washington, D.C.
  | Page last updated: 12:22pm, 14th Apr '07 |
- "I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue."
Related Books
  |
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington hardcover by Don Brown (Hardcover - Oct 22, 2007) Dolley was a farm girl who became a fine first lady when she married James Madison. She wore beautiful dresses, decorated her home, and threw lavish parties. Everyone talked about Dolley, and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
Eagle's Cry: A Novel of the Louisiana Purchase (The American Story) by David Nevin (Mass Market Paperback - Oct 14, 2001) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are leading the nation from an incipient aristocracy toward a modern democracy in what Jefferson would call the Second Revolution.But with the death of George...  |
|
  |
A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation by Catherine Allgor (Hardcover - Apr 4, 2006) An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, groundbreaking portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politicsWhen the roar of the Revolution had finally died...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Unfading Beauty by Tracy M. Leininger (Hardcover - Jan 30, 2003) Dolley Madison was the most popular and beloved of our American first ladies. Her Christian character and natural hospitality made her a popular hostess and the perfect helpmate for her husband, who...  |
|
  |
The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison by David B. Mattern (Hardcover - Apr 30, 2003) From modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's first First Lady--arguably...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Dolley Payne Todd Madison: 1768-1849 (Encyclopedia of First Ladies) by Alice K. Flanagan (Library Binding - Mar 30, 1998) |
|
