WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS

WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS

13 OF THEM BY 1913

By November 26, 1913 there had been 13 weddings in the

Washington, D. C. White House during it's first century of existence.

March 11, 1811, Lucy Payne, the widow of a nephew of George

Washington, sister in law of President Madison, married to, Justice

Todd of the Supreme court.

1812, Anna Todd, Mrs Madison's , the President's wife, cousin,

married Edward Jackson, great uncle of Stonewall Jackson.

November 26, 1913 : The 13^th bride, Jessie Wilson, President Wilson;s

daughter, married Frencis Sayer

1820, Marie Hester Monroe , President Monroe's daughter, married,

Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur of New York.

February 20, 1828, Mary Hellen, niece of Mrs Adams and John Adams,

son of President John Quincy Adams,

1829: Delia Lewis of Nashville, Tennessee, daughter of one of President Andrew

Jackson's members of his 'kitchen cabinet', married Alphonso Yver Pagot, Secretary

of the French legation.

1831: Emily Martin, niece of President Jackson, married Lewis

Donaldson, the grandson of Jefferson.

1837; Mary Easten, niece of President Jackson, married Lucien

Polk a relative of President Polk.

January 31, 1842: Elizabeth Tyler, daughter of President Tyler, married

William Waller of Williamsburg, Virginia.

May 21. 1874: Nellie Grant, a daughter of President Grant, married Algernon C. F.

Sartoris.

June 19 1879: Emily Platt, niece of President Hayes, married General Russell

Hastings, Lt. Col. 23d Regiment, Ohio Volunteers.

June 2, 1886: Francis Folsom, and President Grover Cleveland.

February 17, 1906 : Alice Roosevelt, daughter of Teddy Roosevelt married Representative

Nicholas Longworth.

Abstract: Wilmington Morning News, November 25, 1913: Harrison H. 2019.