Dolley Madison
Dolley Payne Todd Madison
- Born: Dolley Payne
American
Wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakers | 1768 | 1794 |
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- Son: John Payne Todd
Wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quakers | 1768 | 1794 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Member | Fork Church | Doswell | |||||
| 1768/05/20 | Born | Born | Dolley Madison's Birthday | ||||
| 1770/00/00 | Scotchtown may have been Dolley Madison's childhood home, or maybe she just was a visitor. | Home | Scotchtown | Beaverdam | |||
| 1790/01/07 | Per her father's wishes, Dolley Payne marries John Todd at the Pine Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA (razed) | Bride | |||||
| 1793/10/14 | Dolley Todd loses her husband, John Todd, and her infant son, William Temple Todd, to Yellow Fever | Widow | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||||
| 1794/09/15 | Dolley Payne Todd marries James Madison | Bride | Harewood | Charles Town | Marriage of Dolley Payne and James Madison | ||
| 1805/06/04 | My Dearest Anne, I wrote to you from my bed, to which I have been confined for ten days with a bad knee, it has become very painful, and two doctors have applied caustic with hope of getting me well, but Heaven only knows! I feel as if I should never walk | Patient | Dolly Madison's Injured Knee | ||||
| 1805/07/31 | My Dear Sister, - We are in excellent lodgings on Samson Street, (Philadelphia), and I feel like another being. Dr Physic put my knee in splints and promised me a cure in time....Ever Devoted Dolly | Life | Dolly Madison's Injured Knee | ||||
| 1805/11/18 | Dolley leaves Philadelphia on a Monday | Patient | Dolly Madison's Injured Knee | ||||
| 1809/03/04 | 4th President of the United States: 4 March 1809 - 4 March 1817 | First Lady | The White House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1809/03/04 | James Madison gives his First Inaugural Address as Presidential of the United States. | First Lady | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | First Inauguration of James Madison | ||
| 1809/03/04 | Featuring music and dancing, James and Dolly Madison attend the first inaugural ball at Robert Long's Hotel. But which one? Mr Long ran the old Stelle's Hotel (razed) on the north side of the Capitol and one on Carroll Row (razed). | First Lady | First Inauguration of James Madison | ||||
| 1814/08/23 | As British troops near, Dolley saves the 8 ft tall Stuart portrait of Washington. Bolted to the wall, she has the frame broken and the canvas rolled up. Two men from New York take it for safe-keeping. Dolley flees with the important papers. | Heroine | George Washington (Lansdowne) | The White House | Washington, DC | Battle of Bladensburg | |
| 1814/08/23 | Dolley Madison arrives at Bellevue (Dumbarton House) to rendezvous with her husband. She receives word that his plans have changed and that he will meet her on the other side of the Potomac. | Heroine | Dumbarton House | Washington, DC | Battle of Bladensburg | ||
| 1814/09/00 | The Octagon serves as the Executive Mansion for James and Dolley Madison September 1814 - October 1815 | Home | The Octagon | Washington, DC | |||
| 1824/11/11 | Marquis de Lafayette stays with the Madisons "where he received the limit of hospitality" | Hostest | Montpelier | Montpelier Station | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1825/08/00 | Marquis de Lafayette returns to Montpelier where he visits with 104 year old, retired slave, Granny Milly, her daughters and granddaughters (the youngest was 70). | Hostest | Montpelier | Montpelier Station | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
| 1837/11/00 | In order to economize, Dolley Madison moves to Lafayette Sq. James Monroe, John Q Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K Polk, Zachary Taylor, John C Calhoun, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster will visit her. | Home | Cutts-Madison House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1844/00/00 | Dolley Madison sells Montpelier and returns to Washington, DC | Home | Montpelier | Montpelier Station | |||
| 1849/07/12 | Dolley Madison dies at home, Cutts-Madison House, Washington | Died | Cutts-Madison House | Washington, DC | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
| 1849/07/16 | Funeral sevices for Dolley Madison are held at St John's Church, Lafayette Square | In Memoriam | St John's Church | Washington, DC | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
| 1849/07/16 | The remains of Dolley Madison are interred in the Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC. | In Memoriam | Public Vault, Congressional Cemetery, DC | Congressional Cemetery | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
| 1858/01/12 | Dolley Madison is buried at Montpelier | In Memoriam | Montpelier | Montpelier Station | Funeral for Dolley Madison |
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