Find A Grave - US First Ladies

Adams, Abigail b. November 22, 1744 d. October 28, 1818
Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of 2nd United States President John Adams, and the mother of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams. Born in Waymouth, Massachusetts, on her mother's side she was descended from early prestigious leaders of the colony; her father was a Congregational minister. An avid reader, she formed an immediate bond with...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Adams, Louisa Catherine b. February 12, 1775 d. May 5, 1852
Presidential First Lady. The wife of 6th United States President John Quincy Adams, she was born in London, England to an American father. She was education in a French convent school, met John Quincy Adams while he was a diplomat serving in England and were married three years later at a ceremony in London (her new father-in-law, John Adams, had just...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Arthur, Ellen Herndon b. August 30, 1837 d. January 12, 1880
Presidential first Lady. Ellen Herndon Arthur was a posthumous first lady as she had died before her husband Chester Arthur assumed the presidency. Her passing came even before his becoming Vice President. Ellen's death placed Arthur in deep mourning which continued even after becoming President following the assassination of President Garfield. After her untimely death, Chester kept her room in their New York home exactly as she left it. At the White House, he would not give anyone the...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York, USA
Plot: Located behind the grave of President Arthur
Bush, Barbara Pierce [future burial site] b. June 8, 1925
First Lady of the United States of America. Born on June 8 1925, as Barbara Pierce, she married future President George Walker Bush on January 6, 1945. She served as the First Lady from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993. She is the mother of Robin Bush, who died in 1952, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and President George W. Bush. In...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
Carter, Rosalynn Smith [future burial site] b. August 18, 1927
Presidential First Lady. Born Rosalynn Smith, she married future President James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter in 1946. She served as the United States First Lady from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. She also served as the Honorary Chairperson of the President's Commission on Mental Health from 1977 to 1978, and Vice Chair of the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1982 to present. In 1984 Carter released her autobiography entitled, "First Lady From Plains." (Bio by: K)
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Future Burial Site
Cleveland, Frances Folsom b. July 21, 1864 d. October 29, 1947
Presidential First Lady. President Grover Cleveland was a bachelor during the first fifteen months of his first term in office. His sister Rose was the official White House Hostess. Grover took a bride, Twenty one year old Frances Folsom, extremely beautiful, and twenty seven years younger then the President. They were married in the White House and she became the youngest First Lady in American history plus the only presidential couple to marry at a White House ceremony. Frances 'Frank'...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue b. January 3, 1879 d. July 8, 1957
Presidential First Lady. She was the main reason and is given full credit for her husband's rise in politics. Grace Goodhue was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew up an only child, her father a safety steamboat inspector while her mother was a homemaker. She received an excellent education from the University of Vermont where she was very outgoing participating in many activities. Upon graduation she went to work for the Clark School for the Deaf as a teacher. She lived across the street...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud b. November 14, 1896 d. November 1, 1979
Presidential First Lady. Mamie Eisenhower presided as First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 the wife of President Dwight David Eisenhower . She was born in Boone, Iowa in a house although moved from its original site to another, has been preserved and was dedicated on June 22, 1980 a repository of many items from her early life. She and Ike had been married for a quarter of a century when they were thrust onto the public stage in 1942 and remained there for the next twenty years...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, USA
Fillmore, Abigail Powers b. March 13, 1798 d. March 30, 1853
Presidential First Lady. She was born Abigail Powers in rural Saratoga County, New York to a prominent Baptist preacher who died early in her life leaving her mother to fend for herself with two small children. She home schooled Abigail providing her with an excellent education using her dead husband's library of many books. The family was now living in New Hope, New York while Abigail was enrolled in a recently opened academy where Millard Fillmore was also a student. He had little...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Fillmore, Caroline Carmichael McIntosh b. October 21, 1813 d. August 11, 1881
Second Wife of 13th United States President Millard Fillmore.
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Ford (Bloomer), Betty (Elizabeth Ann) [future burial site] b. April 8, 1918
First Lady of the United States of America. Born on April 8, 1918, she first married William Warren, before marrying future President Gerald Rudolph Ford in 1948. Together they had 4 children. She became First Lady following the resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon, and served as the First Lady from August 8, 1974-January 20, 1977. In 1987 she released her autobiography entitled, "The Betty Ford Story" (1987), which was made into a movie the same year. The Betty Ford Center in Rancho...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Future Burial Site
Garfield, Lucretia b. April 19, 1832 d. March 14, 1918
Presidential First Lady. Her tenure in Washington lasted but 200 days. James Garfield's Presidential Inauguration was held at the Smithsonian institute where an electric lamp was on display to the amazement of all who attended. Shortly after, Lucretia Garfield became ill with malaria and went to Elberon, New Jersey for rest and recuperation when word arrived that her husband had been shot. She returned to Washington by special train, frail and fatigued to personally tend to her husband. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Her casket is in the same tomb as President Garfield.
Grant, Julia Dent b. January 26, 1826 d. December 14, 1902
Presidential First Lady. Wife of 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Her father was a fur trader operating along the Mississippi River. He became quite wealthy and developed a copied southern plantation named "White Haven", outside of St. Louis. Julian Dent was born in St. Louis one of seven children. Using slave labor the plantation became a very profitable enterprise. Julia attended the Misses Mauros boarding school in St. Louis which catered to daughters of other affluent...[Read More]
General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Harding (Kling-DeWolfe), Florence Mable b. August 15, 1860 d. November 21, 1924
Presidential First Lady. The wife of President Warren Harding. Eldest child of Amos and Louise (Bouton) Kling, born 1860 in Marion Ohio. her father was one of Marion�s most powerful citizens and often carted his young daughter about Marion while conducting business meetings. As a result, she developed her father's keen sense of business, and when coupled with her headstrong personality (again, like her father) turned her into a force to be reckoned with. Married, against her father's will, to...[Read More] (Bio by: SJ Monnette)
Harding Memorial Park, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.5732994, -83.1232986 (hddd.dddd)
Harrison, Anna b. July 25, 1775 d. February 25, 1864
Presidential First Lady. She was born Anna Symmes on a farm near Morristown, New Jersey, the daughter of a judge and a senator. With the death of her mother, she was taken to live with her grandparents in New York City and received the best education possible. As an adult, she joined her father now living on extensive land holdings along the Ohio River near Cincinnati. While in nearby Lexington, Kentucky awaiting the completion of a house, she met the future President William Henry...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
William Henry Harrison Memorial, North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Harrison, Caroline Scott b. October 1, 1832 d. October 25, 1892
Presidential First Lady. She was born Caroline Scott in Oxford, Ohio, her father was professor of science and math at Miami University. The family moved to Cincinnati, where Caroline met the future President and grandson of President William H. Harrison for the first time, then a return to Oxford where her father founded the Oxford Female Institute. She was enrolled and graduated with a degree in music returning to teach home economics and painting. In an endeavor to be near Caroline...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Plot: Section 13, Lot 57
Harrison, Mary Lord b. April 30, 1858 d. January 5, 1948
2nd Wife of 23rd United States President Benjamin Harrison.
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Hayes, Lucy Ware Webb b. August 28, 1831 d. June 25, 1889
Presidential First Lady. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio and with the death of her father at age two, her mother moved the family to Delaware, Ohio. Lucy Web enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan and then transferred to Wesleyan Female College outside of Cincinnati graduating with honors and a college degree. Lucy first met the future President Rutherford B. Hayes when she was fourteen. Her mother became a matchmaker constantly...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Rutherford Hayes Home (Spiegel Grove), Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
GPS coordinates: 41.3400002, -83.1303024 (hddd.dddd)
Hoover, Lou Henry b. March 29, 1874 d. January 7, 1944
Presidential First Lady. She was born Louise Henry in Waterloo, Iowa the daughter of a banker. The family relocated to California when she was ten. Her father combined outdoor camping with education introducing her to the study of rocks, minerals and mining. They hunted on horseback and she became an expert hunter and rider. These interest would lead her to the future President Herbert Hoover. Lou was the first woman to major in geology and receive a degree at Stanford. She met Herbert...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Jackson, Rachel Donelson Robards b. June 15, 1767 d. December 22, 1828
Presidential First Lady. Though never in reality a First Lady, Rachel Jackson's mixup with her divorce and remarriage impacted and had a detrimental effect on her life and her husband, President Jackson until the day of his death. She was born Rachel Donelson in Virginia the fourth daughter from a total of twelve children. Her education was almost nonexistent and what she did receive was akin to what frontier women received: reading the bible and little else. Jackson met Rachael while...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
The Hermitage, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

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