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Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 1330. Source citation. U.S. Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of John Quincy Adams, who was the 6th U.S. President. One of nine children, her father was an American merchant and her mother was from England.
Little Louisa was the first American Citizen born in Russia. On September 20, 2012, exactly 200 years after the death of the toddler the members of the DAR Chapter dedicated a new gravestone in her honor. (Some of the wording from the Louisa Catherine Adams Chapter newsletter.)
She died on May 15, 1852, at the age of 77, and Congress adjourned for her funeral, the first time a woman was honored in this way. She was the only foreign-born first lady of the United States until 2017, when Melania Trump became first lady.
LOUISA CATHERINE JOHNSON ADAMS, the wife of John Quincy Adams, was born in London on 12 February 1775, the second daughter of Joshua Johnson of Maryland, and Catherine Nuth Johnson. Her father represented the Maryland firm of Wallace, Davidson, and Johnson in London.
The following year, John Quincy Adams died while serving in Congress; she died in Washington on May 15, 1852 at the age of 77, and today lies buried at his side in the family church at Quincy. Click here to learn more about the enslaved household of the Adams family.
Feb 13, 2017 · Only through a thorough examination of this woman’s life can we uncover the important place in history that Louisa Catherine Adams truly deserves. Louisa Catherine Johnson, who would become the wife of the sixth president of the United States, was born in London, England, on February 12, 1775.
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Louisa Catherine Adams (August 12, 1811 – September 15, 1812), born and died in St Petersburg, Russia, buried in the Lutheran Cemetery there. Louisa was sickly, plagued by migraine headaches and frequent fainting spells.
