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  1. Sarah Angelica Van Buren ( née Singleton; February 13, 1818 – December 29, 1877) was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II. She assumed the post of first lady because the president's wife, Hannah Van Buren, had ...

  2. Sarah Angelica Singleton, better known as Angelica, was born in Wedgefield, South Carolina, on February 13, 1816, to mother Rebecca Travis Coles and father Richard Singleton. 1 She grew up on their South Carolina plantation. As a young woman, she received a robust education, studying at Madame Grelaud’s Seminary in Philadelphia. While staying ...

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  4. May 31, 2023 · Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower Angelica Singleton became first lady to a president whom she had not even known when he had won the election in 1836. Yet she played a major role during his term at the White House—the “Executive Mansion”—and set numerous precedents for the women who followed her.

  5. White House Decorative Arts in the 1890s. The extended family of Benjamin Harrison stretched the Executive Mansion's available living space to the limit and a number of beds were ordered to accommodate the family. Caroline Harrison was a life-long art student, and her interest in china painting led her to search the White House for old services.

  6. Angelica Van Buren. When Martin Van Buren moved into the executive mansion in 1837, he had been a widower for nearly two decades. No first lady, then, took up residence in the White House with the new president. But during Van Buren’s tenure, his eldest son Abraham met, and eventually married, Angelica Singleton.

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