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Jun 15, 2017 · Rachel Jackson ran away from her husband and got divorced to marry Andrew, an incident that haunted her for life
Rachel Donelson was a child of the frontier. Born in Virginia, she journeyed to the Tennessee wilderness with her parents when only 12. At 17, while living in Kentucky, she married Lewis...
Rachel Jackson. Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband’s inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at the Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828.
Andrew Jackson met Rachel Donelson Robards not long after his arrival in Nashville in 1788, while staying at her mother’s boarding house. The historian James Parton described Rachel as the “best storyteller, the best dancer, the sprightliest companion, the most dashing horsewoman in the western country.”
Rachel Jackson ( née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
Rachel was a unique woman who supported Jackson in all of his endeavors until her unexpected death at The Hermitage on December 22, 1828, at the age of 61. She was laid to rest in her beloved garden on Christmas Eve.
Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband's inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at The Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828.
