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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the first lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman.
Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914.
Mar 31, 2006 · Ellen Axson Wilson, pictured in 1912, became the first Georgian to serve as first lady of the United States when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, won the 1912 presidential election. Ellen Wilson was born in Savannah and grew up primarily in Rome, where her father was a Presbyterian minister.
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ELLEN LOUISE AXSON WILSON. Born: 15 May, 1860. Savannah, Georgia. Ellen Louise Axson was named after two aunts and born in the home of her paternal grandparents. Father: Samuel Edward Axson, was born 23 December 1836, in Waltourville, Georgia.
American first lady who was the first to use the position to advance worthwhile causes . Born Ellen Louise Axson on May 15, 1860, in Savannah, Georgia; died on August 6, 1914, in Washington, D.C.; daughter of Margaret (Hoyt) Axson and Samuel E. Axson (a third-generation minister); married (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson (future president of the United ...
Ellen Louise Axson was born on May 15, 1860 and grew up in Rome, Georgia, where her father, the Reverend S. E. Axson, was a Presbyterian minister. Thomas Woodrow Wilson first saw her when he was about six and she only a baby.
