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Jun 15, 2017 · Rachel Jackson, the Scandalous Divorcee Who Almost Became First Lady | History| Smithsonian Magazine. HISTORY. Rachel Jackson, the Scandalous Divorcee Who Almost Became First Lady. Rachel...
Rachel Donelson Jackson. About The White House. First Families. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson was married to Andrew Jackson. When she died before his inauguration as President in 1829,...
Rachel Donelson was a child of the frontier. Born in Virginia on June 15, 1767, she journeyed to the Tennessee wilderness with her parents Colonel John Donelson and Rachel Donelson when she was 12. At 17, while living in Kentucky, she married Lewis Robards, of a prominent Mercer County family.
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. Her death devastated Andrew.
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 Donelson Jackson. Lived: 1767-1828 Mrs. Andrew 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. Lines from her epitaph--"A being so gentle and so ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Rachel Donelson Jackson. Written by Harold D. Moser. 2 minutes to read. The daughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley and wife of President Andrew Jackson, Rachel Donelson was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. In December 1779 her family set out for the West, arriving at Fort Nashborough (now Nashville) in April 1780.
