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Marriage bond of Andrew Jackson and Rachel Donelson Robards, signed by Andrew Jackson, his bondsmen Robert Hays (Tennessee) and John Overton (judge), and witnessed by Andrew Ewing, January 17, 1794 The circumstances of the end of Rachel Donelson 's relationship with Lewis Robards and transition to Andrew Jackson resurfaced as a campaign issue ...
Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [1] [2] She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.
Lewis Robards (December 5, 1758 – April 15, 1814) was an American Revolutionary War veteran and Kentucky pioneer who is best remembered as the first husband of Rachel Jackson, who was later married to Andrew Jackson, elected U.S. president in 1828.
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, and his wife Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson had no biological children together but served as guardians to a large number of children, several of whom lived at the Hermitage at one time or another.
The President's Lady is a 1953 biopic by 20th Century Fox directed by Henry Levin.The screenplay by John Patrick was adapted from the eponymous 1951 novel by Irving Stone, based on the life of American president Andrew Jackson and his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards.
The Robards–Donelson–Jackson relationship controversy has been ongoing for the better part of 200 years, but since the 1970s, historians generally agree that Andrew and Rachel ran off together to force a divorce from Lewis Robards that would have otherwise been inaccessible to Rachel, and that they were a couple for roughly five years ...
Rachel Jackson, 38, was last seen in the Wadham Road area of Avenham, Preston, at 7pm on Friday. She had been spending the evening with friends before telling them she needed to go out for air for ...
Hutchings was a son of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson's older sister Catherine Donelson. [3] Hutchings may have been known as "Jackey" to friends and family. [4] According to the editors of The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Hutchings was "Jackson's partner in the Lebanon, Gallatin, and Hunter's Hill stores."