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Hannah Hoes Van Buren |
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| Index for First Ladies Martha Washington |
Hannah Van Buren died before Martin became president. She never had the honor of acting as the First Lady.
She was born in Kinderhook, New York on March 8, 1783. She and her distant cousin, Martin Van Buren, attended the same village school. They were married on February 21, 1807. She was 23 and he was 24. They had five children and another child who died as a baby. Hannah worked on a project to help poor children in Albany, New York learn to read. Before she died she asked that the money which would normally be spent on her funeral be given to the poor. She died of tuberculosis on February 5, 1819 in Albany, N.Y. She was 35. Martin Van Buren died on July 24, 1862. He was buried beside his wife in their village.
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