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Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson |
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| Index for First Ladies Martha Washington |
Born June 15, 1767
She never got a chance to serve as First Lady. She died of a heart attack 5 days after Jackson was elected President. Her family moved to Tennessee when she was 12. Tennessee was considered the frontier at that time. At seventeen she married Lewis Robards. Her husband was jealous and had a bad temper. He sent Rachel to live with her mother. While living with her mother she fell in love with Andrew Jackson. Her husband returned and the two men had heated arguments. Rachel returned to Kentucky with her husband. In 1793, her husband divorced her. However, Rachel and Andrew thought the divorce had been done earlier, and were married in 1791. When they learned about the official divorce in 1793, they were married a second time in 1794. They lived at Hermitage, which was Jackson's plantation. Rachel Jackson died on December 22, 1828 in Nashville, Tenn. She was 61.. Over 10,000 people attended her funeral.
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