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Dolley Madison: Medium Payne

The Promise of Payne Payne Todd had no memory of his natural father who died in a cholera epidemic when his toddler son was a year old. Aside from the fact that his mother remarried a year later to one … Continue reading

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Dolley Madison’s Son Payne Todd: The Final Blow

Dolley Madison’s son, Payne Todd, had always been a disappointment. Payne Todd in Brief Dolley Madison (1768-1849) had been married to John Todd, a Quaker lawyer, for three years. Then he died, leaving her with a two-year-old son. When she … Continue reading

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