Tag Archives: Rachel Jackson

The Death of Rachel Jackson, “A Being so Gentle…”

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Feather Foster

Rachel Jackson was almost a First Lady; she died a few weeks prior to Jackson’s inauguration.  Rachel Donelson: The Three Marriages When Rachel Donelson (1767-1828) was seventeen, she married Lewis Robards, a prosperous Kentucky planter ten years her senior. She … Continue reading →

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The Horrible Health of Andrew Jackson

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

How Andrew Jackson managed to live to be seventy-eight is a wonderment, considering his dreadful health. AJ: The Young Frontier Boy Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a posthumous boy; his father died only weeks before Andy was born. Raised in the … Continue reading →

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Andrew Jackson and The Peggy Eaton Affair

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Andrew Jackson came to Washington wearing a mourning band. His beloved wife Rachel had died only weeks before his inauguration in 1829. Jackson believed his sixty-one-year old wife was killed by the poisoned arrow of slander and calumny. (That she … Continue reading →

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Lincoya: Andrew Jackson’s Indian Son

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Andrew Jackson, Indian fighter, with no love lost on his enemies, adopted a Creek Indian baby and raised him as his own.  Andrew Jackson: Becoming the General At age forty, Andrew Jackson had been a major figure in Tennessee for … Continue reading →

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Rachel Jackson’s Inaugural Gown

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

  The Smithsonian Institution maintains a priceless collection of First Ladies’ inaugural gowns – at least those of the past hundred years. But if they had collected and maintained every First Lady’s inaugural gowns, the most valuable could arguably be … Continue reading →

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