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Ellen Lewis Arthur (née Herndon; August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880), known as Nell Arthur, was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband was elected vice-president that November.
In 1856, Arthur courted Ellen Herndon, the daughter of William Lewis Herndon, a Virginia naval officer. [45] The two were soon engaged to be married. [ 46 ] Later that year, he started a new law partnership with a friend, Henry D. Gardiner, and traveled with him to Kansas to consider purchasing land and setting up a law practice there. [ 44 ]
Chester Alan Arthur II was the second son of Ellen Lewis Herndon and Chester A. Arthur. [1] Ellen was the daughter of explorer William Lewis Herndon. [2] He was born on July 25, 1864 [3] in New York City. [2] His elder brother, William Lewis Herndon Arthur, was born in December 1860, named after Ellen's father, and died in July 1863 [4] [5 ...
Chester A. Arthur was married to Ellen Lewis Herndon from 1859 until her death in 1880. Two presidents were widowed and remarried prior to their presidencies: Theodore Roosevelt was married to Alice Hathaway Lee from 1880 until her death in 1884. He was subsequently married to Edith Carow from 1886 to his death in 1919.
Chester A. Arthur: Turtle Steak. Though today it’s illegal to eat turtles in many parts of the world, that wasn’t stopping Chester Arthur back in the 1880s.
Chester A. Arthur was married to Ellen Lewis Herndon from 1859 until her death in 1880. Charles Curtis was married to Annie Baird from 1884 until her death in 1924. Curtis's half-sister Dolly Gann acted as his official hostess for social events during his vice presidency.
For more than half a century, Ellen Lewis has dedicated her professional life to education. Lewis recently penned a book titled "The Wednesday Lady." Former Spotswood teacher pens memoir on 50 ...
William Lewis Herndon was born on 25 October 1813 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth (née Hull) and Dabney Herndon.His father was a cashier. [2] He married Frances Elizabeth Hansborough and they had a daughter, Ellen Lewis Herndon (future wife of Chester A. Arthur), born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia.