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First Lady Biography: Ellen Arthur. Ellen Lewis Herndon was born in a house built by her father’s brother, Brodie Strachan Herndon. The structure remains standing, now known as “the Johnson house.”. William Lewis Herndon, born 25 October 1814,Fredericksburg,Virginia; naval officer; died 12 September 1857, Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Hatteras ...
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur was the wife of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She tragically died of pneumonia before he took office. Chester Alan Arthur’s beloved “Nell” died of pneumonia on January 12, 1880. That November, when he was elected Vice President, he was still mourning her bitterly.
Arthur, Ellen Herndon (1837–1880)American philanthropist who died before her husband Chester Arthur took office as president. Born Ellen Lewis Herndon on August 30, 1837, in Culpeper, Virginia; died January 12, 1880, in New York, New York; only child of Frances Elizabeth (Hansbrough) Herndon and William Lewis Herndon (an explorer of the Amazon); married
While Ellen was still just a girl her beautiful contralto voice attracted attention; she joined the choir at St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square. Then her father assumed command of a mail steamer operating from New York; and in 1856 a cousin introduced her to "Chet" Arthur, who was establishing a law practice in the city.
Ellen—whom he called Nell—died unexpectedly in New York City of pneumonia on Jan. 12, 1880, the year Arthur was nominated for the vice-presidency. She was born Ellen Lewis Herndon—daughter of naval officer William Lewis Herndon, an explorer of the Amazon River —on Aug. 30, 1837, in Culpeper, Va., but the family later moved to Washington, D.C., so her father could help establish the ...
William Lewis Herndon Arthur (1860-1863) ; Chester Alan Arthur II (1864-1937). Diplômé de l' Université de Princeton en 1885 et de la Columbia Law School. Alan Arthur a beaucoup voyagé, a géré une écurie de chevaux réputée, et a pratiqué le polo. À 36 ans, il épouse Myra Townsend Fithian, une héritière de la Californie, fille du ...
While Ellen was still just a girl her beautiful contralto voice attracted attention; she joined the choir at St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square. Then her father assumed command of a mail steamer operating from New York; and in 1856 a cousin introduced her to "Chet" Arthur, who was establishing a law practice in the city.
