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11 de ago. de 2013 · When the Democrats lost power in 1840, John and Peggy Eaton returned to Washington, D. C. where they were once again barely acknowledged by Washington society. The irrepressible Peggy again raised eyebrows when she, then age fifty-nine, married the nineteen year old dancing instructor of her grandchildren.
Politically the incident was chiefly significant from the fact that it helped to strengthen the friendship between Jackson and Van Buren, who had ostentatiously befriended Mrs. Eaton, and to alienate Jackson and Calhoun, then Vice-President, whose wife had persistently refused to recognize Mrs. Eaton socially, and thus to assure the nomination of the former in preference to the latter for the ...
Margaret O'Neill (or O'Neale) Timberlake Eaton (December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), was the wife of John Henry Eaton, a United States senator from Tennessee and United States Secretary of War, and a confidant of Andrew Jackson. Their marriage was the cause of a national controversy known as the Petticoat Affair. While better known in history as Peggy, Margaret stated in her autobiography ...
29 de abr. de 2022 · Margaret O'Neill (or O'Neale) Eaton (December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), better known as Peggy Eaton, was the daughter of Rhoda Howell and William O'Neale, the owner of Franklin House, a popular Washington, D.C. hotel. Peggy was noted for her beauty, wit and vivacity.
12 de oct. de 2011 · Margaret O'Neill first married John B. Timberlake with whom she had 3 children. After John died, she married Senator John Henry Eaton. (It was rumored that Timberlake committed suicide because of an affair between Peggy and Eaton since they married so quickly after she became a widow.) Her third marriage was to an Italian music teacher and ...
21 de jul. de 2023 · The Scandal. Margaret “Peggy” O’Neale Timberlake Eaton was the daughter of William O’Neale, an Irish immigrant who owned Franklin House, a tavern and boarding house in Washington D.C. Ever since she was a child, Margaret spent a lot of time in the company of influential men since her father’s clientele was mostly formed of politicians.
Margaret O'Neill (Peggy O'Neill), c.1796–1879, wife of John Henry Eaton, U.S. secretary of war under President Andrew Jackson. She was the daughter of a Washington tavern keeper and married John Timberlake, a purser in the U.S. navy. Source for information on O'Neill, Margaret: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
