JOHNSON, Louisa Catherine^[1]

1775 - 1852  (77 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	JOHNSON, Louisa Catherine
  Birth	12 Feb 1775	London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	May 1852	United First Parish Church Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Death	15 May 1852	Washington, District of Columbia, Disctrict of Columbia, USA   [1]
  	U.S. Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of John Quincy Adams, who was the 6th U.S. President. One of 8 children, her father was an American merchant and her mother was from England. She was raised in London, England and Nantes, France where her family had taken refuge during the American Revolutionary War. In 1794, she met John Quincy Adams in London, where her father had been appointed U.S. Consul General and they were married three years later, and she accompanied him to Berlin after he was appointed the U.S. Minister to Prussia. During their marriage, she was frequently ill, plagued by migraine headaches and frequent fainting spells. In 1809, she travelled to St. Petersburg, Russia to join her husband, who was serving as the first U.S. Minister to Russia. In 1817, she moved with her family to Washington, D.C. as her husband was appointed to the position of Secretary of State by U.S. President James Monroe. When her husband was elected as the U.S. President in 1825, she became dismayed by the bitter politics of the election and coupled with bouts of deep depression, she soon became reclusive. While living in the White House during her husband's four-year term, she wrote many essays and poems concerning anti-slavery and pro-women views and translated a number of major books from French to English. Along with Dolly Madison, the wife of the 4th U.S. President James Madison, she helped to raise funds for the future construction of the Washington Monument. Later, the untimely deaths of her two oldest sons (George in 1829 from an apparent suicide and John in 1834 from alcoholism) added to her depression. After the death of her husband in 1848 at the U.S. Capitol Building, where he had served as a Massachusetts congressman for 17 years, she remained in Washington, D.C. until her death at the age of 77. Bio by: William Bjornstad [3]
  Age	77 years
  Person ID	P2573	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	ADAMS, President John Quincy           b. 11 Jul 1767, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 23 Feb 1848, Washington, District of Columbia, Disctrict of Columbia, USA (Age 80 years)  [1]
  Marriage	26 Jul 1797	All Hollows Barking Parish, London, England   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 22 years and 5 months old - He : 30 years old.
  Family ID	F5708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2023

  
  

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  		Birth - 12 Feb 1775 - London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Marriage - 26 Jul 1797 - All Hollows Barking Parish, London, England Burial - May 1852 - United First Parish Church Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 15 May 1852 - Washington, District of Columbia, Disctrict of Columbia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 25 Apr 1998 Find a Grave Memorial #1330 [S50] Findagrave.com.