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John Payne Todd (February 29, 1792 – January 16, 1852), was an American secretary. He was the first son of Dolley Payne and John Todd Jr. His father and younger brother died in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, which killed nearly 10 percent of the city's population.
Apr 3, 2002 · But John Payne Todd, Dolley Madison’s son by her first marriage—a boy who called Madison “Papa”—provided the Madisons with all the grief, anxiety, vexation, and humiliation of an entire brood of children, as this letter, the first of several, amply demonstrates (JM to John Payne Todd, 15 Feb. and 26 Apr. 1826 [DLC]; for “dear Papa ...
His father John Todd was a young and rising Philadelphia lawyer, married to Dolley Payne. They were active Quakers, at home in a large community of Quakers, some of whom, like her family, had left the South to find lives more compatible to their beliefs in Philadelphia.
Dec 9, 2015 · In his ninth book, “Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison’s Son, John Payne Todd,” Bigler recounts the story of James Madison’s alcoholic, “elusive” stepson. Todd’s life is presented as a parable of what can happen when someone takes their status for granted and engages in self-destructive behavior.
Oct 3, 2018 · One thing we know for certain about the flute is that Dolley Madison’s son from her first marriage, John Payne Todd, bequeathed the flute to Dr. Cornelius Boyle of Washington, D.C., in his will.
Presidential Step-son. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest son of John Todd, Jr. and his wife, Dolley Payne, who is better known to history as Dolley Madison. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother William Temple in 1793, a yellow fever epidemic ravaged the city, afflicting the entire Todd family....
John Payne Todd (February 29, 1792 – January 16, 1852), was an American secretary. He was the first son of Dolley Payne and John Todd Jr. His father and younger brother died in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, which killed nearly 10 percent of the city's population.
