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Angelica (Singleton) Van Buren 1818 ~ 1878
Angelica Singleton Van Buren
President Van Buren had been a widower for seventeen years when
he was elected President, consequently his daughter-in-law,
Angelica Singleton Van Buren, presided over the White House.
Mrs. Van Buren, Jr., came from Sumter District, South Carolina.
She was educated at Madame Grelaud's Seminary, Philadelphia. In
November, 1838, she was married to Major Abram Van Buren,
President Van Buren's eldest son, a graduate of West Point, and
long an officer of the United States Army.
Mrs. Van Buren was a lady of rare accomplishments and graceful
manners, and very vivacious in conversation, and was,
consequently, very popular in the White House. At the end of
President Van Buren's administration Major and Mrs. Van Buren
visited Europe. Her uncle, Mr. Stevenson, was then Minister to
England, and she and her husband were the recipients of much
attention, as London was unusually gay on account of the recent
coronation of Queen Victoria.
Returning, they resided throughout his retirement with
ex-President Van Buren at Lindenwald, and subsequently removed
to New York City, where Mrs. Van Buren remained for the rest of
her life. Her home was the resort of people of refinement and
education. She was most unselfish and self-denying in the
distribution of her wealth and influence for the benefit of
others.
She died December 29, 1878.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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