Angelica singleton van buren birth date
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Sarah Angelica Singleton, better known as Angelica, was born in Wedgefield, South Carolina, on February 13, , to mother Rebecca Travis Coles and father Richard Singleton.1 She grew up on their South Carolina plantation. As a young woman, she received a robust education, studying at Madame Grelaud’s Seminary in Philadelphia.2
While staying in Washington, D.C., her relative by marriage, Dolley Madison, introduced her to President Martin Van Buren’s son, Abraham.3 On November 27, , Abraham Van Buren married Angelica at her father’s plantation in Sumter County.
Because Martin Van Buren never remarried after his wife, Hannah, died on February 5, , Angelica filled the role of first lady in Van Buren’s White House. She presided over the annual New Year’s Day reception and many other social gatherings at the Executive Mansion during her father-in-law’s presidency.4 Unfortunately, while in the White House the Van Burens lost their first child, Rebecca.5
In later years, though t
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Angelica Van Buren
Angelica Singleton Van Buren (February 13, – December 29, ) acted as the First Lady of the United States. She was the daughter-in-law of Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the USA. Angelica Singleton had married the President's son, Abraham Van Buren. She took over the role of the First Lady, as the president's wife had died 17 years earlier.
Angelica Singleton belonged to a high society. She was also related to Dolley Madison, wife of US President James Madison. Angelica brought a special style to her role as the First Lady.
She and Abraham Van Buren married in After marriage they took a long tour of europe. When they came back to the US in , she took up the role of the First Lady during the presidency of her father-in-law. In , Martin Van Buren was defeated, she and her husband shifted to Kinderhook, Lindenwald. During the winter, they lived in their family home in South Carolina. From until her death in , she lived in New York City.
Angelica was
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Angelica Singleton Van Buren
First Lady of the United States from to
Sarah Angelica Van Buren (néeSingleton; February 13, – December 29, ) was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II. She assumed the post of first lady because the president's wife, Hannah Van Buren, had died and he never remarried. She is the youngest woman ever to act as the White House hostess, assuming the role at the age of
Early life
[edit]Sarah Angelica Singleton was born in Wedgefield, South Carolina, on February 13, [1] She was the fourth of six children born to Richard Singleton and his wife, Rebecca Travis Coles.[2]
Angelica was educated at the Columbia Female Academy in South Carolina and Madame Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia for fem years.[2] She was a popular student at Madame Grelaud's and the school gave her the opportun