LAST -- Family to live at the Hermitage, Hermitage TN
N 36° 12.881 W 086° 36.721
16S E 534872 N 4007830
Andrew Jackson III, the grandson of President Andrew Jackson, his wife Amy and their children were the last people to live in the Hermitage mansion before it became a museum.
Waymark Code: WM10CAC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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A sign of history at the entrance to the Pres. Andrew Jackson family cemetery at his home at The Hermitage discusses details about the family members buried in the cemetery, and also identifies the last family members to live in the Hermitage mansion before it became a Museum. The sign reads as follows:
"THE JACKSON FAMILY CEMETERY
Andrew Jackson strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.
Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones marked the graves of 16 family members, and one family friend. This diagram shows the stones in the same order as they stand before you.
The oldest of Jackson's grandchildren, Rachel, or "my pet" as Jackson Calder, provided much of the information we have about the Jackson family during Andrew Jackson's retirement and after his death. She married Doctor John Marshall Lawrence in 1853, and they had 9 children.
The youngest of Jackson's grandchildren who survived infancy, Samuel attended the Western Military Institute in Sumner County, Tennessee. He died of injuries suffered at the battle of Chickamauga while serving in the Confederate Army.
Andrew Jackson III, graduated from West Point in 1857 and fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. After the war, he returned to the Hermitage and lived with his mother, Sarah. He married Amy Rich in 1885, with whom he had 2 children. He and his family were the last people to live in the Hermitage mansion before it became a museum."
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