Many presidents have direct ties to Virginia through birthplaces, homes, presidential retreats and gravesites, but Virginia’s Presidential connections do not end here.  A number of fathers and mothers of future Presidents and future First Ladies were also born in Virginia. 

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Augustine Washington, Father of George Washington; born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1694 and died in King George County, Virginia April 12, 1743.

Mary Ball Washington, Mother of George Washington; born in Lancaster County, Virginia 1708 and died near Fredricksburg, Virginia April 25, 1789.

Sites to Visit:        
Mary Washington House        
Address: 1200 Charles Street, Fredricksburg, Virginia 22401        
Phone Number:  540-373-1569         Website:  www.apva.org/marywashingtonhouse/       

Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library       
Address:  8346 Mary Ball Road, Lancaster, Virginia 22503      
Phone Number:  (804) 462-7280      
Website:  www.mbwm.org/              

Mary Washington Monument and Gravesite     
Address:  1500 Washington Avenue, Fredricksburg, Virginia      

  (LEFT) Martha Dandridge Washington, Wife  of   George Washington and the first First Lady of the United  States; born in New Kent County, Virginia June 21 1731 and died at "Mount Vernon," Virginia May 22, 1802.
 
 Site to Visit:
 Mount Vernon





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Peter Jefferson, Father of Thomas Jefferson; born in Chesterfield County, Virginia Februrary 29, 1708 and died at "Shadwell," Virginia August 17, 1757.

Jane Randolph Jefferson, Mother of Thomas Jefferson; buried at "Monticello," Virginia.

First Lady Martha Skelton Jefferson, Wife of Thomas Jefferson; born in Charles City County, Virginia October 19, 1748, died at "Monticello," Virginia September 6, 1782 and buried at "Monticello."

Site to Visit:
Monticello
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James Madison, Sr., Father of James Madison; born March 27, 1723 and died at "Montpelier" in Orange County, Virginia February 27, 1801. 

Eleanor Conway Madison, Mother of James Madison; born in Caroline County, Virginia January 9, 1732 and died at "Montpelier" in Orange County, VA February 11, 1829.




(LEFT) First Lady Dorothea (Dolley) Todd Madison, Wife of James Madison; born May 20, 1768, died July 12, 1849 in Washington, D.C. and buried at "Montpelier," Virginia.

Site to Visit:
Montpelier






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Benjamin Harrison, Father of William Henry Harrison; born in Charles City County, Virginia April 5, 1726 and died in Charles City County,Virginia April 24, 1791.

Elizabeth Bassett Harrison,  Mother of William Henry Harrison; born on the Etham estate in Charles City County, Virginia December 13, 1730 and died in Charles City County, Virginia 1792.

Site to Visit:
Executive or Governor's Mansion
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John Tyler, Sr., Father of John Tyler; born in James City County, VA on Februrary 28, 1747 and died at "Greenway," Charles City County, Virginia January 6, 1813.

Mary Armistead Tyler, Mother of John Tyler; born in York County, VA in 1761 and died at "Greenway," Charles City County, Virginia April 5, 1797.



(RIGHT) First Lady Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of John Tyler; Born at Cedar Grove Plantation in New Kent County, Virginia November 12, 1790, died September 10, 1842 at the White House and buried at Cedar Grove Plantation.

Site to Visit:
Letitia Tyler's Gravesite at Cedar Grove Plantation
Address:  Historical marker located at intersection of US 60 east and VA route 106

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Lt. Col. Richard Taylor, Father of Zachary Taylor; born in Orange County, Virginia.


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Thomas Lincoln, Father of Abraham Lincoln; born in Rockingham County, Virginia January 6, 1778 and died January 15, 1851.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother of Abraham Lincoln; born in Cambell County, Virginia February 5, 1784 and died October 5, 1818.

Site to Visit:
Thomas Lincoln Birthplace
Address:  Historical marker located on US 11 northbound at Lacey's Springs.

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(RIGHT) First Lady Ellen Herndon Arthur, Wife of Chester A. Arthur; born in Fredricksburg, Virginia on August 30, 1837 and died January 12, 1880.








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  (LEFT) First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson,  second  wife of Woodrow Wilson; a direct descendent of colonial Virginia settlers as well as the famous American Indian Poahontas, through Pocahontas' granddaughter Jane Rolfe Bolling; born in Wytherville, Virginia on October 15, 1872 and died December 28, 1961.


Visit the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Foundation in Wytheville, Virginia.





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Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower, Mother of Dwight D. Eisenhower; born in Mount Sidney, Virginia on May 1, 1862 and died September 11, 1946.


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