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Ellen Lewis Arthur (née Herndon; August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880), known as Nell Arthur, was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband was elected vice-president that November.
Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon Arthur (August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880) was the wife of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died before he took office as President. She was born in Virginia .
Nell Arthur. President Chester Arthur's wife, Ellen (Nell), half-length portrait, facing left. In 1880, when, at the age of 42, Nell Arthur caught pneumonia after being out on a chilly January night and died, leaving two children and her husband, who succeeded to the presidency less than a year later, after President James Garfield died from a ...
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur was the wife of President Chester A. Arthur, who died of pneumonia before he took office. She was a singer, a Virginian, and the mother of two children.
One of the Lorin windows at Saint John’s was a memorial window to Ellen “Nell” Herndon Arthur, the late wife of the president. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and raised in Washington, D.C., she and her family were members of Saint John’s, and Nell Arthur, known for her beautiful voice, sang in the church choir.
Ellen Lewis Arthur (née Herndon; August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880), known as Nell Arthur, was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband was elected vice-president that November.
Nellie Arthur, daughter of President Chester Arthur, did not like the White House when she first took residence there in 1881. She found it “too big and lonesome.” In time, though, she would come to love life in the Executive Mansion. 1. Ellen Herndon Arthur was born on November 21, 1871 in New York City; older brother Chester, Jr., was ...
