US Hamlin, Ellen Vesta Emery

Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin​

Second Lady of the United States​

Born: September 14, 1835

Birthplace: Minot, Maine

Father: Stephen Albert Emery 1790 – 1863

Mother: Jennette Loring 1800 – 1858

Husband: U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin 1809 – 1891

(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine)​

Married: September 25, 1856 in Paris Maine

Religion: Unitarian

Children:

Hannibal E. Hamlin 1858 – 1938​

(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine)

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Frank Hamlin 1862 – 1922​

(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine)​

Antebellum Events:

1856: Became the second Wife of Hannibal Hamlin.​

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1858: Birth of Son Hannibal E. Hamlin​

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1858: Death of her mother Jeannette Loring Hamlin​

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1858 – 1861: Her husband served in the United States Senate.​

Civil War Events:

1861 – 1865: Second Lady of the United States of America​

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1862: Birth of Son Frank Hamlin.​

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1863: Death of her father Stephen Albert Emery.​

Postbellum Events:

1867: Death of her step son Brigadier General Cyrus Hamlin.

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1869 – 1881: Her husband served in the United States Senate.​

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1878: Death of her step daughter Sarah J. Hamlin.​

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1881 – 1882: Her husband Served as United States Minister to Spain.​

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1891: Her husband Died on Independence while playing cards.​

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1911: Death of her step son Charles Hamlin.​

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1922: Death of her son Frank Hamlin.​

Died: February 1, 1925

Place of Death: Bangor, Maine

Age at time of Death: 89 years old

Burial Place: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine

 

[Pollaco]

2 of her step sons served in the command of black troops.

 

[Pollaco]

She was a half-sister to Hamlin's first wife Sarah Jane Emery so the step- children were also a niece and 3 nephews.

 

[lupaglupa]

I love that picture of her in her later years - she looks like someone with a "lively interest" in things!