William Madison
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William Madison | |
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| Born | May 5, 1762 King George, Virginia, British America |
| Died | July 20, 1843 (aged 81) Woodberry Forest, Virginia, U.S. |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War War of 1812 |
William Madison (May 5, 1762 – July 20, 1843) was an American general. He attended Hampden–Sydney College and served in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812. A son of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway, he was the younger brother of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.[1][2] Madison married Frances Throckmorton and had eleven children.[3] He was the grandfather of Confederate brigadier general James E. Slaughter.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Grinnan, A. G (1897). "Record of General Wm. Madison's Family". The William and Mary Quarterly. 6 (2): 116–117. doi:10.2307/1915370. JSTOR 1915370.
- ^ Dabney, William Henry (1888). Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia: With Some of Their Family Records. Press of S. D. Childs & Company. p. 189.
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- ^ "Editorial Essays".
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