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Catherine “Kate” <I>Donelson</I> Hutchings

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Catherine “Kate” Donelson Hutchings

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
Dec 1835 (aged 84–85)
Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Catherine was a daughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley

John Donelson (1718), member of House of Burgesses, removed to Nashville, Tennessee, married Rachel Stockley

Their daughter Rachel married General Andrew Jackson. Though she was dead before her husband took office, Rachel Jackson is listed as a First Lady by White House historians. Without a wife, President Jackson asked his wife's niece, 21-year-old Emily Donelson, to perform White House hostess duties. After she refused to socialize with the scandal-plagued Margaret O'Neill Eaton, wife of Secretary of War John Henry Eaton, President Jackson asked Sarah Yorke Jackson, the wife of his adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr., to became his de facto hostess at official events.

Catherine Donelson Hutchings, my fourth great grandmother, died in Jackson, Madison County, TN. According to the Hermitage, she was buried with her husband Thomas in Nashville. The Hermitage relocated the bodies. Jean Rawlings Meaney Contributor: Jean M. W. (46600816) •
Catherine was a daughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley

John Donelson (1718), member of House of Burgesses, removed to Nashville, Tennessee, married Rachel Stockley

Their daughter Rachel married General Andrew Jackson. Though she was dead before her husband took office, Rachel Jackson is listed as a First Lady by White House historians. Without a wife, President Jackson asked his wife's niece, 21-year-old Emily Donelson, to perform White House hostess duties. After she refused to socialize with the scandal-plagued Margaret O'Neill Eaton, wife of Secretary of War John Henry Eaton, President Jackson asked Sarah Yorke Jackson, the wife of his adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr., to became his de facto hostess at official events.

Catherine Donelson Hutchings, my fourth great grandmother, died in Jackson, Madison County, TN. According to the Hermitage, she was buried with her husband Thomas in Nashville. The Hermitage relocated the bodies. Jean Rawlings Meaney Contributor: Jean M. W. (46600816) •

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