Ellen Axson Wilson

Ellen Wilson ( born May 15, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia Ellen Louise Axson as; † August 6, 1914 at the White House, Washington, DC) was the first wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the First Lady of the United States from 1913 to her death.

Her parents were Reverend Samuel Edward Axson (1836-1884) and Margaret Jane Hoyt ( 1831-1881 ). As the oldest of four children, she grew up in Rome, Georgia, on.

Ellen and Woodrow, who already knew each other since childhood, married on June 24, 1885 They had three children: . Margaret Woodrow Wilson ( 1886-1944 ), Jessie Woodrow Wilson ( 1887-1933 ) and Eleanor Randolph Wilson ( 1889-1967 ).

After her death, married Edith Bolling Galt Woodrow 1915.