Biographical Facts
Birth:
Staunton, Virginia, December 28, 1856
Ancestry:
Scotch-Irish
Father:
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Birth:
Steubenville, Ohio, February 28, 1822
Death:
Princeton, New Jersey, January 21, 1903
Occupation:
Presbyterian Minister
Mother:
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Birth:
Carlisle, England, 1830
Death:
Clarksville, Tennessee, April 15, 1888
Brother:
Joseph Wilson (1866-1927)
Sisters:
Marion Wilson (1850-1890); Annie Josephine Wilson (1854-1916)
Marriage (first):
Savannah, Georgia, June 24, 1885
Wife:
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
Birth:
Savannah, Georgia, May 15, 1860
Death:
Washington, D.C., August 6, 1914
Children:
Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886-1944); Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887-1933); Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967)
Marriage (second):
Washington, D.C., December 18, 1915
Wife:
Edith Bolling Galt
Birth:
Wytheville, Virginia, October 15, 1872
Death:
Washington, D.C., December 28, 1961
Religious Affiliation:
Presbyterian
Education:
Private Tutors; Davidson College; Princeton (B.A., 1879); attended University of Virgnia Law School; Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1886)
Occupations Before Presidency:
Lawyer; Professor; College President
Prepresidential Office:
Governor of New Jersey
Inauguration Age:
56
Death:
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1924
Place of Burial:
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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