Chester Alan ArthurAge: 57 years18291886

Name
Chester Alan Arthur
Given names
Chester Alan
Surname
Arthur
Birth October 5, 1829 33 27
Birth of a brotherWilliam Arthur
1834 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherGeorge Arthur
about 1836 (Age 6 years)

MarriageEllen Lewis HerndonView this family
October 25, 1859 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Lewis Herndon Arthur
December 10, 1860 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Lewis Herndon Arthur
July 7, 1863 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Chester Alan Arthur
July 25, 1864 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherMalvina Stone
1869 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Ellen (Nell) Herndon Arthur
November 21, 1871 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Arthur
1875 (Age 45 years)

Death of a wifeEllen Lewis Herndon
January 12, 1880 (Age 50 years)
Occupation
US President No. 21
yes

Death November 18, 1886 (Age 57 years)
Burial
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3 years
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younger brother
3 years
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Marriage: October 25, 1859Calvary Church, New York City, New York
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  1. Generation 1
    1. Chester Alan Arthur, uS President No. 21, son of William Arthur and Malvina Stone, was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont and died on November 18, 1886 in New York City, New York at the age of 57. He married Ellen Lewis Herndon on October 25, 1859 in Calvary Church, New York City, New York. She was born on August 30, 1837 in Culpeper, Virginia and died on January 12, 1880 in New York at the age of 42.

      Children of Chester Alan Arthur and Ellen Lewis Herndon:

      1. William Lewis Herndon Arthur (18601863)
      2. Chester Alan Arthur (18641937)
      3. Ellen (Nell) Herndon Arthur (18711915)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Chester Alan Arthur, son of Chester Alan Arthur and Ellen Lewis Herndon, was born on July 25, 1864 in New York and died on July 18, 1937 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 72. He married 2 times. The first time he married Myra Townsend Andrews Fithian on May 8, 1900. She was born on January 1, 1870 in New York and died on September 11, 1935 at the age of 65. The second time he married Rowena Graves Dashwood on November 3, 1934. She was born on November 8, 1894 and died on July 18, 1937 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 42.

    2. Ellen (Nell) Herndon Arthur, daughter of Chester Alan Arthur and Ellen Lewis Herndon, was born on November 21, 1871 in New York and died on September 6, 1915 in Mount Kisco, New York at the age of 43. She married Charles Pinkerton in 1907. He was born on July 2, 1871 in West Chester, Pennsylvania and died on January 31, 1974 in Mount Kisco, New York at the age of 102.

Shared note

Was never elected; succeeded James A. Garfield after his death following assassination 80 days earlier. His vice-presidents were Thomas F. Bayard, David Davis, and George F. Edmunds, all Presidents per tempore of the Senat. Was not nominated by his party in 1884.