OVERVIEW:

BORN:
Lucy Ware Webb
August 28, 1831;
Chillicothe, Ohio

DIED:
June 25, 1889 (age 57);
Fremont, Ohio

NICKNAME:
Lemonade Lucy
(due to refusal to serve alcohol in White House)

EDUCATION:
Ohio Wesleyan University,
Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College

SPOUSE:
Rutherford B. Hayes (m. 1852)

CHILDREN:
Birchard Austin (1853-1926),
Webb Cook (1856-1934),
Rutherford Platt (1858-1927),
Joseph Thompson (1861-1863),
George Crook (1864-1866),
Fanny (1867-1950),
Scott Russell (1871-1923), and
Manning Force (1873-1874).

HIGHLIGHTS:
1844:
Moved to Delaware, Ohio
12/30/1852:
Married Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881:
First Lady of the United States

RESOURCES:
RBH Presidential Library
Ohio History Central
White House
White House Historical Association
First Ladies (C-SPAN)
National First Ladies’ Library
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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