William Madison | |
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| Born | May 5, 1762 King George, Virginia, British America |
| Died | July 20, 1843 (aged 81) Woodberry Forest, Virginia, U.S. |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War War of 1812 |
William Madison (May 5, 1762 – July 20, 1843) was an American general. He attended Hampden–Sydney College and served in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812. A son of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway, he was the younger brother of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. Madison married Frances Throckmorton and had eleven children. He was the grandfather of Confederate brigadier general James E. Slaughter.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Grinnan, A. G (1897). "Record of General Wm. Madison's Family". The William and Mary Quarterly. 6 (2): 116–117. doi:10.2307/1915370. JSTOR 1915370.
- ^ Dabney, William Henry (1888). Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia: With Some of Their Family Records. Press of S. D. Childs & Company. p. 189.
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