Ancestry of
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur

Wife of President Chester A. Arthur

Ellen "Nell" Lewis Herndon

View famous kin of Ellen Lewis Herndon

• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Lewis Herndon 
  • Mother:
  • Frances Elizabeth Hansborough   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Aug 1837 
  • Birth Location:
  • Culpeper Court House, Culpeper Co., Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • 12 Jan 1880 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  •  
  • Notes: 

  • Ellen Herndon was the wife of President Chester Arthur, but she was not a First Lady of the United States as she had died prior to her husband becoming President.

    Ellen's great-great-grandfather was Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was himself a direct ancestor of General George S. Patton.

• Marriages for Ellen "Nell" Lewis Herndon

  ---

  • Spouse:
  • Chester Alan Arthur
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Oct 1859
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York

• Sources for Ellen "Nell" Lewis Herndon

  • ¹ AmericanHeritage.com, "The Presidents: Chester Alan Arthur", (accessed 08/23/2010).
  • ² Reeves, Thomas C., Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 19-20.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 419.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 400.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur", (accessed 08/22/2010).