James  MONROE

Biography
JAMES MONROE, the fifth President of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. His early life was passed at the place of his nativity. His ancestors had for many years resided in the province in which he was born. When he was seventeen years old, and in process of completing his education at William and Mary College, the Colonial Congress, assembled at Philadelphia to deliberate upon the unjust and manifold oppressions of Great Britain, declared the separation of the Colonies, and promulgated the Declaration of Independence. Had he been born ten years before, it is highly probable that he would have been one of the signers of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left school and enlisted among the patriots.

He joined the army when everything looked hopeless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased from day to day. The invading armies came pouring in, and the Tories not only favored the cause of the mother country, but disheartened the new...Read full story


Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

Revolutionary War
MONROE, JAMES
Ancestor #: A081100
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Birth: 4-28-1758 WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA
Death: 7-4-1831 NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CO NEW YORK
Pension Number: *H26271
Service Source: *H26271; LEONARD, GENL ASSEMBLY OF VA, PP 145-146; BURNETT, LTRS OF MEMBERS OF CONT'L CONGRESS, VOL 7, P LXXVII
Service Description: 1) ALSO LT, CAPT, MAJ, ADC; CAPT DAVID ARELL, COL THURSTON, GEN ALEXANDER;
2) MEMBER OF VA ASSEMBLY, MEMBER OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

RESIDENCE
1) City: WILLIAMSBURG - County: JAMES CITY CO - State: VIRGINIA
2) County: KING GEORGE CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
1) ELIZABETH KORTWRIGHT
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1817 - March 4 - James Monroe (1758-1831) becomes 5th President of the United States
Elected president in 1816 over the Federalist Rufus King, and reelected without opposition in 1820, Monroe, the last of the Virginia dynasty, pursued the course of systematic tranquilization that won for his administrations the name “the era of good feeling.” He continued Madison's surrender to the Hamiltonian domestic program, signed the Missouri Compromise, acquired Florida, and with the able assistance of his secretary of state, John Quincy Adams, promulgated the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, declaring against foreign colonization or intervention in the Americas. He died in New York City on July 4, 1831, the third president to die on the anniversary of Independence.

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Event Date: 04 Jul 1831
Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
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'New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949,' Database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FD1X-9YM : accessed 28 June 2015), James Monroe, 04 Jul 1831;...Read full story