1883 Woodrow Wilson, then a twenty-six-year-old lawyer living in Atlanta, visited his uncle in Rome.He attended Rome's First Presbyterian Church, where he saw Ellen Axson in the congregation. Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914), first wife of Woodrow Wilson was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death. Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914. From 1875 to 1878 she studied art with Helen F. Fairchild at the Female College in Rome, Georgia. Woodrow Wilson assured Ellen that her two brothers would always be welcome to live in their home as members of their own nuclear family, following their marriage. Her mourning clothes led him to assume that she was a young widow, but he soon learned that she was the pastor's eldest daughter and that the little boy with her was her brother. In 1883, Wilson met and fell in love with Ellen Louise Axson, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister from Savannah, Georgia. Born in Savannah Georgia in 1860, Ellen demonstrated artistic ability from an early age. 2459, citing Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (15 May 1860–6 Aug 1914), Find a Grave Memorial no. Ellen Axson offered Wilson the chance to break their engagement, due to the societal shame of what …
"Ellen Axson Wilson~Landscape sketch with road wind" Painting by finemasterpiece posters, art prints, canvas prints, greeting cards or gallery prints. He proposed marriage in September 1883; she accepted, but they agreed to postpone marriage while Wilson attended graduate school. Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson, was a reform-minded First Lady and an artist in the American Impressionist style. “I am naturally the …