- James Madison, Sr.
James Madison, Sr. (Orange County,
Virginia ,March 27 ,1723 – Montpelier, Orange County,Virginia ,February 27 ,1801 ) was a colonel in theAmerican Revolutionary War and the owner of a tobacco plantation inOrange County, Virginia . He was the son ofAmbrose Madison and wife Frances Taylor, and the father of PresidentJames Madison .He married Eleanor Rose Conway (Port Conway, Caroline County,
Virginia ,January 9 ,1731 – Montpelier, Orange County,Virginia ,February 11 ,1829 ) and they had twelve children:*
James Madison (1751–1836)* Francis Madison (1753–1800)
* Ambrose Madison (1755–1793)
* Catlett Madison (1758–1758)
* Nelly Conway Madison (1760–1802)
* William Madison (1762–1843)
* Sarah Catlett Madison (1764–1843)
* unnamed child (1766–1766)
* Elizabeth Madison (1768–1775)
* unnamed child (1770–1770)
* Reuben Madison (1771–1775)
* Frances Taylor Madison (1774–1823)
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