Washington Iron Furnace
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Washington Iron Furnace is a historic iron furnace, located in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. The granite furnace was built around 1770, and measures 30 feet high on its south face. It helped
Exterior view Washington Iron Furnace
Rachel Jackson
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Rachel Jackson was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his
Washington Iron Furnace
…his father-in-law Jeremiah Early (1730-1779, who were both of Bedford County, Virginia. Donelson and his family moved to Tennessee, where his daughter Rachel Donelson met and married Andrew Jackson, a future United States president. Callaway and Early named the ironworks "Washington Iron Forge" to honor George…
Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl, 1823
C. 1830–1832 portrait of President Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl
The tomb of Andrew and Rachel Jackson at the Hermitage