William Madison

William Madison
Born(1762-05-05)May 5, 1762
King George, Virginia, British America
DiedJuly 20, 1843(1843-07-20) (aged 81)
Woodberry Forest, Virginia, U.S.
RankLieutenant general
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War
War of 1812

William Madison (May 5, 1762 – July 20, 1843) was an American general. He attended Hampden–Sydney College and served in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812. A son of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway, he was the younger brother of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.[1][2] Madison married Frances Throckmorton and had eleven children.[3] He was the grandfather of Confederate brigadier general James E. Slaughter.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Grinnan, A. G (1897). "Record of General Wm. Madison's Family". The William and Mary Quarterly. 6 (2): 116–117. doi:10.2307/1915370. JSTOR 1915370.
  2. ^ Dabney, William Henry (1888). Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia: With Some of Their Family Records. Press of S. D. Childs & Company. p. 189. William Madison general.
  3. ^ "Editorial Essays".