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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Philly Dog, post: 261557, member: 7726&quot;]Little history</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Dorothea Dandrige Payne</b> or <b>Dolley Payne</b>, was born (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">May 20</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1768" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1768" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1768</span></u></a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">July 12</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1849" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1849" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1849</span></u></a>) was the wife of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States_of_America" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States_of_America" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">President</span></u></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">James Madison</span></u></a>, who served from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1809</span></u></a> until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1817" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1817" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">1817</span></u></a>. She also occasionally acted as what is now described as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">First Lady of the United States</span></u></a> during the administration of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Thomas Jefferson</span></u></a>, fulfilling the ceremonial functions more usually associated with the President&#039;s wife, since Jefferson was a widower.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison#_note-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison#_note-0" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">[1]</span></u></a> Her name has been widely misspelled as &quot;Dolly&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She was born in N.C. is it ok to abbreviate that :goofer: but live many years in Philly PA. :goofer: </p><p>I loved her Ice Cream the Co. is now Hostess and many other names</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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