James Spence Monroe
(1799-1800)
BIRTH
1799
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DEATH
September 28, 1800
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James Monroe
(1758-1831)
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James Spence Monroe was the only son of James Monroe and Elizabeth Kortright. Born in 1799, he died in 1800 at sixteen months old and was buried in Richmond. His father’s letters preserve the family’s grief after several days of illness. An earlier letter explains that Elizabeth wanted their son named for his father, although Monroe had considered Jefferson and Montgomery. These letters document his brief life; they do not identify a specific disease.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of James Spence Monroe’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for James Spence Monroe is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. James Spence Monroe died on Sep 28, 1800. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
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DEATH
James Spence Monroe died on Sep 28, 1800. James Spence Monroe was the only son of James Monroe and Elizabeth Kortright. Born in 1799, he died in 1800 at sixteen months old and was buried in Richmond. His father’s letters preserve the family’s grief after several days of illness. An earlier letter explains that Elizabeth wanted their son named for his father, although Monroe had considered Jefferson and Montgomery. These letters document his brief life; they do not identify a specific disease. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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