Mary McDonough
(1783–1856)
BIRTH
1783
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Unknown
DEATH
1856
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Unknown
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Jacob Johnson
(1778–1812)
CHILDREN
Andrew Johnson
(1808-1875)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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Mary “Polly” McDonough Johnson was the mother of U.S. president Andrew Johnson. Widowed when Andrew was young, she worked as a laundress and seamstress to support the family.
EARLY LIFE
She worked as a laundress and seamstress.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary McDonough Johnson supported her family through laundry and sewing after Jacob Johnson died in January 1812. She married Turner Daughtry that May and later moved with the family to Greeneville, Tennessee. Congressional records in 1939 identify her burial at Greeneville's old city cemetery and document a proposal to move her remains to the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery.
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