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John Payne Todd, also known as Payne Todd, was the first son of Dolley Payne and John Todd Jr. His father and younger brother died in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, which killed nearly 10 percent of the city's population. His mother remarried the following year, to the older James Madison, the future president of the United States.
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- ↑ "Reenacting Past in Alexandria" (PDF). Mclean Connection. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Montpelier to Celebrate National Constitution Day with Fireworks, Food, and Patriotic Music on the Mansion Law" (PDF). James Madison's Montpelier. Retrieved 6 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Mont pelier Announces Lynne Cheney as Const it ut ion Day Keynot e Speaker" (PDF). James Madison's Montpelier. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2012.