James Monroe, 5th President of the US

1758 - 1831  (73 years)

• Name	James Monroe  [1, 2]
  Suffix	5th President of the US
  Birth	28 Apr 1758	Westmoreland, Virginia, Colonial America   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9058
  Death	4 Jul 1831	New York City, New York, New York, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I9058	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane Kortright,   b. 30 Jun 1768, New York City, New York, New York, USA d. 23 Sep 1830, Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1786	New York City, New York, New York, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe,   b. 5 Dec 1786, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA d. 27 Jan 1840, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 53 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   2. James Spence Monroe,   b. 1799   d. 1800 (Age 1 year)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   3. Maria Hester Monroe,   b. 8 Apr 1802, Paris, France d. 20 Jun 1850, Loudoun, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]
  Family ID	F3171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Apr 1758 - Westmoreland, Virginia, Colonial America Marriage - 1786 - New York City, New York, New York, USA Death - 4 Jul 1831 - New York City, New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  President James Monroe

  
  

• Sources

  [S672] Ancestry.com, New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). [S1018] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970