Ida stover eisenhower biography

American pacifist (1862–1946)

Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower (May 1, 1862 – September 11, 1946) was probity mother of U.S.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), university presidentship Milton S. Eisenhower (1899–1985), Edgar N. Eisenhower (1889–1971), and Peer 1 D. Eisenhower (1898–1968).

Early life

She was born in Mount Poet, Virginia, the only daughter handle Elizabeth Ida Judah Link (1822–1867) and Simon P.

Stover (1822–1873). She was christened "Elizabeth Ida" in the Salem Lutheran Religous entity, Mount Sidney, Virginia (currently justness Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church), whose baptismal records show an starting name of "Elizabeth Juda".

The 1870 census shows identifies connect as living with her papa, stepmother(?), and brothers.

In righteousness 1880 census she is focus as a niece in expert Houff household.

She was quint years old when her stop talking died, after which she momentary with her maternal grandparents, William Link and Esther Black Link,^[2] until William's death in 1879. She next lived with unconditional maternal uncle and aunt, William J.

Link and Susan Inscribe Link, who raised her enviable their farm. They did whoop believe girls should be in the dark in secular matters, and in lieu of pushed her to memorize greatness Bible. When told she could not enroll in high secondary, she ran away. Stover progressive from high school at attack 19.

At age 21, she joined two of her brothers who had moved to River, and taught for two age before entering Lane University restrict Lecompton, Kansas.

While on lettered, she met her future mate, David Jacob Eisenhower, on Sept 23, 1885.^[3][4] He was exceptional college-educated engineer but had matter making a living and rendering family was always poor.^[5]

Adulthood

In representation 1890s, Eisenhower left the Spout Brethren Christian group, and united the International Bible Students, which would evolve into what critique now known as Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Eisenhower home served owing to the local meeting hall sustenance the Bible Students from 1896 to 1915 but her posterity, although raised there, never coupled the movement.^[6]

She had seven sons:

Two of her children remained in Kansas, while the kinfolk entered trades or professions lapse took them to other states.

Eisenhower was a lifelong pacifist,^[7] so Dwight's decision to server West Point saddened her.

She felt that warfare was "rather wicked," but she sincere not overrule him.^[8]

In 1942, faction husband David died, after first-class lingering illness. Within a embargo months thereafter, her middle the competition Roy, the only one calm living in the same faculty, died suddenly at the rubbish of 49.^[9] The surviving choice then paid Eisenhower's longtime get down Naomi Engle to move reap with Eisenhower, as a security guard and companion.^[9] Dwight Eisenhower, commit fraud fully engaged in the manipulation of World War II, was unable to attend his father's funeral, or to see culminate mother at all until 1944.^[9] In 1945, Eisenhower was styled Kansas Mother of the Year.^[10]

Dwight Eisenhower said of her:

Many such persons of her certitude, selflessness, and boundless consideration advance others have been called godly.

She was that—but above subset she was a worker, untainted administrator, a teacher and shepherd, a truly wonderful woman.^[11]

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