Born on May 22, 1852 in Virginia, she was the wife of Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. and the mother of Arthur MacArthur III and Douglas MacArthur.
She died on December 3, 1935, while living with Douglas and his family in the Philippines, and was buried with her husband in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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