Her siblings looked to Ellen as the head of their suddenly parentless household. Woodrow Wilson, then a lawyer, came into Ellen's life when he visited Rome on business and they met at church.

Ellen Wilson had a sister and two brothers. Her brothers were named Isaac Stockton Keith Axson and Edward Williams Axson, according to the National First Ladies’ Library. Edith Wilson was the ...

First lady Ellen Wilson died in the White House in August 1914 as World War I began. Wilson became deeply depressed; his mood lifted after meeting widow Edith Bolling Galt. They married in ...