Martha Jefferson

ABOUT MARTHA JEFFERSON

Wife of Founding Father and third President of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson .

She married Jefferson when she was 18.

Their honeymoon didn't get off to a great start--they were almost stranded by one of the worst snowstorms to hit Virginia in years.

She had six children with Thomas Jefferson .

Thomas Jefferson never got over her death, and spent the rest of his life as a widower.