Sarah D. Todd

Sarah D. Todd was born on January 10, 1807, and died on August 18, 1889, in Independence, Missouri. She was the mother of George Porterfield Gates, who was born on April 2, 1835, in Lunenburg, Vermont, and died on June 25, 1918, in Independence, Missouri. George Porterfield Gates was the father of Margaret Elizabeth Gates, who was born on August 4, 1862, in Independence, Missouri, and died on December 5, 1952, in Washington, D.C. Margaret Elizabeth Gates was the mother of Bess Truman, who served as First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 and was the wife of President Harry S. Truman.