Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Martha "Mittie" Bulloch at the age of 22 in 1857
Born	Martha Bulloch (1835-07-08)July 8, 1835 Hartford, Connecticut
Died	February 14, 1884(1884-02-14) (aged 48) New York City, New York
Cause of death	Typhoid Fever
Spouse(s)	Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (m. 1853—1878; his death)
Children	Anna, Theodore Jr., Elliott, and Corinne
Parent(s)	James Stephens Bulloch Martha P. Stewart
Relatives	See Roosevelt family

Martha Bulloch "Mittie" Roosevelt (born Martha Stewart Bulloch; July 8, 1835 – February 14, 1884) was an American socialite. She was also the mother of US President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a great-granddaughter of Archibald Bulloch, grandniece of William Bellinger Bulloch, and granddaughter of General Daniel Stewart. A true southern belle, she is thought to have been one of the inspirations for Scarlett O'Hara.

Mittie was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 8, 1835 to Major James Stephens Bulloch (1793—1849) and Martha "Patsy" Stewart (1799—1864). She had an elder sister, Anna Louisa Bulloch (1833—1893), and two younger brothers, Charles Irvine Bulloch (1838-1841) and Civil War Confederate veteran Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842—1898).

Through her father's first marriage to Hester Amarintha "Hettie" Elliott (1797—1831), she had two elder half brothers:

Through her mother's first marriage to Senator John Elliott (father of Hettie), she also had four elder half siblings:

When Mittie was four, Major Bulloch moved the family to Cobb County, Georgia and the new village that would become Roswell, Georgia. It lies just north of the Chattahoochee River and the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and Major Bulloch had gone there to become a partner in a new cotton mill with Roswell King, the town's founder. Bulloch had a mansion built, and soon after it was completed in 1839, the family moved into Bulloch Hall. As a significant antebellum structure, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.