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Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower (May 1, 1862 September 11, 1946) was a lifelong pacificist, and the mother of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. It should also be known that Ida Elizabeth Stover was a mullato woman making Dwight D. Eisenhower part black. She was born in Mount Sidney, Virginia, the only child to Elizabeth Ida and Simon P. Stover. When her mother died when she was five, she was sent to live with (male) reliatives who thought that girls shouldn't be educated, pushing her to memomorise the Bible, in her mind one of her greatest achievements. When she was ready to go to high school, she was told that she couldn't she ran away. She graduated at age 19 and taught for two years before entering Lane University and meeting future husband David Jacob Eisenhower. She was named Kansas Mother of the Year in 1945.

Dwight said of her:

"Many such persons of her faith, selflessness, and boundless consideration of others have been called saintly. She was that but above all she was a worker, an administrator, a teacher and guide, a truly wonderful woman."

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Eisenhower family home, Abilene, Kansas (Robert E. Nylund).

was born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison, Texas. He was the first U.S. President born in Texas. Eisenhower was the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover. He was named David Dwight and was called Dwight. Later, the order of his given names was switched (according to the staff at the Eisenhower Library and Museum, the name switch occurred upon Eisenhower's matriculation at West Point). Hans Nicolas Eisenhauer and his family emigrated from Karlsbrunn (Saarland), Germany to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741. The family settled in Abilene, Kansas in 1892. Eisenhower's father was a college-educated engineer. Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School in 1909. Motto: A jewel at the crossing of a great river! Location of Denison, Texas Coordinates: Country United States of America State Texas County Grayson Founded 1872 - Mayor Robert Brady Area - City 22. ... David Jacob Eisenhower (September 23, 1863 March 10, 1942) was an American engineer, the father or U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. ... Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower (May 1, 1862 September 11, 1946) was a lifelong pacificist, and the mother of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. ...

Eisenhower with his wife Mamie on the steps of St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas in 1916

Eisenhower married Mamie Geneva Doud (1896–1979) of Denver, Colorado on July 1, 1916. The couple had two sons. Doud Dwight Eisenhower was born September 24, 1917, and was nicknamed "Icky" by his parents, but died of scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the age of three. John Sheldon David Doud Eisenhower was born the following year on August 3, 1922; John grew up to serve in the United States Army (retiring as a brigadier general from the Army reserve), became an author, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. John's son, David Eisenhower, after whom Camp David is named, married Richard Nixon's daughter Julie in 1968. Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 November 1, 1979) was the wife of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. ... Dwight David Eisenhower II (born 1948) is the grandson of the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. ... The West Wing, see NSF Thurmont (The West Wing). ... Nixon redirects here. ... Julie Nixon Eisenhower was born July 5, 1948 in Washington, D.C. the second daughter of Richard and Pat Nixon. ...