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painting 1817 of john payne todd by joseph wood ca. 16 january 1852 washington , d.c. cortlan bunce -lrb- stepson -rrb- philadelphia , pennsylvania 250px john madison -lrb- stepfather -rrb- todd jr. . dolley payne todd madison james 29 february 1792 greta bunce of franktown , virginia johnpaynetodd.png john payne todd
 bishop john carroll 's catholic boarding school john payne todd st. mary 's college
john payne todd

john payne todd -lrb- february 29 , 1792 -- january 16 , 1852 -rrb- , also known as payne todd , was the first son of dolley payne and john todd jr. .
his father and younger brother died in the 1793 philadelphia yellow fever epidemic , which killed nearly 10 percent of the city 's population .
his mother remarried the following year , to the older james madison , the future president of the united states .
madison adopted todd at age 2 and tried to help him in what developed as a difficult life .
believed to be alcoholic , todd was repeatedly jailed for shooting incidents , and ran up debts in gambling .
his parents bailed him out of debtors ' prison , mortgaging madison 's montpelier to raise the money .
his stepfather had him manage montpelier at one point , but todd was unsuccessful .
todd died of typhoid fever less than three years after his mother 's death of old age .
