The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-08-08
Whom do Great Mem Marry

SOuu 0OWoEu, tho grow PuAi1utuKO
pist married his nurse. She was d.
together beneath him In social life and
capacity and besides this, was fifty-
two years old while be was but twenty
i've. He would not take mo" for IN
answer, and they were married and
lived happily together until her death,
which occurred two years afterward.
Peter the Great, Of Russia, married
. peasant girl. She made AZ excellent
wife and . sagacious empress. Hum
boldt married poor girl because he
loved her. OF course they were hap
py.
Shakespeare loved and wed farmers
daughter. She was faithful to heI
vows, but we could hardly say the
same Of the great bard himself. Like
most Of the great poets, he showed too
little discrimination IN bestowing his
affections on the other sex.
Byr married Miss Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. II turned
out bal shift.
Robert Burns married u farm girl
with whom he fell in love while they
worked together in the plow- field.
He, too. was irregular In his life, and
committed the most serious mistakes
in conducting his domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter OF .
country squire, but lived with her but
. short time. He was an austere, ex-
acting, literary recluse while abe was
. rosy, romping country lass that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon
her, and SO they separated. Subse-
quently, however, she returned, and
they lived tolerabiy happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
were cousins, and about the only ex-
ample in the long line Of English mon
archs wherein the marital vows were
sacredly observed and sincere affection
existed.
Washington married widow with
two children. 1t is enough to say Of
her that she was worthy Of him, and
that they lived as married folks should,
in perfect harmony. John Adams
married the daughter OF a Presby-
terrain clergyman. Her father object
ed on account of Johns being law
yer; he had bad opinion Of the
morals Of the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs.
Martha SHELTON, = childless widow,
but she brought him large fortune In
real estate. After the ceremony, she
mounted the horse behind him and
they rode home together. 1t WIS late
IN the evening, aud they found the
fire out. But the great statesman
hustled around aud rebuilt it, while
she seized the broom and soon pat
things in order. 1t is needless to say
that they were happy, though Jeffer-
son died poor man on account Of his
extreme libera!ity and hospitality.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl
who stood in her fathers door aud
laughed ut him as he wandered
through the streets of Philadelphia
with rolls of bread under his arms aud
his pockets filled with dirty clothes.
She had occasion to be happy when
she found herself the wife Of such q
great and good man.
4 Ia ut nne llx,t r
drew Jackson married u lady whose
husband was still living. She was AL
uneducated but amia5!e woman, and
was most devotedly attached to the
old warrior and states,.I.l.
John G. Calhoun married his cousin,
and their children, fortunately, we're
neither diseased nor liotic. but they
do not evince the talent Of the great
"States rights" Aisacate.
Edward I.ytton Bnlwer, tue English
statesman and novelist, married girl
much his inferior in position, aud got
q shrew for wife. She is now i'm
sane.
Gen. Sam. Houston lived happily
with squaw wife, while Gen. Ben.
Butler was divorced from an accom-
plished lady. Edwin Forrest, the
great tragedian, married beautiful
actress from whom he was divorced.
General Fremont married the daugh-
ter Of Thomas II. Benton against the
latter's wish, which obliged him TO
elope with her on a stormy night.
The union proved a happy one in
spite Of the squally beginning. Hor-
ace Greeley married a school-mistress
whose beauty was questionable, but
whose sense aud goodness satisfied one
Of the greatest men OF his time.
Gen. Sherman married the daughter
of Thomas Ewing, Of Ohio, who was q
member OF Gen. Taylor's Cabinet.
This alone would have been . good
start In life for any young man. JEFF.
Davis. for his first wife, won the hand
Of Zachary Taylor's daughter; and
Gen. Grant married . Miss Dent, of
st. Louis. She apparently has more
sense than show, and IL therefore fit
for Presidents wife.-Phren. Jour-
nal.
Official records Of the number of the