The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
FOR THE FAIR. SEX.
Wives of the Presidents.

What wives of any of the former Presidents of the United States are now living? and wherepn
 Mrs. General Grant is living, having accompanied her husband on d tour around the world, now nearly completed,
 Mrs. Lincoln, according to the Spring field GID Journal, is residing in the TO- mantle little city of Pau, near the base of the Pyrenees, in Southern France. It may be added that her mental condition is now considered normal, and her ire quent correspondence with her friends at home indicate cheerful and happy frame of mind.
 Mrs. Sarah Polk, widow of the tenth President, James K. Polk, resides in a beautiful home in the heart of the city of Nashville, Tenn She is a charmingly dienifec woman, well advanced in years, and distinguished for her kindliness and beauty of character. The home she oc- cupies is beautifully located, and it was here that the ex-President died, six weeks after his retirement from the White House, thirty years ago.
 Of those not living, Mrs. Franklin home in New Hampshire. MT. Pierce died in 1870. Mrs Pierce never fully recovered from the shock occasioned by the sad death of her youthful son in the calamity on the Boston & Maine rail- road, January 5th preceding the inaugu- ral, on which occasion the President elect himself narrowly escaped death. Mrs. Fillmore, who was schoolteacher in her earlier life, having pursued her studies in Massachusetts, in part, died suddenly at Willard's Hotclin Washing ton. in March, 1853. Mrs. Taylor-whose dislike for public life is proverbial, de- afaI loxrth hp I ,nn on her part, while mistress of the White House. to "receive ''-died a. her home in Louisiana in 1852.
 Mrs. Andrew Johnson. though for years an invalid, survived her husband only a few months. MT. Johnson died in Nashville, Tenn, July 3l, 1875. President Tyler's first wife died dur ing the second year of his administra- ton. He, later, married daughter of MT. Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island. A sad incident is related in this connection. MT. Gardiner and his daughter. with President Tyler, were guests on board a government vessel, enjoying sail on the Potomac, in l844. On this occasion it was that the Peacemaker, a heavy ordnance gun, exploded, killing nearly all who were near it at the time, among whom were many of the presidential party. MT Gardiner was among the victims. and he was buried from the White House. Mir Tyler died in Rich mond, Va, in 1862. His widow died about two years ago. President Harrison $ administration lasted only one month, during which period his widowed daugh- ter-in-law performed the duties requisite at the White House, Mrs. Harrison re- maining at North Bend Mrs. Van Buren's decease occurred as recent as December, 1877. The wife of President 1 Jackson lived to see Ter husband elected President of the United States, but died before his inauguration, in December 1928. Mrs. John Quincy Adams was the last of the women of the Revolution who held the position ofmistl ess of the White House. Mrs. Monroe died at '' Mont pelier," Mir Monroe's Virginia estate in 1880. Mrs. Madison died in I849 while in Washington, where she attend ed the White House receptions as late as Mir. Folks administration. --Bosto1 1 Transcript.