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ken sick, and after short il.Aess died IN
Richmond, Va, January II, 1862.
LANES KNOX POLK.


Richmond, Va, January II, 1862.
JAMES KNOX POLK.
James Knox Polk, the eleventh President,
was born in Meckenburg, n. g., Nov. z,
1875. lie was inaugurated March 4, lS45,
and retired March ;, ls49, the 4th being Sum
day. He took up his residence It Nashville
and busted himself with the improvement Of
his grounds. His health was quite ROBUST,
when he was attacked with chronic diarrh9a
which caused his death in very few days.
About half all hour before his death his vel
cradle mother entered the room and offered
up beautiful prayer to the King of kings
and Lord of lords, committing the soul Of her
son 10 His holy keeping. just before death
he received the rite of baptism at the hands
of Methodist clergyman.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President, was
born Nov. "a, 1884, in Orange county, Va.
He was naugurated March ), 1910, the 4th
being Sunday. After he had occupied the
Presidential chair but little over a year he
took a cold, and after a brief illness of out
I'VE udSS utCu Uu Illt SIu VI lECV. 1Alo
last words were: II ain not afraid to die. l
am ready. I have endeavored to do my
duty" He died universally respected and
loved.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth President,
was born at Summer Hill, Cayuga, n. Y. BY
Taylors death, Fillmore, who was Vice
President, succeeded 10 the Presidential
chair. July 10, 1850. He retired from office
March 4, 1858, and then took a long tour
through the South. In 1855 he went to Eu.
rope. After lis return in 1856 he lived in re-
tirement until his death in Buffalo, n. Y.
March s, 1874, aged IS years and about two
| months.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth President,
was born in Hillsboro, N. H., November %,
| 1904 inaugurated March 4, 1858. After his
retirement frc IN Office he lived in Concord,
where he died in October, 1865
JAMES BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan, the fifteenth President,
was born in a small frontier town at the foot
of the eastern ridge of the Alleghanies in
Franklin county, Penn, April %, 1901; in
augurated March 4, 1857. President 8uch-
anan remained in Washington until his sue
cessor, the immortal Lincoln, was inaugur
ated, and then retired to his home in Wheat
land, where he died June 1; 1868, aged II
years.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President
was born in Hardin (now Larne) county, Ky.
February II, 1909; inaugurated March 4
1861. The career, public life and sad enc
of Abraham Lincoln do not need a descrip
ton. They are embiazoned on the memo
ries of the whole people of the United States
When shot in Ford's Theatre in Washington
by Booth, April IA, 1865, he was taken across
the street to aprivate house. surgical op
Grafton showed that the wound was mortal
, 1t was sad scene. The leading men of the
government speedily gathered. Tears flood
, ed the eyes OF strong men; the whole nation
wept. AT Z % O'Clock in the morning Presi-
dent Lincoln, without recovering conscious
3 ness breathed his last.
ANDREwJoHNsoN.
Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth Presi
dent, who succeeded to the presidential chai
on the death of Lincoln, was born Decembe
29 1908, in Raleigh, n. c. March 5, 1875
4 he took his seat as senator in COngless from
r Tennessee. July 27th, 1915, the ex-Presi
dent made a visit to his daughters home nea
Carter Station, Tenn. When he started OF
; his journey he was apparently in his usua
/ vigorous health, but on reaching the residenc
:, of his child the following day he was stricke
with paralys's, rendering him unconsciou:
He ralliot occasionally, bat finally passe
away at = A. ~, July 81, aged 81 years.