The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-04
WIVES OF rns refslpENrs


sstrlmonisl-ars johnson. Mrs Grant
aud Their whim.. Etc
Washington married. as everyone knows,
Martha Dsndr;dge, widow Of Daniel Parke
Gusts. They were welded January &.
l559, when he was lwenty-six years old, his
bride being about the SAME age. They had
no children, but Washington adopted the
two younger children Of her son, John Gus.
It's. who died nom lever contracted while
serving IN the colonial army, one of these
children, George Washington Parke Cusus.
was the father.in-law OF General r. T.. Lee,
his only daughter aud heireSs, Mary Ann
sitAhugh, having become the vile of the
Confederate leader. Washington died in l7se,
his widow surviving his death two years
John Adams married in October, l56l.
Abigail, daughter OF the Rev. William
smith. sac was awoman OF sense and
spirit, rs Is shown in an auecdote related OF
her by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hi
glnSon. Her elder sister, Mary, became
the betrOihed bride OF young clergyman,
\ match approved of BY her reverend
father, who asked her to choose text Tor
her wedding sermon; whereupou she Sc
iected the words, Mary hath chosen the
better part, which shall not be taken from
her. Her Wild young sister, Abby, had
a fancy for certain Justice Adams, whom
hsr. paternal relative disliked aud refused
to ask TO dinner. She declared thar
the tex; Tor Der wedding sermon
should he, John came, neither
eating nor drinking, aud ye say he hath a
devil She had her way, however. and
became the wife of one president and the
mother OF another She wrote excellent let
tors, Her grandson, Charles Francis Adams,
has published a selection from those writ,
ten during the stormy times of the revolu.
ton. She was the first lady of the White
House-the seat OF government being re.
moved to Washington during her husbands
term. She describes Washington as u
desert and the White House an abode Of
the greatest discomiort-no bells, and not
even wood to be mad for heating the rooms.
She used the lannon's east room as place
70 hang out her weeks washing, and de-
clares the whole establishment uuhn.
lshed and barren Of all conyeuences
She died in 1878, at the age of sew,
enty-tOur. Jefferson married in l712
Martha Wayles, beautiful and wealthy
young widow, Her husband, MIR, SHELTON,
LETT her childless ana possessed of a hand.
some fortune, Besides, her father was rich
aud 1t is needless to say shat Mrs. shelton
was admired and cQurted fsr and near JEFF
ierson carried of the prize, and it is said
that two suiturS who approached her house
went away in despair without entering
when they heard her voice blending with
the tones of Jellerson's violin. She is said
} to have been lovely, both in person aud
character, and after her death, in 17S2,
he remained unmarried as long as
he liVed-torty. years. Madison
married in 1874, Dorothea Payne,
widow OF a Mr.. Todd. She was a native OF
/ North Carolina, u Quaker by birth and edu.
cotton, but remarkable for sprightiness,
| tsct, wit aud charm IN conversation. She
soon threw Off the Quaker drab and became
Il leader in society-hriliaut and beloved
as well as admired. Theirs was Chlldless
union. She survived him thirteen years,
dying in 1919 at the advanced age OF 81.
Monroe married, in 1851 Elizabeth Kort-
! right of New York. John Quincy>Adams
married, In 1901, Louisa Catherine Johnson,
daughter of Joshua Johnson, Ameri.
can consul in London. The mar
/ riago took place in England, where
he was then on diplomatic ser.
vice, She survived her husband touryca
dying In 1852 The marriage of Andrew
Jackson is q romance. His wife was u III.
yorcee-Alrs, Richards. She vast the daugh-
ter of the lady with whom he boarded In
| Nashville. her maiden name being Rachel
| Donelson, Her husband, Lewis Robards .o
! Kentucky, Was Jealous, cnptious, aud un.
kind to his wife. They had already separ.
ated on one occasion, and as his treatment
had become unbearable, she decided to ga
out of his control, and went on a trip to
Natohez with the family of u friend. J ack.
son was OF the party, and Robards entered
suit for Il divorce, Thinking that the leea
proceedings were complete, She and Jack
son were married in 1871, only to discover
two wears later, that the divorce had only
then been granted which made thoi
previous wedlOck Illegal They wcf,
Immediately remarked, but these upfortun
ate circumstances were ever attcrward a sub
ject of the utmosl telicacy with her hus
band. He never allowed any hand to toucl
the wound, and flew into paroXysms of th,
widest rage at he slightest Allusion to tn
honor of his vito. Many stories are told o
AUNT Rachel's" Ignorance every on
knows the anccdote of her saying that sh
had caugdt cold because thr general hal
kicked all the kyer of +" Her portrait il
the library OF the capitol in Nashville rep
resents u large, bmck-eyed woman of yer,
luNuriant proportions. She died in 1921
ard Jackson never recovered the blow; h
constantly wore her miniature about hi
neck, and used with religious revWen IL
ms nightly deyotlOhs the Bible praye
books that had once been.hers. Van Bn
ren's wife died seventeen years before IA
became president; he married about 1910
lady who died after twelve years of wed
, lock, leaving four sons. Like Jackson an,
Jefferson, though he lived to good old age
he never married again. Harrison's VIII
was Anna Symmes, daughter OF Joh
1 Cleves Symmes, whose curious theory G
i concentric spheres was once much tslket
I OF; Tyler was the first, OF our president
0 who married twice, and the fret who maj
, rled during Office. His first wife, Letiti
4 Chrlstlanh, died IN the White House |
ISL, and in 1871 he married JUL
\ Gardiner, OF New York VIII
3 still survives, Polk married I
o 1874, when he was twenty'eight years ole
Y sarah Childress, OF Murireeshoro. She sti
: survives, though bowed by the weight q
years and inhrmities, aud is n resident {
(, Nashville. There is Il custom for the legi'
S lature III II body to pay It's respects TO ia
D venerable lady, on which occasion sne r,
6 ceiyes them with the urbanity and eleranC
OF the old regime, now forever passed away
. Taylor married IN 1909, Margaret Smith,
! N "a ~ l.Ig