Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-28
him when he was a young man, too
much to marry another.
MARTIN VAN buren,

him when he was a young man, too
much to marry another.
MARTIN VAN buren,
was green lawyer when ne Marie,
his wit. Hannah. She was Of good
family, and was only a few month,
older than her husband. The two hat
gone to school together rs children sn(
their engagement was a long one. The,
were married as soon as Van Buren'i
law practice would warrant it. Their
married life, like that of the Jeficr-
sons, lasted only 10 years.
When John Tyler married his frs
wife he was % years old, and she wa
%. He had long been in love with her
aud had courted her for five years
"Still," says his sou, George Tyler
she never ventured to even kiss her
hand until three weeks before the mar
rage, when on his last visit to her
prior TO the wedding, he consummat
ed this act. John Tyler was at this
time a young lawyer, and he had al
ready served term or two in the leg.
islature. He was Gov. Tyler's son
and his wife was one of the flowers OF
the F. f. VS.. She was an Episcopa.
lian, and was beautiful woman
President TyIer's wife was Cath.
Ollie. She lived with President Tyler
seventeen years, and had sons and
daughters.
FILLMORE'S LOVES.
President Fillmore was q wool card.
er and his wife was a school teach
er when they fell in love. Both were
poor, and Fillmore, after studying la "
and moving to Buffalo, did not see his
atfianced wife for three years, because
he was too poor to pay the fare Of the
$50 miles which lay between them.
Mrs. Fillmore was two years older
than her husband, and she was %
years old when their marriage took
place. She died in 1853. President
Fillmore survived her tweuty-one
years, and married the woman who il
is said became insane before she died
Mrs. Fillmore was preachers daugh-
ter, as was also Abigail Adams and
Mrs. Franklin Pierce. She was the
same age as Mrs. Fillmore at the time
of her marriage, and her groom was =
member of congress when he married
her. Mrs. Pierce was somewhat like
Mrs. Hayes in the rigid piety with
which she observed Sunday at the
White House. 1t was her custom to
ask the employees to go to church. She
did not like society and she made the
executive mansion as far as possible, a
christian home for her family.
LINCOLN AND JOHNSON.
Mrs Lincoln wore a wedding ring
given her by the president, in which
was engraved, Love is eternal" She
WAS Kentucky girl who had gone to
live with sister in Springfield, Ill.
Here she met Lincoln, then a young
lawyer, and the two were married
and began life as boardcrs, psying for
their accommodations 81 a week.
Eliza McCardie was IL years old
when she married young North Car
DINA tailor who had settled in Green
vile, Tenn. His name was Andrew
johnson and he was just of age. She
possessed more learning than her hus-
band, and the two worked together,
though she did not. as reported. teach
him his letters. When, after many
years, he became president. she was
too ill to do the honors of the white
house, and her daughter took her
place.
GRANT AND GARFIELD.
Mrs. Julia Dent, President Grants
wife comes of an old family, and her
great grandfather was the surveyor
general of Maryland. Gen. Grant
met her at st. Louis, aud was engaged
to her four years before he married
her. During this time the Mexican
war interviewed, and she was % years
old when her wedding took place.
Mrs. Hayes is Chillicothe girl
PRECEDENT HAYES made love to her
while she was going to schenl at Gin
cinnati, and married her after two
years courtship
General Garfield was also associated
with his wife during her school DAYS.
and there had been long acquaintance
before their enga cement.
Such is the briet history of the loves
of the presidents. As far as we know
they seem 10 have been singularly
happy in their love affairs. But iii
you every one of them had
his little skeleton in his matrimonial
closet. They had the same ups and
downs in their courtship as you and |
had. Martha Curtis doubtless held up
the virtues of her first husband to
George Washington, aud am greatly
mistaken if she did not sometimes tell
him that she brought the money into
the family. More than one of these
women were jealous of their husbands
to other women, and Tom
Jefferson, doubt not, pranced up and
down his Monticello home many
cold night in scanty attire with . cry
ing baby in his arms. After all, men
are very much alike when you strip
them Of their every day regalia, and
a president is nothing more to his wife
than coal-heaver is to his.