The Baltimore County union., 1885-01-03

was aug up ana II was charged ths
Jackson had married her before she wa
legally divorced from Capt. Robards
The story is too long to repeat here
1t is enough to say that Mrs. Jackson
was cruelty slandered, and that this wa
one of the causes of her death. Sh
was not anxious to come to Washington
and once said to friend, 81 assure yo
I would rather be doorkeeper in tn
house of my God than dwell in tha
palace in Washington" Andrew Jack
son dearly loved his wife, and there
a tradition at the White House that h
never went to bed without taking
locket holding her picture from hi
bosom and proping it up against HI
Bible so that it would be the first objec
upon which his eyes would rest in tn,
morning. Andrew Jackson was tht
second widower President. Jefferson
came before him, and after him came
Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, anc
Chester A. Arthur.
The only bachelor President the
country has had is James Buchanan
who respected the woman who iiltec
him when he was young man too much
to ever marry another.
Martin Van Buren was a green law.
yer when he married his wife Hannah.
She was of good family, and was few
months older than her husband. The
two had gone to school together as
children, and their engagement was a
long one. They were married as soon
as Van Buren's law practice would war
rant it. Their married life, like that OF
the JeffersonS, lasted only 10 years.
When John Tyler married his first
wife he was 23 old and she was 20. He
had long been in love with her, and had
courted her for five years. "Still, ("
says his son, Gen. Tyler, che never
ventured to even kiss her hand until
three weeks before the marriage on his
last visit to her prior to the wedding"
John Tyler was at this time a young
lawyer, and ne had already served a
term or two in the Legislature He
was Gov. Tyler's son, and his wife was
one of the flowers of the F. F. VS.. She
was an Episcopalian and was beauti-
full woman. President Tyler's second
wife was Catholic. She lived with
President Tyler II years and had sons
and daughters.
President Fillmore was wool carder
and his wife was school teacher when
they fell in love. Both were poor, and
Fillmore, after studying law and NOV
ing to Buffalo, did not see his affianced
wife for three years, because he was too
poor to pay the fare of the I5o miles
which lay between them. Mrs. Fill
more was two years older than her hus-
band, and she was 28 years old when
their marriage took place. She died in
1858. President Fillmore survived her
2I years, and married the woman who it
is said became insane before she died.
Mrs. Fillmore was a preachers daugh-
ter, and so were Abigail Adams and
Mrs. Frank Pierce. She was the same
age as Mrs. Fillmore at the time of her
marriage. and her groom was q mem
Mrs. Pierce was s65iR s65iRllrh@ahat hi il 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 60 to church. She did not like So
ciety, and she made the Executive Man
sion as far as possible Christian home
for her family.
Mrs. Lincoln wore a wedding ring
given her by the President, on which
was engraved, Glove is eternal" She
was Kentucky girl, who had gone to
live with a sister at Springfield, Ill.
Here she met Lincoln, then a young
lawyer, and the two were married, and
began life as boarders, paying for their
accommodation 81 a week.
Eliza McGardie was II years old
when she married young North Caro-
lima tailor who had settled in Greenville,
Tenn. His name was Andrew Johnson,
and he was just of age. She possessed
more learning than her husband, 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 i'll to do
the honors of the White House, and
her daughter took her place.
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, and was engaged to
her four years before he married her.
During this time the Mexican war in
tervened, and she was twenty-three
years old when her wedding took place.
Mrs. Hayes is Chilicothe, (Ohio),
girl. President Hayes made love to
her while she was going to school at
Cincinnati, and married her after two
years courtship. Gen. Garfield was
also associated with his wife during her
school-days, and there had been long
acquaintance before their engagement
in 1856. Such is brief history of the
loves of the Presidents. AS far as we
know they seem to have been singular
ly happy in their love affairs.