West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-06-04

express To Mr.. Webster her SurpriSe nj
Lizzie conScnting to give up her belle
ship. with sll the delights of Washing
ton society and the advantages of her
position. and retire To a quiet Virginia
home "Ah.' said he:
Love rules the court the camp the grove.
Ana lovefs Heaven and Heaven is love
Mrs. Tyler, who died the following
Septcm ber after long suffering with
paralysis. was down stairs ON this
OCCASION for the first time since she had
been IN Washington. 1t is said .shc
gained 10y comparison with all the fine
ladies round her in her faultless vet
unostentatiOus dress, her face shaded
10y the soft, fine lace of her cap. receiv-
my IN her sweet. gentle, sclf-posSeSscd
mahner.as tho important people who
were led mp and presented, To her. She
was lar more attractive TO me than
any other lady i'm the room. and be-
heNe such was the general impression.
Ii Is said to have been trial 10 her
children in June, 1874, twenty months
after her death, To see her place AS
sumed by the young lady who figures
now rs the relict of President TYLER.
President and Mrs. Tyler's wedding
reception was at the White House.
The seventh nuptial ceremony there
was that oENellic Grant and Mr.. Sar-
toris May 2l. 1874. Like the mar
riages of.thc two previous daughters of
Presidents, ii took place i'm the east
parlor3 II was "a showy wedding, with
four bridesmaids, chosen from prom
incnt families here. Colonel Crook
the disbursing officer of the Executive
Mansion, who has been there since he
entered as a messenger i'm Abraham
Lineom's dav, has shown me the pen
used In signing the marriage contract
10y the two witnesses On the part OF
this country Rev. DIR. Tiffany, Mrs.
Grants pastor who had performed
the ceremony, and Sir Edward Thorn
ton, the British Minister, on the part
of Great Britain.
In the second year of the HAYES Ad-
ministration, i'm the blue parlor OF the
mansion, which was decorated for the
occasion with beam of flowers. sup
porting a floral marriage bell. the
Presidents niece, Miss Emily Platt,
was married to General Russell Has
tlngS, making the eighth and last mar
riagc solcmnized there. General Has
tings had been member of the Presi-
dents regiment the 23d Ohio Infantry
and was tall, slender, soldicrly-look-
ing man, who walked slightly lame
from wound received i'm battle, and
IbpFS the appearance of delicate health
Miss Platt had added much to the popu-
lafTty of the Hayes family i'm the White
House by her tact and amiability, and
every one who knew her was sorry TO
have her go away. With her husband
she resides at Bermuda for his health
One silver wedding, that OF Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes, must he added TO
the bona iide weddings above named.
IL was celebrated privately by them on
its exact date, December 80, 1877, i'm
the blue parlor, but as that day fell on
Sunday, IL was rccelcbrated the follow
ing evening in the east parlor Before "A
large invited company This was one
of the most tasteful private parties /
have ever seen at the White House,
but it does not rank properly among
the weddings, so that should President
Cleveland receive the blushing honors
al n bridegroom there he will he the
ninth man, but the first President, in
the goodly list
BY a somewhat singular coincidence
] find that the only Buffalo lady who
Il
mOre, spent at least one wear Of her life
at Aurora, the village where Wells Col
legc, Miss FOlsom's alma mater. is To-
Gated. Mrs. Fillmore Taught school at
Aurora the first summer and autumn
of her married life. She was a strong
and admirable woman and was a wear
and ten months the senior of her hus-
band, who, when she nrst knew him.
was q clothicrs apprentices, teaching
school in the dull months Of his masters
business. A long engagement followed,
during which ne was struggling TO ac-
quire his profession. the law, and when
she was twcnty-eight and be twenty
six The marriage took place. She was
always an inspiration and an ideal -
him Probably no President. not even
Andrew Johnson or Rutherford r..
Hayes, owed his advancement i'm life
more signally to his wife When She
died he said For twenty-,eyen years.
my entire married life, ! have always
been greeted with n happy smile" He
also said that he. had carefully pre-
served every line she ever wrote him.
and that he could never destroy even
the little notes she sent him ON bust
ness TO his Office. Yet, though mourn
ing her 80 sincerely, Mr. Fillmore sub
sequcntly remarked, this time
wealthy widow, who survived him.
dying but a few years since.
The wife OF his youth and the sharer
of his White House life died at Will
ards Hotel, March 80, 1858. the same
month they had vacated the White
House for their succcssOrs the Pierce,
Or the two otbpT Presidenk wives who
have lied in Washington, Mrs LeGGa
Iyler's death, as mentioned above, Oc-
CURED at the White House at tho are
Of 81, and Mrs Madison's. at the adj
vanced age Of 81, i'm the house built by
President Madison in 1919, on the
Southeast corner Of II street and La
fayette squares This side Of the square
IS sometimes called in its honor Mad /
ison Place. Mrs Madison returned
10 10 IN 1897 after her husband death.
aid resided there the remaining twelve
years Of her widowhoOd. dying in 1Sl9
On New Year and Fourth of July she
was always honored at her formal re.
ceptions by the presence Of many dis
huguished mem Her home next
passedintO the hands OF Commodore
Wilkes, after which &c became General |
McClcllan's headquarters during the
war, and subsequently the residence Of !
Hs