The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-12

he became Chief Magistrate she was no
in very good health, and a few week
after the close of his term died at VII
lard's Hotel, Washington, OF an lines
probably much fastened by her attention
to the onerous requirements of her sta
ton. President Fillmore survived hi
wife twenty-one years, dying in 1874 a
Buffalo, and both lie buried, with al
only daughter, in the beautiful Forcs
Lawn Cemetery of that city.
Franklin Pierce-pronomccd Pcrse
up in Boston-was ciassmatc Of Haw
thorne's at Bowdoin College. The presi
dent Of the college then and for many
years was the Rev. Jesse appleton
Jenny Appleton, q daughter Of this col
lege president, became Mrs Pierce, ani
her husband, at the time of the marriage
a young New Hampshire lawyer ant
Congressman, became afterwards Presi
dent of the United States. The tirst
few years Of official life was shadowed
with grief, owing to the death OF theil
only son, a few weeks before the inaugu
ration. in frightful railroad accident:
in which Mr. and Mrs Pierce were aisc
injured. This cast gloom over the
early years Of the social regime Of THEN
term
Many living persons remember the
incidents OF society life Of this period,
the quiet, graceful manners Of Mrs.
Pierce and the hearty cordiality OF the
President. at the levees AMI State recep.
tions. Mrs. Pierce died at Andover,
Mass, during the war, and the eX-Presi,
dent at Concord in 1869. Both are
buried in the cemetery, not far from the
spot where the embattled farmers fired
the shot heard round the world in that
pretty New England town.
james Buchanan was a bachelor. and
everybody recalls the presiding lady OF
his stormy career in the White House
Harriet Lane, his nicce-who was well
known il her youth in the society OF tliis
city, Lancaster and Pittsburg. It was
at Bedford Springs she met the young
Baltimorean, Johnston, who married her
at Wheatlanl in 1866. The White
House never had a more accomplished.
domestic and social head than this young
Pennsylvania girl. It was while she was
hostess that the Prince OF Wales visited
the United States and was entertained at
the Presidents mansion Albert Ed
ward bore away with him, so the story
of the day comes down to us, warm ap-
precautions Of the grace and beauty of
Miss Lane.
With the history OF Mary Todd Lin
coin, the wife OF the Great Emancipator,
of Mrs. johnson, who was Eliza Near
Ole, and OF Julia Dent Grant, the wife
of the Silent Captain and President, who
has so lately passed away, the public OF
TO-DAY is familiar. Mrs. Lincoln and
Mrs Grant both took part in the social
duties Of their stations, as did Mrs.
Hayes and Mrs. Garfeld-the former
Lucy Webb, daughter OF Dr.. James
Webb, of Chillicothe, Ohio, the latter
Lucretia Rudolph, daughter of Zebulon
Rudolph, OF Garrettsville, in the same
State Lincoln lost son, his favorite
Tad, in the White House. Nellie Grant,
the Generals beloved daughter, was mar
ried-a brilliant wedding-in the same
place.
President Arthur assumed the Chief
NTagistracv widower, and, although
rumor was very free with his name dur
ing his term, he did not marry. His
deceased wife was daughter of Captain
Herndon, Of the United States Navy, the
gallant officer who went down. on the
Central America James Buchanan and
Grover Cleveland were the only two
bachelor Presidents, and if the latter
marries Miss Folsom this year it will
leave the Pennsylvania President alone
in the celi!,ate list Of Chief Magistrates.
-Four Presidents were widowerS at their
inauguration-Jefferson, Jackson, Van
Buren and Arthur. Sixteen were mar
ried when they went into the White
House. One alone, President John Ty-
ler, married while holding the Executive