The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

whom are living to-day. The Tyler 'am-
lily is considered the most iliustrious IN
this country, for with its Monroe and Hnr-
rison connections 1t has produced Tour
Presidents.
John Tyler's romantic marriage to Julia
Gardiner of GARDENERS Island, while no
was still President, was fruitful OF chill
dren. One of these is Lyon Gardner
Tyler. president of William and mary
College His brother DIR. Gardiner Iyier,
represents the Second District OF prginia
In Congress. DR.. Lachland Tyler ID
physician in New York.
President Polk had no children, ana
Zachary Taylor, who followed him. lose
his only son by death. His eldest daugn-
ter married Senator Jefferson DAVIS ana
Winnie Davis, the Daughter OF the CON
federacy, is Zachary Taylor's granochlio.
His daughter Betty contracted two mar
riages, one with Major w. s. Bliss. Whiie
married to him she became mistress OF the
White House, taxing upon herself the
duties which her mother found too DIM
cult to perform.
Millard Fillmore's career was tull Oh
sadness. His wife died three weeks after
he entered the White House, and year
later he lost his only daughter.
franklin Pierces residence in the White
House was also sad and lonely. Two OF
his sons died in early youth, and the third
was killed in a railroad accident TWO
months before his fathers Inauguration
Abraham Lincoln had three sons wnen
he took up the reins OF government upon
the retirement of the bachelor PRESIDENT,
Buchanan. OF these Robert Tod Lincoln
survives. The three sons of Andrew john
son are dead, while the Grant children are
all alive.
Rutherford B. Hayes residence in the
White House was blessed with unusuai
calm. Happiness and health attended his
four years of government.
Following in the footsteps OF his father
is James Rudolph Garfield. On the four
teenth anniversary of the day on which
Guiteau shot his father down in the
Pennsylvania Railroad station In wash
ington he was nominated for State SEN
ator from the district in which similar
honor was conferred on James Abram
Garfield in 1859. Young Garfield is now
a member of that body and looks forward
to a nomination for Congress. He and
LIS eiuer DrOIner marry, mHO SoAHhoo LAC
attention to politics in the municipal
field, are practicing law in Cleveland,
although James still retains the old home
stead at Mentor as residence. Miss Belle
H. Mason was married to Harry Garfield
in 1883, and two years later the marriage
of James Garfield and Miss Helen Newell
took place.
The Garfield grandchildren number ten.
Harry has three sons and daughter
James, born October 2S, 1889; Mason, Oc-
tober S, 1892; Lucretia, January 18, 1894,
and Stanton, August 8, 1895. The three
children of James Garfield are John How
ell, born February 8, 1892; James Abram,
April Is, 1894, and Kenneth, August /,
1895. Three little ones born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Brown are Rudolph, April9 8,
1889; Ruth, August g. 1892, and Margaret,
October 2, 1895. Irwin Garfield, the fourth
child of the muroered President, and
nephew and niece were born on August g.
Chester A. Arthur's two children have
never married. Alan Arthur spends most
of his time in Europe, while Miss Nellie
Arthur resides with her aunt, Mrs. McEl-
roy, in New York.