The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25
CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS.
FOUR OF OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVES
MAD No OFFSPRING.

A correspondent Of THE Sun at Shamokin.
Pa, informed It's readers on Sept. IL that Rufus
X. Polk Of Danville. Pa. a grandson OF Presi-
dent James X. Polk Of Tennessee. had been
nominated for Congress In his district. Mr..
Polk may be n good Democrat and may make
q good Congressman. but he Is not q grandson
OF President Polk. for the simple reason that
the latter never had n son. James Knox Polk.
who was the ninth President. was childless.
like his predecessors. Washington. Madison
and Jackson. All the Presidents, with the
exception OF James Buchanan. were mar
ried or had been married. Four OF them.
jefferson. Jackson, Van Buren, and Ar
thur were wtdowers. and three. WASH
ington. Jackson and Polk, were ohildless.
Washington was a stepfather. and n greatly be-
loved one, as we'll as n stepgrandfather. Nelly
and Parke GUSTS were the children OF Mrs.
Washington. whose first husband was Daniel
Parke GUSTS Of Virginia. The son. John ParkO
Gusts. grew up under Washlngton's care. The
daughter died. While Washington was at Val-
ley Forge. John Parke Gusts. who had married
and was the father OF two children. died. These
grandchildren were adopted by Gen. Washing
ton, and Nelly Custis married Washington'S
nephew. Her brother became the owner %
Arlington. and was the father OF Mrs. Robert 3.
Lee.
John Adams. the second President. was the
first occupant OF the White House. to which no
went in 1901. before II was finished. One son
had died the year before and a daughter was
lost in her infancy. His married daughter ana
his famous son. John Quincy Adams. wero
with him. The latter became Minister to Rus
STA under President Madison and served hia
country subsequently as Minister to England,
He was Secretary OF State under President
Monroe. and in 1924 he was elected President.
President John Adams was the father OF two
,la1iOhtara and thra,a GDna NIL Of whom died ha-
fore he did. excepting John Quincy Adams.
Thomas Jefferson had two children, both
daughters. one of whom, Martha Jefferson.
was declared to be the sweetest woman in
Virginia " by grabbed old John Randolph. and
her children and her grandchildren adored her.
She had twelve children. one OF whom. Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, became the stay and So
lace Of Jeffe rson's declining years. Another OF
her children was Mrs. Virginia Jefferson Trist.
One Of her sons was born in the White House
in the winter of 1905. the first birth
which took place in the White House. This
child was named James Madison Randolph.
Jefrerson's seventh grandchild was named
"Septimia." and her daughter. the late Mrs.
Meikleham of Washington. appealed In vain
to Congress for a pension. Her children now
live in Washington and New York. Jefferson
therefore left many descendants. not a few Of
| whom are living in Virginia. Thomas Jefter-
II Soh Ollb VI DooAoh o q " Vie bolu NhO
son of one of Mrs. Randolph's daughters.
James Madison had no children. but. like
Washington. he married a widow. and her only
child. II son. Payne Todd, was a VIGOROUSLY bad
character. over whom Madison had much
trouble and many financial losses. James
Monroe. the fifth President. had no sons. but
| had two daughters.
John Quincy Adams. the son OF President
John Adams. was the sixth President. and his
/ lA,pah,ll napufutaI ~ f,nr nhillran fhsan
sons and a daughter. One of the sons was the
late Charles Francis Adams. Andrew Jackson
had no children aud was a widower at the time
he became President. He had an adopted son,
whose family lived for,many years at the Her
mitage, near Nashville. Martin Van Buren's
two sons were with him while he was Presi-
dent. He had no daughters. and had been q
for many years when he went to Wash
ington. His second sons wife. who was a Miss
Singleton OF South Carolina. was the lady Of
the White House" Of that administration
President Harrison lived only q month after
his Inauguration. and his family had not re-
moved from Ohio at the time Of his death. His
grandson became the nineteenth President OF
the United States. Vice President John Tyler.
large family OF sons and daughters. one Of
whom. John Tyler. Jr, was his fathers private
Ssff s seatG. vi WSi Fsme oeeSrr In % y fsM geSFs u asdl
Presldent Tyler, married a young wife sig
months before his retirement. and this fact
fGf Els s6lld = ae anG himself sfs'FHhfi s saeand R RfSy Sss
the mother Of seven children, and two Of he:
ceptins H MTs. 1aaiitK g Se@ g1itet Sho f Is an a' Inmate ate
Oh A Ese has a2"l Been n0 Paid IN Ja@ nS%'n kk' {. Polk had, no
children, and his successor In ONCE, Gep.
ters. One 81 Ills daughters was the 6rst vile
Of Jefferson Davis and the other married FIRST
the the White Of HOUSE, ESS aFm Rsr ep mother the de Declining, %
take part in the SOCIAL life Of the AdminiStra-
ff III 9irs Shf Is G RST k hefi Rdp 8. fsylo sn sh IS P RTsae
dents only son. who was educated at West
Point, wa = g La SfvS all s of1eG Su II three the oSS 1SSbts9S.
e ot4 81 c ShfiEd@ Of f Pfss aGinH F + low was E51 Mn. wtooa.
President Fillmore had one son and one
B BSnai1 unit lii his sG death, which toseteurrsSaa pot long
o oSe' Of fr t6em in ARA a railroad accident cid after The
Presidential, election. President Buchana5
h heh ss.f Harriet niFe L lane, the most y and
popular woman ever In the White House. She
5 now q chiidless widow and resides in WASH
ABRAHAM, Lineoln's three sons were wen
kkT %IYIIe 'S d 5hs e IN tGe Wits Wits House hs Mss and pis %fsa
death Robert i Lincoln, the, eldest son. Sc.
Of War under Arthur. Andrew johnson, was
to the Contrary Of 6Eioeiraphhies, encyclopedlaS
and newspapers; Two os Of 81 h iSa% sons SbN wsTs
was q surgeon Of the First 'TennssssS
and antdrnkEffHiI Killed. a"f in WI Sas f"fRsn T 's2% i 1855.
Robert, the second son, was Colonel Of {
Tennessee regiment. and the third son wa
his name to Andrew. Robert died In Greens
Vile. Tenn, shortly after his, fathers retire.
lived until 1878, The two denghters OF Presi
dent johnson lived in the White Hopse. the
eldest OF whom. Mrs. Patterson. is still llvino
at Greenville, in the old homestead; She 10 the
last q the children OF the third o. Tennessesa
scendants-her son. Andrew johnson PatteF-
son. and a granddaughter.
The Grant family consisted Of one daughter
and three sons, Frederick. Ulysses. Jr., and
Jesse. The daughter was married in the White
House in 1874. and IL at present a widow. Nv
ing with her widowed mother In Washington.
Gen. Fred Grant has been Minister to Austria.
and L. now in Porto Rico with his COMMAND.