The times., 1898-10-09
Four Presidents Who Never
Had Any Offspring.
BUT ONE NEVER MARRIED
Washington, Madison, jackson and
Polk Were ChiIdIess Buchanan
the Various Occupants of the
White House.


New York Sun triumphantiy declares
that this could not be. as that President
never had a son. evidently forgetting that
a son OF a daughter would be grandson.
However. he did not have a daughter,
either
The New York Sun says: James Knox
Polk. who was the ninth President. was
childless. like his predecessors. Washing
ton. Madison and Jackson. All the Presi-
dents. with the exception of James
Buchanan. were married or had been
married -Four of them, Jefferson, Jackson,
Van Buren and Arthur were widowers,
and four. Washington. Madison. Jackson
and Polk. were childless. Washington
was a stepfather. and a greatly beloved
one. as well as stepgrandfather. Nelly
and Parke Curtis were the children of
Mrs. Washington. whose first husband
was Daniel Parke Curtis of Virginia The
son. John Parke Curtis, grew up under
Washington's care. The daughter died.
While Washington was at Valley Forge.
John Parke Curtis. who had married and
was the father of two children, died.
These grandchildren were adopted by
Gen. Washington, and Nelly Custis mar
ried Washington's nephew. Her brother
became the owner of Arlington, and was
the father of Mrs. Robert L. Lee.
John Adams, the second President,
was the first occupant of the White
House. TO which he went in 1901. before it
was finished. One son had died the year
before and a daughter was lost in her in
fancy His married daughter and his IA
nous son, John Quincy Adams, were with
him The latter became minister to Rus
sia under President Madison and served
his country subsequently as minister TO
England He was Secretary of State un-
der President Monroe. and in 1924 he was
elected President. President John Adams
was the father of two daughters and
three sons. all Of whom died before ne
did, excepting John Quincy Adams.
Thomas Jefferson had two children,
both daughters, one of whom, Martha
Jefferson, was declared to be 1.-The sweet
est 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
Solace of Jefferson's declining years An
other of her children was Mrs. Virginia
jefferson Trist. One OF her sons was
born in the Mhlte House III Ille HlulSA VI
1906 the first birth which took place In
the White House This child was named
James Madison Randolph. Jefferson 5
seventh grandchild was named "Septi-
mia" 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 few of whom are Nv
Taera Nan1-
idge. of Boston, is a grandson, being the
son of one of Mrs Randolphs daughters.
James Madison had no children, but,
like Washington, he married widow,
and her only child, son, Payne Todd,
was a notoriously 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 Presl-
dent John Adams was the sixth Presi-
dent. and his household con-
sisted of four children, three sons and a
daughter One of the sons was the late
Charles Francis Adams. Andrew Jack
son had no children and was a widoweI
at the time he became President He
had an adopted son, whose family lived
for many years at the Hermitage, near
Nashville. Martin Van Burens two sons
were Win MIN hllllN AAt HeiS 4 AS~+N-Ni-N
He had no daughters, and had been a
widover for many years when he went
10 Washington. His second sons wife
who was a Miss Singleton, of South Car
olina was the lady of the White House
of that Administration.
President Harrison lived only a monu
after his Inauguration, and the family hat
not removed from Ohio at the time of hi
death. His grandson became the nine
NJ Tinted States
Vice President John Tyler, who becam
President to fill the term, had larg'
family of sons and daughters, one o
whom John Tyler, jr., was his father
private secretary. He remained in Wash
ington until his death, which occurred ;
few years ago. President Tyler marrie'
A young wife six months before his re
tirement, and this fact caused tenn
porary estrangement between his childrel
and himself. His second wife was tn
mother of seven children. and two of he
sons were in the Confederate army. Al
of Tyler's first family are dead excep
Mrs Letitia Sempe, who is an inmate o
the Louise Home in Washington.
-'As has been said, James L. Polk ha'
no children, and his successor in office
Gen. Zachary Taylor. had one son an,
three daughters. One of his daughters wa!
the first wife of Jefferson Davis, and tn
other married first Col Bliss Of the army
and was the Lady of the White House,
her mother declining to take part in tn
social part OF the administration. Sh
IS now Mrs. Danridge, and is living il
Virginia. Gen. Richard D. Taylor, tn
Presidents only son, who was educate
at West Point. was a cavalry officer j
the Confederate army. He left no sons
but three daughters. all Of whom are liv
ing in New Orleans. Another child o
President Taylor was Mrs. Wood. widow
AZ. -,
years ago.
President Fillmore had one son and on
daughter both Of whom lived in tn
White House The son. Powers Fillmore
lived in Buffalo until his death, which oc
Cured not long ago. President Pierce
three sons died young. one of them in
railroad accident after the Presidentia
election. President Buchanan had witt
him in Washington his neice and heiress
Harriet Lane. the most beautiful an
popular woman in the White House. Sh
is now a childless widow, and resides i
Washington in winter.
Abraham Lincoln's three sons wer
We'll known TO the country while he wa
President. Willie died in the Whit
House and Tad lived for several year
after his fathers tragic death Rober
T. Lincoln, the eldest son, became minis
ter to England and was Secretary of Wa
under Arthur Andrew Johnson was tn
father Of three sons, despite the asser
tions to the contrary of biographies, en-
cyclopedias and newspapers. Two of hi
sons were in the Union army. One O
them. Charles, was a surgeon of tn
First Tennessee Infantry and was throw
from his horse and killed in Nashville
Tenn, in 1863 Robert, the second sor
was colonel of a Tennessee regiment, an
the third son was Frank, who. after hi
fathers death, changed his name to An