The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-10

Regarding the ancestry Of our presi-
dents. one-third or eight, were of
Scotch and Scotch-Irish descent: one,
Madison. was Welshman, or of
Welsh ancestry, and Van Buren, was
of Dutch. the remainder, or fourteen,
had English forbears.
Elizabeth has been the favorite
name for the mothers of presidents.
Let all Elizabeths with sons make note
of this. There was Elizabeth Jones.
the mother of Monroe: Elizabeth Hut
crimson, mother of Jackson; Elizabeth
Rasset. mother of the first Harrison;
Elizabeth Speer, mother of Buchanan,
and Elizabeth Irwin. mother of Benja-
min Harrison. The name Mary is also
we'll represented, beginning with Mary
Ball. Washington's mother; then Mary
Hoes, the mother of Van Buren,; Mary
Armistead, Tyler's mother, and Mary
McDonough the mother of johnson.
OF James there are two. Jane Ran
dolph, mother of Jefferson. and Jane
Knox. mother of Polk. OF Nancys
there are also two Nancy Hanks,
mother of Lincoln. and Nancy Allison,
mother of Mckinley.
The presidents all married Ameri-
can-born women except John Quincy
Adams, whose wife, Louisa G. John
son was born in London, Eng, where
they We're married.
New York was the birth state of the
wives of six presidents. Virginia and
Ohio gave four presidents wives.
Eight other states are represented
New HampshirN Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
There has been only one bachelor presi-
dent, Buchanan.
1t seems that not even in the good
old times of 100 years ago was it the
fashion to have large families. Wash
ington and Madison had no children,
nor had Polk. Tyler carries off the
palm in the way of olive branches
with thirteen. The first Harrison
comes next with ten and Hayes follows
with eight. -Four children have been
the presidential average number, be-
ginning with John Quincy Adams, who
had four; so had Van Buren,, Taylor,
Lincoln, Grant and Cleveland. Two
is the next favorite, or the number of
children born to Monroe, Fillmore, Ar
thur, Harrison and Mckinley Jack
son and Pierce each had three. John
Adams. Johnson and Garfield had five,
and Jefferson six, all girls.
Cleveland and Harrison are the only
eX-presidents living. None lived to the
allotted three-score and ten years. the
first Harrison coming nearest to that
age, or GS. Grant died ut 46 years, and
Pierce at 4S, Washington ut G7, and
the others at ages varying from so,
Lincoln's age, to IS.
Natural decline was assigned as the
cause of death of three-John Adams.
WIN WIS Ollly VI, MiuISOIl, WHO WAS
81, and Monroe, IS.
-Four died Of paralysis; one, Buchan-
an, Of govt; one of cancer, Grant, and
two We're assassinated. Fever, asth-
ma, dropsy and neuralgia of the heart
were the other causes of DEATH. What
is usually regarded as an infantile dis
ase-membranous Group, carried off
Washington.
Most Of the presidents We're southern
born; New England has given four
presidents. New York, New Jersey and
one Of the western states has been
represented Mt the White House. Vtr-
ginia has the honor of giving seven
presidents. Ohio has the next place
with Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison
and Mckinley. North Carolina gave
Jackson, Polk and johnson; Massa-
chusetts, John Adams and his son
Quincy Adams; New York, Van Buren,
and Fillmore; New Hampshire, Pierce;
Pennsylvania, Buchanan; Kentucky,
Lincoln; and Vermont, Arthur.