The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-24
LIFE OF THE NEW PRESIDENT.

Roosevelt's Mother,a Georgian-The Fame Of
the Chief Executive Won as Scholar, Au.
thor, Soldier and statesman-He is One Of
the Youngest Men to Become President,
BeingUnder 4S Years of Age-short Sketch
of His Life.
(Atlanta IourDal.)
Theodore Roosevelt is closely
bound to Georgia by ties of blood.
His mother, Martha Bullock, was
the grand dauther of James Bullock,
who was a doughty soldier of the
Revolution, serving as a captain of
Georgia and Virginia troops.
The father of James Bullock was
Archibald Bullock, the first Revolu-
tionary Governor of Georgia, and
his father was named James Bull,
lock, also, a Sootchman, who settled
in Georgia in 1715, and was a mem.
Der of the Georgia Provincial Con,
gross. He was closely related to the
heroic Douglasses of Scotland. Thus
Theodore Roosevelt comes of illus
trious stock, Scotch as we'll as Dutch.
He has Huguenot blood, too, by rea
son of the fact that the wife of Archi
bald was Mary DE Vaux, grand.
daughter of a distinguished Hugue-
not, who fed from France after the
edict of Nantes was revoked.
1t will be seen that the lineage of
Theodore Roosevelt is very rich in
historic associations. His mother
was a woman of rare beauty aud
graoes of intellect. One of her
brothers was the gallant Captain
Bullock, who resigned from the
United States Navy to cast his for
tunes with the Confederacy. It was
he who secured that historic cruiser,
the Alabama, for the Confederate
Government and succeeded in get
ting her to sea in spite of all the
efforts of the United States Minister,
consuls and agents in England. Cap
tain Bullock never returned to this
country, and died only a few months
ago in London, respected and honored
by all who knew him.
The old Bullock mansion in Ros-
we'll, where Theodore Roosevelt's
father wooed, won and married his
mother, is still in fine preservation
and is now the property of Mr.. James
D. Wing, who is connected with the
White Hickory Wagon Works at
East Point, six miles from Atlanta.
Theordore Roosevelt has been mar,
ried twice. His first wife was Miss
Alice Lee, of Boston, who died two
years after her marriage, leaving a
daughter.
In 1885 he was married again to
Miss Edith Kermit Carew, of New
York. They have six children, four
sons and two daughters. Never has
the White House held so many chill.
dren among it's occupants as it will
have during the Roosevelt admins,
tration.
Few men have won fame in SO
many different directions as Theo-
dorse Roosevelt. He is a scholar,
author, soldier and statesman.
At Harvard he was distinguished
for his excellence both in studies and
athletics. There he acquired a great
part of the intellectual equipment
that has been so useful to him and
strengthened his originally robust
constitution to a degree that gave
him remarkab Die physical power and
endurance.
Remarkable stories are related Of
his experience among the rough ele-
ment in the wild West when he was
a ranchman and the manner in which
he inspired respect where "tender-
feet are held IN contempt until they
prove their manhood.
Theodore Roosevelt has been a
prolific author of biographical, his
torical and political works.
Among els more notable contribu-
tions to literature may be mentioned
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, /"
"Ranoh Life and the Hunting Trail, -
"The Wilderness Hunter" These
were all written in the first three or
four years after the close of his COL
lege life. Later he wrote 1.-The Naval
War of 1872" "'The Life of Thomas
H. Benton" "The Life of Governor
Norris" a "History of the State of
New York. Essays on Practical
Poi. tics" and american Political
Ideals" He elaborated with Capt.
A. T. Mahan on the Imperial His
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