The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-07

/ ms VIE dying the next wear. he mar.
riod again In the last year OF his pres.
idency and became the father OF seven
more Elizabeth. his third daughter.
was married in the blue room in ls4g.
put lylers second marriage ceremony
vas performed i'm New York. OF all the
laiSe family that lived with him In the
" hl'e House one daughter alone sur
wives IN the person of Mrs. Letitia Tyler
Semple, a refined and beautiful old lady
now residing In the Louise home at
Washington
President Polk had NO cbildren
zachary Taylor. thirty-nIne wears
married when elected president. select.
ed ms youngest daughter, Mrs Bliss
10 preside IN place OF his wife. who de-
Sltcd rest and scclusion The lively
Miss Betty" as she WAS called by ALI
IS still alive and resides i'm Winchester.
Va President Fillmore Fad one son
aud one daughter. both grown no, when
he was called to tho executive mansion.
President Pierce had had three chill
dren, but all were dead when he re-
ceiNed his highest honors. his last child.
bright boy Of thirteen. having been
killed IN railway accident in January
preceding the Inauguration. and IL was
In the shadow OF this great afiiiction
that he and his wife took up their res
idence at Washington. President
Buchanan was bachelor, and his
niece, the beautiful Harriet Lane-stiil
living IN Washington presided with
grace and dignity during his official
term
When Abraham Lincoln entered the
White House, he and his wife had yynb
them three bright boys. hut Willie the
youngest died in 1852 and after this
Mr. Lincoln's affections centered in the
next son, Tad. q lovabIe, afiectionate
child. As Bob Was off most OF the time
NJ college end later on Grants staff
Tad and his father were inseparab
and many stories are related Of the af.
fection existing between the two. The
White House WAS very gloomy to Mr.
Lincoln in those years Of stress and par.
tioularly so after the death Of little
Willie. On the afternoon before he was
assassinsted the president said while
out for a ride with his wife, Il feel
happy. Mary. for I consider this day
the war has come 20 close" And
then after a pause he added 1--WE must
both he more cheerful in the future.
Between the war and the loss OF darling
Willie we have been very miserable ="
Little Tad was almost his only conso-
alton in those days previous to the
last terrible happening. The griefs of
the presidents family as well as the
pleasures are always shared by the
country. and IL was with sincere sorrow
that the country later learned of the
death of this beloved son of the war
president.
Sorrow in larger measure than Joy
seems To have fallen TO the lot of many
White House occupants. One OF Pres
dent Johnson's sons died there, and he
himself was burdened with great cares
His children were all grown up when
he assumed the presidential office. but
those of his two daughters, Martha and
Mary, with their happy young faces.
iehtened the gloom that hung over the
White House after the assassination of
Lincoln. A large family OF children
to happiness even IL one be
'ad and downcast. and President John |
son and his invalid wife derived great |
pleasure from the presence OF their |
IL was said soon after
Ie left Washington, mo president ever
'efore had in the White House SO many |
hildren or as youthful ones as the five
of President Johnson. nor
viii there ever be brighter band there
gain"