The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-24
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h actaei jackson Lawrence to Wis
4 slae# ST. Louis Fair.
The state Ilaing .of .Tennessee in

he State Building Of Tennessee in
the sst Louis YorId s. Fair Exposition
Be az reproduction Of the Iderrni-
sth q home Of President, General
I $ and greaEsG ommoner Jackson. It will
Be iii shed With the identical furni-
III Irts. shars III ~ and portraits once the
d lollsasoId goods Of General Jackson.
and now III the custody ofsthe Ladies
Hermitage Associat icn, which pre-
serves and watches over the historic
use.
losss pleasing &c al OF the uaccant-
ED thousands Of exposition visitors
NH Il Ne presence. as the hostess of
q he buil ding, Il of General Jacsson's
SRA 1aangh ter Yrs: Rachel Jackson
asy1ence. of Nashville. Owing to her
and heir burden Of feeble
ness, Ia. Jackson viii be charged
mi I'll none of the manual duties Of the
h ofIiee. Ter place VIII be to preside
over the house merely and welcome
visitor as she did to the real Hermit
Age, M hen lit was her home in the
fof her youth and beauty. An
other custodian, younger woman,
SeIras vll from a later generation, viii
perfoT ID he clerical work
Irs. Lawrence is really the great
snieceso General jackson, as his union
afsvi his beloved wife, Rachel Donel-
son, was unb1esssd with children, but
her father; ndrew Jackson, Jr,, who
FyYas Genera1 8Jacksons nephew, was
also his adopted son, and was taken by
a tf1e hero OF New Orleans when he was
ssi o,lsy tire lay old to the hermitage.
where he afterwartl lived until the
house was sold}to the State in 1856.
typical grande dame of the old
school i is ~ rs.8 Lawrence, and capa-
bIs sf creating in any environment
social atmosphere which IS delightful
ife has been full OF events She
WAS a8sbaby of the White House, al
Sthoug i1 born at the historic Hermitage,
12 niles from Nashville on November
$50, but when only two months
sold 81 as taken BY her parents on the
/ long overland journey to Washington,
General . acksons having become i'm
pafientsforsthep presence OF his son and
aaughter and the baby of whom he
wrote at. her birth that he accepted
sssits from Providence as the kindest
@bIessin Two months they were on
Ihe8sfrip, but the baby survived it and
y 1ick1y became General Jachson's de-
ightS When hetook his trip to Wash
5ing ton#toS be inaugurated President of
the United States he left behind him
Si1 lsS q garden grave, the body of his
gssvif e.
n I,nr
saRachel m an other tie to bind her and
her grandfather in closer union. She
rem embers distinctly incidents of her
sIife in$the White House, although she
onl "a six years old when General
( Jackson's terms of Office ended and
the family returned to Tennessee.
rom then until his death when she
ives IS. she became her distinguished
grandfather's inseparable companion.
4 risin before him on pillow on his
horse, sam Patch, every morning and
afternoon around his plantation, and
1 playing on the old fashioned settee in
Ills bedroom as he sat before the por-
trait OF his beloved wife and read and
ysWrote.8
ssssSssF IN the Hermitage in ST. Louis. over
ssssIsi sh she Is again called to preside,
ssthe same room will be reproduced,
lei same furniture used by General
Jaekson,stlle bed On which he died, and
the settee on which the little girl once
a8ed viii all be there.
IRIS. Lawrence's marriage to an en-
Tin emf ysician took place in the great
double parlcrs at the Hermitage, and
There she celebrated her silver we'd
s5slin q anniversary, although she had
then rem owed to her own home,
Sscarcelyz a mile away, where she now
resides the most distinguished and
shonored figure in the neighborhood
(which her ancestors made historic.
NJ. 4s leTa life she has lived in sight OF
IS the Hermitage. For many years she
has been widow, living in queenly
ratirement until called by the imam
& II si1nous request Of the State to grace
ia her presence the State home at
sssSshs ST. Louis Fair.
any historic treasures has Mrs
but there are three which
ssssshe prizes above all others. One is a
sspear1 ring, which was General Jack
sons wedding gift to her mother, Miss
Sarah Yorke, a member of patrician