The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-02-20


"tells" is an interesting question.
The sons of Presidents of the United
States present illustrations for the
test of the problem for Americans.
Whether the application of this test
will answer the question to the satis-
faction of many may be left to those
who care to spend the time to debate
it.
Several of our Presidents have had
no sons, or were childless. George
Washington left no sons to perpetuate
his name or daughters to transmit his
blood. The descendants of John
Adams are as good an illustration as
one could find of the theory that blood
counts. John Quincy Adams, son,
became President. Charles Francis
Adams, a grandson, while serving as
United States Minister to Great Bri-
tain through Lincoln administration
efectually prevented the sympathy of
England for the South from being
openly avowed, and earned the repu-
tation of ranking second only to Ben
jamin Franklin in the history of Amer
ican diplomacy and of ranking with
Grant in the services of preserving
the Union. Charles Francis Adams,
! Jr., great grandson, who is still liv-
ing, was president of the Union Pa
ci6c Railroad for a number of years.
All have been noted for their culture
and literary ability.
Thomas Jeffersonhad two daughters,
Madison, Jackson and Buchanan had
no children, the last for the very good
reason that he was bachelor. Ben
! jamin Harrison, a grandson of Viii,
liam Henry Harrison, became Presi-
dent. The children Of Presidents
Fillmore and Pierce did not live to
accomplish anything of moment.
One of the sons of President Van
Buren was graduate of West Point,
and besides being breveted for gallan.
try in the Mexican War was noted
for his conquest of Angelica Singleton,
Southern beauty the other,
"Priuce John,'' was lawyer, and
posed as leader of fashion. He
represented Edwin Forrest, the fa-
nous actor, in the latter's effort to di-
vorce his wife. Richard, the cultiva-
ted son of President Zachary Taylor,
attained the rank of lieutenant gen.
eral in the Confederate Army, fighting
throughout the Civil War.
There are twenty-one sons of Uni
ted States Presidents and two of
President-elect now living. 1t may
surprise some to learn that not only
is son of President John Tyler liv-
ing, but that he is in the prime of life.
He is Lyon Gardiner Tyler, President
of William and Mary College, of Vir-
ginia, an institution in the making of
the history and traditions of which
more than one of the earlier Presidents
of the country had an active part.
Mr.. Tyler was born in 1858, eight
years after the close of his fathers
term as President. His mother was
Julia Gardiner, of GARDENERS Island,
New York. She was among the
guests of President Tyler on the war
vessel Princeton when the boiler of
that ship blew up. Her father, who
was one Of the party, was killed. His
body was taken to the White House.
The young woman was thrown into
the society of the President through
the peculiar circumstances surround
ing her fathers death. President
! Tyler's first wife had been dead two
or three years. He and Miss Gardi-
ner were married on June 26, 1874.
The only living son of President
Lincoln is Robert Todd Lincoln, Pres
ident of the Pullman Company. He
was born exactly ten years prior to
Mr.. Tyler land is therefore sixty-fve
years old. He was Secretary of War
through the Garfield Arthur admins
tration and Minister to the Court of
St. James through Benjamin Harri-
sons administration. He was coun-
sci for the Pullman Company and be-
came its president upon the death of
George M. Pullman. He was dis
cussed as candidate to succeed Presi-
dent Arthur as the national executive.
President Johnson had two daugh-
ters and no sons.
Three sons of President Grant are
living. They are General Frederick
Dent Grant, who gave up command
of the Department of the East recent
ly to go to Chicago to take command
of the Department of the Lakes
Ulysses S. Grant and Jesse R. Grant.
Besides his army service, General
Grant has been police commissioner
in New York and Minister to Austria.
Ulysses S. Grant, who is lawyer,
lives in San Diego, Cal. Jesse R.
Grant, like Ulysses S. Grant, his
brother, has lived an uneventful life,
so far as the public is concerned. He
was educated for the law, but has
taken great deal of interest in min
ing projects. His home is also in
San Diego, Cal.
Among the living descendants of
President Hays are four sons-Bir-
chard, lawyer, of Toledo Colonel
Webb c., of Fremont, Ohio Ruther-
ford Platt, of Ashvil1e, N. c., and
Scott. Colonel Hayes is an alumnus
of Cornell and acted for time as his
fathers secretary. Later he entered
business life, and on the outbreak Of
theSpanish American War volunteered
for the field. He was member of
General Young's staff. and afterwards
saw service in the Philippines. He
won a medal of honor for personal
gallantry in the action at Vigan, in
December, 1899.
Two of the four living sons Presi-
dent Garfield are we'll known to the
public. They are Harry A., his eld-
est son, the president of Williams
College, and James Rudolph, his Sec
ond son, who is Secretary of the In
terror. The others are Irwin McDow-
ell, of Boston, lawyer, and Abram,
of Cleveland, an architect. Harry was
born in 1868, and James in 1865.
President Arthur left only one son,
Chester Alan, who lives at Colorado