The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

met a. the house Of h.r brother, Viii
iiam Randolph. OF Tuckahoc. on. Of the
; most prominent men il, Virginia.
4 St'c Preferred Lo,c in Cottage.
Jane Randolph had all the clS .blo
Young mon OF the colony a; icr feet.
! but she amazed her friends ;.nd dis
Sustcd her family 10y barnui.,y Mrs.
Peter jefferson and exchanging tnc
stately old Randolph snansio:. On the
: James River FOR tho los cabin which
her young husband lad built on the
KlNanIa. she was seventeen at the lime
! ana her hrsband was three years her
senior With tho splendid enthusiasm
OF youth and nutua! taste Tor adj
venture. the young couple set III hous :
kccping on their remote estate and
proceeded to conquer the wilderness.
Ian jefferson was horn in England.
anG they christened the i"mcstcan
Shadwell. after The London parish in
which she first saw the light. \, Snud-
well our third President "as born. TWO
sisters preceding him and others fol-
lowing so that in aiew ysars a large
brood of Jefcrsons made things lively
at the homestead On the Rivanna II
was Il home devoid Of luxury. hut
ahpunding in comforts Peter Jefferson
Was in easy circumstances ana his n,w
piantat ton Was yielding Sancrous re-
turns Til" district was hlling up with
settlers and l'ctcr became its leading
citizen. He was Very popular in the
new community and was undoubtedly
Il man OF marked Intelligence. shr2wd
sense and strong character. For .
number of years he practised land sur
veying extensively thereby adding
considera bly, to his income County
honors Gravitatsd naturally TO such
a man. and in due time the Shadwcll
planter filled the Offices Of justice
of the peace. colonel OF .Albcmarle
county and representative in tn,
House of Burscsses. At tn, time OF his
death. August IL 1877, Colonel Jeir-
ercon was ono Of the most prominent
citizens OF Virginia
Ire Madison family tree struck its
roots fur back among the earliest
days Of the province. Fifteen years
before the settlement of jamestown
an adventurous Madison from Devon
shire landed on the southern Chesa-
pcake shore and began what turned out
TO be permanent lorgm mt in the
Virginia wilderness. During the CEN
fury and quarter between that carly
beginning and the birth OF our fourth
President, there had bean ample time
for the Madison family to establish it
self firmly in the New World, and 1t
had done SO. James Madison. father
of the President, was a notable mem
Der of that wealthy and socially prom
inent planter class which provided the
country with so many of its early
Presidents and statesmen
The Mndisons md Monrocs Were
AriEtocrats.
President Madison came OF a vigorous
breed, physicaily, morally and intellect
ually He was nurturcd in refined.
gracious and hospitable domestic at
mosphere. In tho beautiful and pic
turesque region OF the Blue Ridge in
which Montpelier. the family estate
was situated the ATadisons had been
Ntrginians of consequence for genera
lions. II was name that carried weight
with 1t in all parts OF the province.
Tho Monrocs, also. were members Of
the provincial landed aristocracy. Like
the Madiscns. they came 10 Virginia at
very carly period. tho original Amer
lean Monroe being younger son Of a
noble Scottish family Spence Monroe,
the Presidents father, was man OF
affairs in tho province. Their estate in
Westmorelamd county was one Of the
most opulent in Virginia, almos, as en-
tensivc as that OF the Washingtons,
III sir near nciGhhors and friends.
jackson the Son OF m irish Peasant.
In 1853 an Irishman of Scotch de-
scent, who had known nothing save the
most grinding poverty in his native
land cmisrated, with his wife and two
small children, from Belfast to South
Carolina. The humble immigrants had
no money to buy land even at this mere
~ nominal rate at which il was held
In the colonies. So, after landing at
Charleston and roma lining there few
months. they struck out into the Wild
interior, hating near what is now the
boundary line between the Carolinas.
After clearing an opening III the pine
wilderness. the young freshman put in
a crop, but fan sick anu died before
ne could harvest ii. That Irish immi-
grant who did not live TO reap the re-
ward OF his summer toll was Andrew
Jackson. father of our seventh Presi-
dent. and his death occurred a few days
prior TO the birth OF his third child
and namesake.
AT the time OF the passing of the
head Of the family. the Jacksons w.re
living in rude log cabin just across
the border In South Carolina. After the
funeral OF her husband. which was held
in the little log church OF the settle
! !nent; Mrs Jackson did not return to-