White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-23

Though General Jackson had no
daughters, he had young people at
the White House almost constantly.
and there were four marriages dur
ing his term as president. The first
was that of Della Lewis, daughter of
a wealthy Tennesseean who was Gen.
eral Jackson's lifelong friend and
companion at arms, and Alphonse
Joseph Yver Pageot, attache of the
French Legation and later the French
Minister. The marriage occurred at
the White House at the request of
President Jackson, who gave the
bride away and because of being an
international wedding was a brilliant
affair.
The lex White House bride was
Mary Easton, a niece of President
Jackson's wife, whose marriage story
is a tremendously interesting scrap of
White House history, for Miss
Easton's marriage cards were recalled
within a few days of the time set for
her marriage to Lieutenant Bolton
Finch. The lieutenant, a Britisher
by birth, was an officer in the United
States Navy. Young Lucien b. Polk.
way off in Tennessee, had tried I'M
successfully several times to win
Mary, whom he'd known from child
hood, and, undaunted by the slow
news which reached him he started
post haste with coach and foul to
Washington. The wedding cards
were out when he reached the capital.
He renewed his suit and appealed to
General Jackson. The president talk
ed it over with Mary, and among
other things said: Take care, my
dear; marriage with love is heaven,
without it, 1t is hell" Whatever
else he may have said Is not recorded
but the wedding cards were recalled
and and Mary Easton married Lucien
B. Polk and President Jackson gave
her away.
The third bride of the Jackson adj
ministration was Emily Martin, a
grandniece of Mrs. Jackson, who mar
ried Louis, son of Martha Jefferson
Randolph and grandson of Thomas
Jefferson.
The fourth bide. though not mar
ried in the White House, really has a
larger part in it's history than any of
the Others. She was Sarah Yorke of
Philadelphia, who married President
Jackson's adopted son, Andrew Jack
son, Jr. The president would have
preferred that this marriage also be
in the White House. but Miss Yorke,
known as lone of the three beautiful
lorke girls" thought it in better
taste to be married in her W home.
In the second year of President
Van Buren's administration the
lovely Angelica Singleton of South
Carolina came to Washington to be
the guest of the still sprightly Dolly
Madison, Miss Singleton was a
granddaughter of John Coles of Vir-
ginia, who had been a close friend
of Jefferson and Madison, and was a
niece of the American ambassador
to the Court of ST. James. Accom-
panied by Miss Singleton, Mrs Madi-
son attended a White House leveei
and introduced to her charming
guest the presidents sol and score
tary, Major Abram Van Buren,. A
few months later. in November
1888. Major Van Buren, brought
Angelica to the White House as his
bride and hostess, President Var
Buren, having been a widow fol
many years.
During President Tyler's admins
tration there were two White House
marriages of more than passing in
~terest. Elizabeth, the presidents
daughter. married William Waller
member of the House from Virginia
on January 81, 1912, and Presideni
Tyler, whose first wife had dice
eighteen months before, brought to
the White House as his bride julia
Gardiner. whom he married at The
Church of the Ascension in New
York OH June 2, 1874.
When President Tyler, aged So
brought his beautiful bride. aged 20
home to the White House. Johr
Quincy Adams wrote in his diary
that 'Cptain Tyler and his bride are
the laughingstock of this city" Tn
doubtedIy there were many who
shared his opinion. but the ambi
tious young bride was unable t
see any dregs in her honey.
Knowing her love of social posi-
ton one feels keenly the story o.
subsequent years. After one brieI
season in the White House she re