The Winslow mail., 1913-08-30


well remember the popular excitement caused by
this international marriage. 1t estimated
that the wedding presents represented value
of than 100000
Certainly no marriage ever started out with
fairer outlook. But unfortunately the prospect
was not realized. Sartoris who was an idler, like
many Englishmen of his class, did not make a
satisfactory husband, and Mrs Sartoris was
eventually compelled to divorce him. Her son,
named Algernon after his father, recently married
a French girl Cecile Mouf1ard, and is resid-
ing in France. Two daughters are married.
little over a year ago-Mr. Sartoris having
meanwhile died-Mrs Sartoris took second hus-
band, Frank Hatch Jones, being married to him
on July 4, 1912, at Cobourg, Canada.
On the evening of Jan 81, 1912 Elizabeth Tyler,
third daughter of President Tyler then girl of
eighteen, married in the blue room Of the
White House to William Waller a member Of
congress from Williamsburg, Va.
1t is not possible in all instances to trace the
subsequent history of the White House brides,
some of whom, indeed, such those of the Jack
son administration, were persons of no prom1-
nence apart from the fact that they married
in the White House.
Soon after this marriage Mrs. Tyler died. and
within short time the widowed president took
to himself a second wife, whose name was Julia
Gardiner. She was a New York girl.
Returning from abroad with her father, Miss
Gardiner visited Washington and met President
Tyler.
Soon afterward President Tyler became en-
gagged to Miss Gardiner, and they were married in
New York the bridal party returning Immediately
to the White House, where the wedding reception
was held
Mr.. Tyler fifty-six and his bride only
twenty John Quincy Adams, then in congress
and bitter enemy Of the president, spoke of the
marriage as union of January and May"
Young Mrs. Tyler did the honors of the White
House for eight months until the close of the ad-
ministration Then she and her husband went
to their Virginia home where they lived seven
teen years. When Mr.. Tyler died his widow took
her children to her mothers home at Carleton
Hill, Staten Island and there spent the rest of
her life.
When Van Buren, president Dolly Madison
was still the leader of Washington society, and it
she who introduced to him the beautiful An
gelica Singleton, daughter of distinguished
South Carolina family Miss Singleton became
frequent guest at the White House. and the
presidents son, Major Abram Van Buren, fell in
love with her. He married her in November,
1888, at her home in South Carolina but the we'd
ding reception was held at the White House,
where young Mrs. Van Buren Immediately took
charge Of affairs mistress of the establishment,
the president being a widower.
Andrew Jackson remarkably devoid of rela-
tives. Perhaps it this account and because
he was fond Of young people that he made so
much of his wife's relations. Two of the latter
were married in the White House at his request
during his administration. A third young woman
who enjoyed the same distinction was Della Lewis
of Nashville the daughter of intimate friend
of the president
The second marriage at the White House dur
ing the Jackson regime was that of Mary Easten,
another Tennessee girl who was a niece of Mrs
e Jackson. In this instance the bridegroom was
Lucien B. Polk, likewise of Tennessee. The pair
went to live at Columbia Tenn, where they spent
the rest of their lives very happily
Elizabeth Martin was relative of Mrs. Jack
sons. She married in the White House to
young clerk, Lewis Randolph, son of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, who was the eldest daughter
of Thomas Jefferson
This takes US back as far as the administration
of John Quincy Adams who had three sons. The
harjsomest Of the three brothers was John