Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . WW& n]^Disoi].. AMES MADISON, Fatherof the Constitution, and fourthr President of the United States,was born March i6, 1757, anddied at his home in Virginia,^ June 28, 1836. The name ofames Madison is inseparably con-nected with most of the importantevents in that heroic period of ourcountry during which the founda-tions of this great republic werelaid.
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . WW& n]^Disoi].. AMES MADISON, Fatherof the Constitution, and fourthr President of the United States,was born March i6, 1757, anddied at his home in Virginia,^ June 28, 1836. The name ofames Madison is inseparably con-nected with most of the importantevents in that heroic period of ourcountry during which the founda-tions of this great republic werelaid. He was the last of the foundersof the Constitution of the UnitedStates to 1)6 called to his eternalreward. The Madison family were amongthe early emigrants to the New World,landing upon the shores of the Chesa-peake but 15 years after the settle-ment of Jamestown. The father ofJames Madison was an opulentplanter, residing upon a very fine es-tate called Montpelier, Orange Co.,Va. The mansion was situated inthe midst of scenery highly pictur-esque and romantic, on the west sideof South-west Mountain, at the fool ofBlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home ofJefferson at Monticello. The closest jjersonal andpolitical attachment existed between these
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