Portrait and biographical records of Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . OHN TYLER, the tenthPresidentof the United was born in Charles-cityCo., Va., March 29,1790. Hewas the favored child of af-fluence and high social po-sition. At the early age oftwelve, John entered WiUiamand Mary College and grad-uated with much honor whenbut seventeen years old. Aftergraduating, he devoted him-self with great assiduity to thestudy of
Portrait and biographical records of Montgomery and Bond counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . OHN TYLER, the tenthPresidentof the United was born in Charles-cityCo., Va., March 29,1790. Hewas the favored child of af-fluence and high social po-sition. At the early age oftwelve, John entered WiUiamand Mary College and grad-uated with much honor whenbut seventeen years old. Aftergraduating, he devoted him-self with great assiduity to thestudy of law, partly with hisfather and partly with EdmundRandolph, one of the most distin-guished lawyers of Virginia. At nineteen years of age, necommenced the practice of success was rapid and aston-ishing. It is said that threemonths had not elapsed ere therewas scarcely a case on the dock-et of the court in which he waslot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, hewas almost unanimously elected to a seat in the StateLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures ofJefferson and Madison. For five successive years hewas elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly theunanimo
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