. Portrait and biographical record of Seneca and Schuyler counties, New York . close of histerm he gave his whole influence to the supportof Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for hissuccessor. On the 4th of March, 1845, President Tyler re-tired from the harassments of office, to the regretof neither part\, and probably to his own unspeak-able relief The remainder of his days werepassed mainly in the retirement of his beautifulhome—Sherwood Forest, Charles City County,Va. His first wife, Miss L,etitia Christian, diedin Washington in 1842; and in June, 1S44,he was again married, at New York, to
. Portrait and biographical record of Seneca and Schuyler counties, New York . close of histerm he gave his whole influence to the supportof Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for hissuccessor. On the 4th of March, 1845, President Tyler re-tired from the harassments of office, to the regretof neither part\, and probably to his own unspeak-able relief The remainder of his days werepassed mainly in the retirement of his beautifulhome—Sherwood Forest, Charles City County,Va. His first wife, Miss L,etitia Christian, diedin Washington in 1842; and in June, 1S44,he was again married, at New York, to Miss JuliaGardiner, a young lady of many personal andintellectual accomplishments. When the great Rebellion rose, which theState Rights and nullifying doctrines of John had inaugurated, President Tyler re-nounced his allegiance to the United States, andjoined the Confederates. He was chosen a mem-ber of their Congress, and while engaged inactive measures to destroy, by force of arms, theGovernment over which he had once presided, hewas taken sick and soon JAMES K. IOLK. JAMES K. POLK. 3AMES K. POLK, the eleventh President ofthe United States, was born in MecklenburghCount}-, N. C., November 2, 1795. Hisparents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, thefonner a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who locatedat the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in1735. In 1806, with his wife and children, andsoon after followed by most of the members of thePolk famih-, Samuel Polk emigrated some two orthree hundred miles farther west, to the rich val-ley of the Duck River. Here, in the midst of thewilderness, in a region which was subsequentlycalled Maury County, they erected their log hutsand established their homes. In the hard toil ofa new fann in the wilderness, James K. Polkspent the early j^ears of his childhood and father, adding the pursuit of a surveyor tothat of a farmer, gradually increased in wealth,until he became one of the leading men of theregion. His mo
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