The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . atin and mathemat-ics from a traveling schoolmas-ter. When he was twenty yearsold he opened a school at NorthBend, and taught for severalyears. In 1825 he married MissShuck, daught
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . atin and mathemat-ics from a traveling schoolmas-ter. When he was twenty yearsold he opened a school at NorthBend, and taught for severalyears. In 1825 he married MissShuck, daughter of a wealthyGerman resident of the vil-lage. His school became famousthroughout the While hewas teaching he studied law,and in 1831 was admitted to thebar and .opened an office inHamilton. He was especiallystrong as a jury lawyer, hisappeals being very touching,and accompanied by tears whichhe could shed at any time. Hewas an ardent whig, and in1840 was prominent in helpingthe election of Gen. Harrison. Six years laterhe was elected governor. After the close of histerm he visited Wales and induced a large num-ber of his fathers countrymen to come to Americaand settle upon a tract of land which he had pur-chased in eastern Tennessee, whither he also re-moved himself and remained until the outbreak ofthe war. He had purchased a large estate in RockRiver county, 111., to which he then retired. Presi-.
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