Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : 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 . NDREW JOHNSON, seven-teenth President of the UnitedStates. The early life ofAndrew Johnson contains butthe record of poverty, destitu-tion and friendlessness. Hewas born December 29, 180S,in Raleigh, N. C. His parents,belonging to the class of thepoor whites of the South, werein such circumstances, that theycould not c;nf:r ^.-er. the slight-est advantages
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : 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 . NDREW JOHNSON, seven-teenth President of the UnitedStates. The early life ofAndrew Johnson contains butthe record of poverty, destitu-tion and friendlessness. Hewas born December 29, 180S,in Raleigh, N. C. His parents,belonging to the class of thepoor whites of the South, werein such circumstances, that theycould not c;nf:r ^.-er. the slight-est advantages of education upontheir child. When Andrew was fiveyears of age, his father accidentallylost his life while herorically endeavoring to save afriend from drowning, ^^nvil ten years of age, Andrewwas a ragged boy abour the streets, supported by thelabor of his mother, who obtained her living withher own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day,and being unable either to read or write, was ap-prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentlemanwas in the habit of going to the tailors shop occasion-ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He oftenread from the speeches of distinguished British states-men. Andrew, who w
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