. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . led before his e3-es in a railroad acci-dent; and his wife, one of the most estimable andaccomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking inconsumption. The hour of dreadful gloom sooncame, and he was left alone in the world withoutwife or child. When the terrible Rebellion burst forth whichdivided our countrj- into two parties, and twoonly, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the prin-ciples which he had always cherished, and gavehis sympathies
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . led before his e3-es in a railroad acci-dent; and his wife, one of the most estimable andaccomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking inconsumption. The hour of dreadful gloom sooncame, and he was left alone in the world withoutwife or child. When the terrible Rebellion burst forth whichdivided our countrj- into two parties, and twoonly, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the prin-ciples which he had always cherished, and gavehis sympathies to that pro-slaverj- party withwhich he had ever been allied. He declined todo anything, either by voice or pen, to .strengthenthe hand of the National Government. He con-tinued to reside in Concord until the time of hisdeath, which occurred in October, 1869. He wasone of the most genial and social of men, a!i hon-ored communicant of the Episcopal Church, andone of the kindest of neighbors. Generous to afault, he contributed liberally toward the allevia-tion of suffering and want, and many of histowns-people were often gladdened by his JAMES BUCHANAN. (Tames BUCHANAN, the fifteenth PresidentI of the United States, was born in a smallG/ frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridgeof the Alleghanies, in Franklin County, Pa., onthe 23d of April, 1791. The place where thehumble cabin home stood was called Stony Bat-ter. His father was a native of the north of Ire-land, who had emigrated in 1783, with little prop-erty save his own strong arms. Five years after-ward he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughterof a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride,plunged into the wilderness, staked his claim,reared his log hut, opened a clearing with hisaxe, and settled down there to perform his obscurepart in the dr<ima of life. When James was eightyears of age, his father removed to the village ofMercersburg, where his son was placed at .school,and commenced a cours
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