. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . ^^/;>/z£^ (^^^^cCi^^^ac/P^^^^^^?^ I. i 1 S AMES BUCHANAN, the fif-teenth President of the UnitedStates, was born in a smallfrontier town, at the foot of theeastern ridge of the Allegha-nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., onthe 23d of April, 1791. The placewhere the humble cabin of hisfather stood was called StonyBatter. It was a wild and ro-mantic spot in a gorge of the moun-tains, with towering summits risinggrandly all around. His fatherwas a native of the north of Ireland;a poor man, who had emigrated in1783, with little property sav
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . ^^/;>/z£^ (^^^^cCi^^^ac/P^^^^^^?^ I. i 1 S AMES BUCHANAN, the fif-teenth President of the UnitedStates, was born in a smallfrontier town, at the foot of theeastern ridge of the Allegha-nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., onthe 23d of April, 1791. The placewhere the humble cabin of hisfather stood was called StonyBatter. It was a wild and ro-mantic spot in a gorge of the moun-tains, with towering summits risinggrandly all around. His fatherwas a native of the north of Ireland;a poor man, who had emigrated in1783, with little property save hisown strong arms. Five years afterwards he marriedElizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer,and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder-ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened aclearing with his axe, and settled down there to per-form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se-cluded home, where James was born, he remainedfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectualadvantages. When James was eight years of age, hisfather removed to the village
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