Portrait and biographical album of Marshall County, Kansas : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the Presidents of the United States . m. NDREW JACKSON, theseventh President of thegf United States, was born inWaxhaw settlement, N. 0.,March 15, 1767, a few daysafter his fathers death. Hisparents were poor emigrantsfrom Ireland, and took uptheir abode in Waxhaw set-tlement, where they lived indeepest , or Andy, as he wasunive
Portrait and biographical album of Marshall County, Kansas : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the Presidents of the United States . m. NDREW JACKSON, theseventh President of thegf United States, was born inWaxhaw settlement, N. 0.,March 15, 1767, a few daysafter his fathers death. Hisparents were poor emigrantsfrom Ireland, and took uptheir abode in Waxhaw set-tlement, where they lived indeepest , or Andy, as he wasuniversally called, grew up a veryrough, rude, turbulent boy. Hisfeatures were coarse, his form un-gainly; and there was but verylittle in his character, made visible, which was at-tractive. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun-teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In1781, he and his brother Robert were captured andimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officerordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I ama prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply ofthe dauntless boy. The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperateDlow at the head of the helpless young raised his hand, and thus received two fear-ful gashes,—one on the hand and the other
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