Portrait biographical record of Stark county, Ohio Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ««( ®\~. :. •. i . ^J:^^Vc5Jl^?X.^al>^X^lSU^a.»^^\5g^^^ ^ -SH-. AMES BUCHANAN, the fif-jteenth President of the UnitedStates, was born in a smallfrontier town, at the foot of theeastern ridge of the AUegha-nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., ontlie 23d of April, 1791. The placewliere the humble cabin of hisfather stuod was called StonyBatter. It was a wild and ro-mantic spot in a gorge of
Portrait biographical record of Stark county, Ohio Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . ««( ®\~. :. •. i . ^J:^^Vc5Jl^?X.^al>^X^lSU^a.»^^\5g^^^ ^ -SH-. AMES BUCHANAN, the fif-jteenth President of the UnitedStates, was born in a smallfrontier town, at the foot of theeastern ridge of the AUegha-nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., ontlie 23d of April, 1791. The placewliere the humble cabin of hisfather stuod 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 liisown strong arms. Five years afterwards he marriedElizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer,and, with his young bride, plunged into tlie 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, lie remainedfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectualadvantagis. When James was eight years of age, hisfather removed to the village
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