Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . <K^^-;^-:Ziyi^)^t^ . 1 Jl JKEi,IDEi\ NDRRW JOHNSON, seveii-teentli President of the UnitedStates. The early life ofAndrew Johnson contains butthe record of poverty, destitu-tion and friendlessness. Hewas born December 29, 180S,n Raleigh, N. C. His parents,belonging to the class of thepoor w
Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . <K^^-;^-:Ziyi^)^t^ . 1 Jl JKEi,IDEi\ NDRRW JOHNSON, seveii-teentli President of the UnitedStates. The early life ofAndrew Johnson contains butthe record of poverty, destitu-tion and friendlessness. Hewas born December 29, 180S,n Raleigh, N. C. His parents,belonging to the class of thepoor whites of the South, werein sucli circumstances, that theycould not confer even the slight-est advantages of education uiwntheir child. When Andrew was fiveyears of age, his father accidentallylost nis life while herorically endeavoring to save afriend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrewwas a ragged boy about 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 tn 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 wa
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