. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . AMES MADISON, Fatherof the Constitution, and fourthf President of the United States,was born March 16, 1757, anddied at his home in Virginia,June 28, 1836. The name ofJames Madison is inseparably con-nected with most of the importantevents in that heroic period of ourcountry during which the founda-tions of this great republic werelaid. He was the last of the foundersof the Constitution of the Uni
. Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ... sketches of prominent ... citizens ... the governors of the state ... the presidents of the United States . AMES MADISON, Fatherof the Constitution, and fourthf President of the United States,was born March 16, 1757, anddied at his home in Virginia,June 28, 1836. The name ofJames Madison is inseparably con-nected with most of the importantevents in that heroic period of ourcountry during which the founda-tions of this great republic werelaid. He was the last of the foundersof the Constitution of the UnitedStates to be called to his eternalreward. The Madison family were amongthe early emigrants to the New World,landing upon the shores of the Chesa-peake but 15 years after the settle-ment of Jamestown. The father ofJames Madison was an opulentplanter, residing upon a very tine es-tate called Montpelier, (trangeCo.,Va. The mansion was situated inthe midst of scenery highly pictur-esque and romantic, on the west sideof South-west Mountain, at the toot ofIt was but 25 miles from the home ofJefferson at Monticello. The closest personal andpolitical attachment existed between these illustriousmen
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