Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ARTIN VAN BUREN, theeighth President of theUnited States, was born atKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,17S2. He died at the sameplace, July 24, 1862. Hisbody rests in the cemeteryat Kinderhook. Above it isa plain granite shaft fifteen feethigh, bearing a simple inscriptionabout half way up on one lot is unfenced, unborderedor unbounded by shrub or flower. There is but little in the life of Martin Van Burenof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engagedin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy inpolitical a
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ARTIN VAN BUREN, theeighth President of theUnited States, was born atKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,17S2. He died at the sameplace, July 24, 1862. Hisbody rests in the cemeteryat Kinderhook. Above it isa plain granite shaft fifteen feethigh, bearing a simple inscriptionabout half way up on one lot is unfenced, unborderedor unbounded by shrub or flower. There is but little in the life of Martin Van Burenof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engagedin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy inpolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained manysignal victories, his days passed uneventful in thoseincidents which give zest to biography. His an-cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,and were among the earliest emigrants from Hollandto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-ligence and exemplary piety. ,fe was decidedly a precocious boy, develo
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