Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . hno guard but a few sailors. From the time hehad left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans hadbeen made for his assassination, and he at lastfell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he,with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attendFords Theatre. It was announced that theywould be present. Gen. Grant, however, left thecity. President Lincoln, fee
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . hno guard but a few sailors. From the time hehad left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans hadbeen made for his assassination, and he at lastfell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he,with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attendFords Theatre. It was announced that theywould be present. Gen. Grant, however, left thecity. President Lincoln, feeling, with his char-acteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be adisappointment if he should fail them, very re-luctantly consented to go. While listening tothe play, an actor by the name of John WilkesBooth entered the box where the President andfamily were seated, and fired a bullet into hisbrain. He died the next morning at sevenoclock. Never before in the history of the world wasa nation plunged into such deep grief by the deathof its ruler Strong men met in the streets andwept in speechless angmsh. His was a life whichwill fitly become a model. His name as theSavior of his country will live with that of Wash-ingtons, its ANDREW TOHNSON. ANDREW JOHXSON. Gl XDREW JOHXSON, seventeeuth PresidentLI of the United States. The early life of An-/ I drew Johnson contains but the record of pov-erty, destitution and friendlessuess. He was bomDecember 29, 180S, in Raleigh, N. C. His par-ents, belonging to the class of pocr whitesof the South, were in such circumstances that the\-could not confer even the slightest advantages ofeducation upon their child. When Andrew wasfive >ears of age, his father accidentally lost hislife, while heroicaLl\- endeavoring to save a friendfrom drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrewwas a ragged boy about the streets, supported bythe labor of his mother, who obtained her li\ingwith her own hands. He then, ha\-ing never attended a school
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