. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... g/ag>pi5«?s»^^«^^^^«-^S/^^ - iiis^. NDREW JACKSON, the scventli President of theJ^) LTiiited States, was Ijorn inWaxhaw settlement, N. C,March 15, 17C7, a few daysafter liis fathers deatii. Hisparents were poor e:nii,rantsfrom Ireland, and took uptheir abode in Waxhaw set-tlement, where they lived indeepest , or Andy, as he wasuniversally called, grew up a veryrough, rude, turbulent boy. Hisfeatures were coarse, his form un-gainly; and there was but verylittle in his character, made
. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... g/ag>pi5«?s»^^«^^^^«-^S/^^ - iiis^. NDREW JACKSON, the scventli President of theJ^) LTiiited States, was Ijorn inWaxhaw settlement, N. C,March 15, 17C7, a few daysafter liis fathers deatii. Hisparents were poor e:nii,rantsfrom Ireland, and took uptheir abode in Waxhaw set-tlement, where they lived indeepest , or Andy, as he wasuniversally called, grew up a veryrough, rude, turbulent boy. Hisfeatures were coarse, his form un-gainly; and there was but verylittle in his character, made visible, which was at-ttaclive. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun-teers of Carolina against the British invasion. Inr78r, he and his brother Robert were captured andimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officerordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I ama prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply ofthe dauntless boy. The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperateDlow at the head of the helpless young ] raised his hand, and thus received two fear-ful gashes,—one on the hand and
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