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 . :^0. ARTIN VAN BUREN, theeiL^hth President of tlieUnited States, was horn atKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5^1782. He died at the sameplace, July 24, 1862. His)ody rests in the cemeteryat Kinderhook. Above it isa plain granite shaft fifteen feethigh, bearing a simple inscriptionabout halt way up on one face.™ The l
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 . :^0. ARTIN VAN BUREN, theeiL^hth President of tlieUnited States, was horn atKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5^1782. He died at the sameplace, July 24, 1862. His)ody rests in the cemeteryat Kinderhook. Above it isa plain granite shaft fifteen feethigh, bearing a simple inscriptionabout halt way up on one face.™ The lot is unfenced, unborderedor unbounded by shrub or flower. There is but little in the life of Martin Van liurenof r„ma:ui(: interest. He fought no battles, no wild ;.dventures. Though liis life was stormy inpolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained manysignal victories, his days passed inieventfid in thoseincidents which give zest to biography. His an-cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,and were among tiie earliest emigrants from Hollandto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His motlier,also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-ligence and exemplary piety. He was decidedly a precoci
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