The Ladies of the White House; Or, in the Home of the Presidents: Being a Complete History of the Social and Domestic Lives of the Presidents from Washington to the Present Time—1789–1881Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter)
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The Ladies of the White House; Or, in the Home of the Presidents: Being a Complete History of the Social and Domestic Lives of the Presidents from Washington to the Present Time—1789–1881
Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter)
Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography
On the evening of the 25th of February, 1864, in the eighty-ninth year
of her age, Mrs. Harrison died at the residence of her son.
Her funeral took place at the Presbyterian church at Cleves, on Sunday,
February the 28th. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Horace Bushnell,
from the text, “Be still and know that I am God.” The selection was made
by herself and given several years before to Mr. Bushnell, her pastor
and intimate friend for many years. The remains were deposited beside
those of her husband, and they together sleep by the banks of the
beautiful Ohio at North Bend.
XIII.
LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER.
The first wife of John Tyler, tenth President of the United States, was
the third daughter of Robert Christian, Esq., of Cedar Grove, in New
Kent county, in the State of Virginia; a gentleman of good private
fortune, an earnest Federalist of that day in his political opinions,
and an attached friend and adherent of George Washington. He possessed
the highest social and political influence in the county of his
residence, and, indeed, throughout the Peninsular District, embraced
between the York and James rivers. His house was the seat of genuine
Virginia hospitality, and his neighbors, trusting implicitly to his good
sense and integrity, appealed to his arbitration in matters involving
legal controversy, in preference to submitting their cases in the
courts. For many consecutive years, he was not only the presiding
magistrate of his county, but also its representative in the Legislature
of the State; and his brothers, among whom was the late Major Edmond
Christian, of Creighton, Marshal of Virginia, were men of mark and
influence.
This worthy gentleman married in early life Mary Brown, an amiable lady
of high worth and character, with whom he lived in happiness until her
death, and through whom he was blessed with a large family of sons and
daughters; the males being, without exception, distinguished for their
personal courage, intelligence, and graceful appearance and manners, and
the daughters for their beauty, piety, and domestic virtues.
[Illustration:
M^{RS.} LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER.
]
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