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Johnson, Andrew: North Carolina
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Born in a log cabin on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Andrew Johnson knew abject poverty and personal tragedy almost from the very beginning of his life. Jacob Johnson, Andrew's father, a landless and illiterate worker in Raleigh, died unexpectedly a few days after Andrew's third birthday. At ten years of age, Johnson was apprenticed to work for James J. Selby, a tailor. In that shop, he learned two valuable lessons: how to perform the tailor's craft and how to read. After five years in Selby's shop, Johnson ran away from Raleigh, but he returned some two years later in an unsuccessful attempt to make peace with Selby. In 1825 or early 1826 Johnson again left, heading west to seek a better fortune.
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Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin to nearly illiterate parents on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father, Jacob Johnson, had scratched out a living as a hotel porter and bank janitor in Raleigh. Tragically, Jacob died while trying to save two of his wealthy employers from drowning when Andrew was three years old. His widowed mother worked as a weaver and a spinner to feed Andrew and his older brother William. She married Turner Daugherty when Andrew was still a boy, though the addition to the family did not much improve family finances. When Andrew was fourteen, his parents apprenticed the two boys to a local tailor, with whom they worked for several years before running away.
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Andrew Johnson was born into poverty. His father worked as a porter at an inn in Raleigh, North Carolina. His mother worked as a maid at the same inn. When Andrew Johnson was three, his father became a local hero. One night, two men were boating on a local pond when their craft flipped over. Jacob Johnson, with total disregard for his own safety, jumped into the icy water and saved both men.
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Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Casso's Inn in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Johnson was three, his father died, leaving the family in poverty. When Johnson was 14, his mother arranged an apprenticeship with a tailor. As such, he and his brother were forced to work in exchange for room and board and lessons in the trade. After two years, Johnson and his brother ran away.
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Andrew Johnson was born on December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the youngest one of the family. His parents were Jacob and Mary McDonough Johnson. Andrew Johnson's family were very poor. His father worked as a porter and sexton an Raleigh, North Carolina. When Johnson was still young his father died.
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Andrew Johnson was born 29 December 1808 at Raleigh, North Carolina and first appeared in the U.S. Federal Census in 1810. He served as the 17th President of the United States from 1865 to 1869. Prior to becoming President, Johnson served as a Mayor, Congressman, Senator, Governor of Tennessee, and Vice President.
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