Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1892 — Fathers of Great Men. [ARTICLE]

Fathers of Great Men.

Defoe was the son of a butcher, and himself was a stocking-maker by trade. Jean Beethoven, the father of Ludwig von Beethoven, was a chorus singer. Marshal Massena was the son of a sailor, and, for a tinre, was a cabin boy. John Stow was a beggar’s son, and in his later days was himsslf a beggar. The Emperor Galerius was the son of a herdsman and himself a shepherd. The father of John Phillip, the English painter, was a hedger and ditcher. Sachs, the German poet, was a tailor’s son, and himself followed that calling. The father of Thackeray was a clerk in the service of the East India Company. Howard’s father was a grocer and the future philanthropist acted as his clefk. Cherubini, the great Italian opera writer, Was the son of a theater violinist. Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver, and himself learned that trade. Marshal Victor was a hostler’s son, •enlisted as a private and rose from the 'ranks.