The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 December 1982 — Page 21

Van Buren Township named after country's eighth president — Martin Van Buren's 200th birthday observed

By ARCH The people of Van Buren Township (Milford) should be reminded that the 200th birthday qf Martin Van Buren, the eighth

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president of the United States and the man after whom their township was named, was observed on Sunday, Dec. 5. His birthdate: Decembers, 1782. So little is known about this

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man that the date of his birth went almost unnoticed in the popular press. The history books report, however, that his one term' in office (1837-’4l) was undistinguished except that be presided over one of the country’s first economic depressions. When Indiana became a state of the Union in 1816 the memory of this short but wily New York politician was deeply etched on this frontier section of the comparatively new nation, and many towns, townships and similar government units groping for suitable names, used the Van Buren moniker. From Kinderhook, N.Y. Martin Van Buren’s dad was a tavern owner in tiny Kinderhook. N.Y., population about 1,300 souls, and he took an avid interest in local politics. This interest he obviously transferred to his young son Martin. Kinderhook remains a small town today of about the same population as it was in Van

Buren’s day, and is situated east of the Hudson River not many miles south of Albany, the state’s capital city. Van Buren went off to study law in New York city, but returned to his native Kinderhook to ply his trade. He ran and won a seat in the state senate, enough to wet his appetite for a further interest in government service. Martin Van Buren lived from 1782-1862, and some 120 years after his death his home town is finally recognizing that the eighth president walked its streets, and residents are moving to erect a monument to his honor. It took 71-years and a drawnout struggle before the local high school bore his name. When a new high school was built, it was named after Icabod Crane, a character created by author Washington Irving. Even Van Buren’s dad’s old tavern was tom down in the 1920 s because neighbors considered it an eyesore.

Martin Van Buren was America’s first native-born president, served as Andrew Jackson’s vice president, was secretary of state and minister to England as well as US senator and New York governor. Andy Jackson’s Friend Historians never regarded him as a great president, but he hovered under the powerful influence of President Andrew Jackson, and became a favorite of Jackson’s. He knew his politics well, as learned from his dad in tiny Kinderhook, and catered to interests that kept him foremost in their minds when they sought a candidate for their Democratic party in 1836. Political allies called Van Buren the “Little Magician” while his enemies called him the “Red Fox of Kinderhook.” He was known to be “clever, honest and extremely likeable,” according to accounts in a 1,600page book written by Joseph Ray back, emeritus professor of

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. . . Eighth President history at Temple University, who retired to write this absorbing account of the country’s eighth president. Van Buren won the presidential election in 1836 when he ran against William Henry Harrison, a Whig remembered as the hero of the Indian Battle of Tippecanoe, in Indiana, but lost to Harrison in a stunning defeat in the following election four years hence, thus. Van Buren was a one-term president, his presidency plagued by the persistent depression. During that bitter campaign the Whigs unkindly labeled Van Buren “Old Kinderhook,” which was shortened to “0.K.” by his friends and this expression soon Syracuse woman in one car accident In an attempt to avoid an oncoming vehicle, Cheryl L. Lambert, 18. r 1 Syracuse, suffered minor bleeding to her head in an one car accident on Warner Road on Saturday. The driver said she headed her auto toward a ditch to avoid a head-on collision after an approaching vehicle signaled left, but continued straight after she pulled from the intersection. Damage was estimated between S2OO and SI,OOO to the auto and a railroad sign and less than S2OO to a telephone pole. Rabbits stolen Latches on two rabbit cages were broken and two rabbits, valued at SSO, were stolen from the property of Frank Grove and Sons, SR 19S Nappanee, sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. A personal check was also stolen from an auto at the former Lakeland residents' home.

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it Os United States found its way into the American lexicon. More, it is known today throughout the world as meaning “all right.” * But William Henry Harrison defeated Van Buren in the election of 1840, only to catch cold during the inauguration, to fall ill and die, having served only one month in office. Small Business Exponent Van Buren’s recognition came in the financial field. The free banking system, which helped make small businesses possible, was Van Buren’s doing, according to his biographer. “What Van Buren has to be remembered for is that he organized the free enterprise structure which we based our economy on for the rest of the 19th century,” writes professor Rayback. Meanwhile, Martin Van Buren returned to his native community of Kinderhook, N.Y., to continue his law practice, and his influence as a national political

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leader was eclipsed by the rush of ongoing events in the new and growing country. It must be remembered, at the same time, that America in the first half of the 19th century was a country of farmers and small towns. For that matter, this was true until nearly 1900 when the nation was tied together by a network of railroads and the industrial revolution became a force in society that saw the formation of conglomerate social entities that have become known as our modern-day cities. America in Martin Van Buren’s time was a rural, highly tranquil nation of but a few million people, and it can be said that this small man in stature was a great man for the times. It is interesting that so many governmental entities named themselves after this eighth president of the United States, and yet the history of him and his administration are obscure if not lost to our memories. Two driveway lamps damaged Two driveway lamps at the Edward Kamp residence, r, 2 Syracuse, were reported damaged Friday night. Each lamp was valued at $62. Leaves scene of minor accident Arnold S. Creekmore, 25, of 518 West Winona Avenue, Warsaw, was charged for failure of duty tc report a property damage ac cident after he rear-ended a car driven by James K. Lemberg, 30 r 2 Syracuse. Lemberg was stopped for a traffic light at Center Street anc Argonne Road Saturday nighi when Creekmore struck hinr from behind and left the scene Less than S2OO damage occurre< to each auto.

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