National Affairs: Sons

In recent issues of TIME (Sept. 24, Oct. 1) appeared accounts of the activities of various living sons of Presidents of the U. S. From Jacksonville,Fla., Farris Davis of the Florida Times-Union writes:

“You did not mention Major James Edward Monroe, youngest son of ex-President Monroe. This quaint old man says that he was born July 4, 1815, in King George. County,. Va. He fought in the Mexican War underGeneral Scott. He came to Florida in 1862 and lives alone in a house boat at the foot of Godwin St., Jacksonville.

“Several stories about him have appeared in local papers. His claim has never been disproved, and his statement as to his age and ancestry have been generally accepted here.”

President Monroe married Miss Eliza Kortwright of New York. This was his only marriage.

“There were two children of this marriage, Eliza, who married Judge Hay of Virginia, and Maria, who married Samuel L. Gouverneur of New York.”—James Monroe by Daniel Coit Gilman.

The Encyclopedia Britannica concurs.