来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第9集 第9集》
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when he was about sixteen.那时候他大约十六岁 -
He married first in 1820.1820年他第一次结婚 -
His first wife would die on him.他的第一任妻子因他而死 -
He had no less than twenty children他在三十年里娶了两个妻子 -
by two wives over some thirty years.起码生了二十个孩子 -
Nine of those children would die in infancy.那些孩子中的九人夭折 -
From 1820 to 1855 he engaged从1820年到1855年他投资了 -
in approximately twenty different business ventures of one kind大约二十次同类型的商业活动 -
and another in six different northern states,还有另外六次是在北方不同的州 -
virtually all of which ended in failure实际上全部都是失败了 -
and poverty for his family;令他的家庭陷入贫困之中 -
several of which ended in law suits有几笔生意还惹上了官司