From Wikipedia.
(July 29, 1794-Dec. 18, 1865) Ohio politician, he was also Secretary of the Treasury as well as US ambassador to Mexico. Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky and moved with family to Lebanon, Ohio in 1798. In the War of 1812 he served ably as a wagon boy for General William Henry Harrison.
From Historic Lebanon, Ohio, site.
"Arguably the most influential figure in Lebanon history." His formal education was very short due to his family's poverty, but acquired the skill of eloquent public speaking which served him well in later life.
By the age 18, he drove wagon loads of supplies for William Henry Harrison's Army. He was so good at it, he got the name "Wagon Boy" or "Wagoner Boy."
Find-A-Grave-- He is buried at Lebanon Cemetery in Warren County, Ohio.
A Noted Ohio Native. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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