The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-07-10
Mad Anthony Wayne.


From the inscription on monument in
Radnor churchyard (St. David's Episcopal
church, we learn that. Major General An.
thony Wayne was born in Chester county,
Pennsylvania, in l745. After life of hon.
or and usefulness, he died in December,
1896, at Erie Pennsylvania, then a militia
~ post on Lake Erie, ommander-n chief
of the United States. His military achieve
ments are consecrated in the history of his
country and in the hearts of his countrymen
His remains are here deposited" The
above is on the north side of the monument.
On the south is inscribed: sin honor of
the distinguished military services of Major
General Anthony Wayne, and as an affec-
tionate tribute of respect to his memory,
this stone was erected by his conlerers in
arms, the Pennsylvania State Society of
Cincinnati, July 4ih, 1909, thirty.ioarth an
niversary of the Inde pendence of the Uni.
ted States of America, an event which con-
stitutes the most appropriate eulogium of
an American soldier" 1t may no, be ger :
orally known that the remains of Anthony
Wayne were first inferred near the block
house, which now stands on the high bluff
which commands the entrance 10 the har-
bor OF Erie, they lay there until 1900, when
his son went on from Chester county, Pa
to Erie in suIky "a two wheeled carriage)
and removed them to their final resting
place On arriving at Erie, he employed
IN.Iioo, ~ IoI
guish him from the present d.. Wallace, 10
take up his fathers remains, pack the bones
in as small space as possible, and lash
them on to the hind pari of the sulky.
Doctor Wallace took up the remains, and
found them in perfect state of preserva-
ZION: except one foot. He had been buried
in full uniform, and the boot OF the decayed
foot remained sound and man by the
name of Duncan had a maie to it, and wore
them out .Duncan's foot, like the Generals
was very large. DR.. Wallace cut and boil
ed all the flesh off the bones, packed them
in box, Iashed them on TO the carriage
and they were brought and deposited be.
side the rest of his family, in the above
named churchyard. visited Gen. Wayne's
old residence in the summer OF 1857, and
found everything as he had lef, it. The
house is an elegant old two story mansion,
now occupied by bis grandson. The par
lors and sitting room, they informed me
were as in the days of the General himself
There are portraits and engraving of the mer
I Of tho Rouointt0n han nif tha lie as
they were when appointed TO the command
OF the western army, on the 3rd of April
1892.
Around the house and over the farm the
/ fences and buildings are in good condition,
yet they assured me it is about as he left it
Everything appeared as though it had be-
! longed 10 "a gentlemen of the old school,
| race said 10 be now extinct. The premises
looked, and felt as though the old hero
whose very name was once terror TO ths
murderous red man, might be expected bacl
in an hour or so, and dreamy impression
| seemed 10 steal over me that If waited q
/ little l should see him. / should like much
to have questioned him about Three Rivers
and Blandywine, and Germantown, ant
Monmouth, and Stony Point, Yorktown and
the Indians, and how Erie appeared wher
she was only year old. And | seemed tc
hold my breath and listen, as many an old
Indian had done, for his footsteps and his
fearful oaths; yet he didn't come, and
after IIltle, passed on some three mile:
TO his resting place.