The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-01-24
DEATH or PRESIDENTS.

non ON the l4th OF December, l799. in the
8sth wear OF his age. Death came sudden
IL 10 hnn--so suddenly that the ti,lings OF
Lis sickness aud his decrase Simultaneous
" reached the Halls Of Congress.
John Adams came TO :" the end nf all iy-
ing" at his residence in Quincy, Mass. ON
the 4th vi duly, 1926. realizing what day
j, was, and rejoicing IN il. tie gradually
and quietly expired at the patrlarchal age
vf lstsscure wears sud ten. 64 & EFT .e
Thomas Jefferson. by an extraordinary
coincidence, breathed his last a, Monti-
cello, On the same day that his venerable
eompatri0l. Adams. died--the jubilee OF
American independence. He had reached
the advanced age Of eighty three.
James Madison. the man oi the Cunsti-
tuition" aud one OF the wIsest statesmen
our country evsr produced, peacefully
closed his earthly career a, Montpelier,
va, Oh the 2sth si June, 1856, IN his eigh-
Iy-siAth year.
James Monroe died in the city Of New
York, On the sth day Of July. 1891. ia his
eIghteih year. lie was pure patriot.
and the last Of the Presidents who served
IN the esentful days oi the ReyolutisH--
having been Colonel IN the ContiHen-
tai army. lie particularly enjoyed the
confidence sf Washington, and the period
u hls wise aud pracetal administration
was characterized A. |" the era ei good leel-
n,."
John Quincy Adams expired in the capi-
:ol al Washington. on the 25d of February,
lsis; literally dying in his country's SER
VICE. at the age of righty.one. To the last
b. was one o, the class Of life's busy men !;
and identified as he had been from boy
Aood With the public service, IL was 30
lemniy suiking and appropriate that the
naIl, ii the national cuunciI should hear
his diving words. he was struck by para.
lysls while IN his seat ia the House vi Rep
resentaiIses.
Andrew Jackson died at the Hermitage.
near Nashville, on the Sth OF June. lsI5.
in his seventy ninth year. lie must have
Jvru great man. indeed. shu could clus-
tgr tic affection oi a whole people around
lin as this distinguished soldier and palri-
i dad. His popularity had no parallel bu,
that II Washington.
Martin Van Buren died az his birth.
place. kindelhook, Columbia county. n.
y. on the 2lth OF July. 1862. in his eigh-
,lelh year. Hls administration. from 1857
10 iS4l, was period marked by great f.
nanelai distress throughout the country.
which Was charged by his political oppon-
cuts upon the policy he pursued in manag-
ng tue public finances through the agency
Of the independent treasury. lie failed Of
renoninausn the second term, howeyer, on
account of his opposition to the annexation
VI Texas.
William Henry Harrison died on the 4th
Of April, Is4i. exacll, one month alter his
inauguration, aged sixty. eight. lie was
The iirst President who died IN office, and
at .he Executive Mansion. lie had gain
ed deep hold upon the peoples heart. and
u" vne LIVING at that time can ever forget
tie profound and universal expression oi
sympathy and sorrow which his death oc.
easioned.
John Tyler, elected Vice President, and
whv surcevdcI General Harrison Tor the
fenlalnder OF his term. renounced hIs ALE.
glance to the United States IN 1861, and
died the following year "a Richmond, Va,
10 hls sesenty-second yeari being ia the
Confederate Congrcss. then 10 session a,
Rirhmond.
James Knox Polk died AZ his home in
Tennessee. on ,he 18th Of June. ls49, only
three months after the expiration ot hi,
tern VI Office, and in his iiity fourth year.
lie was man u unquestiOuabc ability
and talent. aud achieved the highest honor
hts country could bestow at much earlier
age than any OF his predecessors.
Zachary raylOr's death, on the 9th day
of July, 1850. when he had been but sixteen
months in Office, called forth the deepest
expressions Of nations grief; and every.
where the full heart Of tha neonla ,yas