The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-20
GRAVES OF rs.

Mldwa! along the northern wall of a lit
u: cemetery in the woods near Monticello
in Virginia, 'Wormley, Jefferson's old servant,
.ho survived him twenty-five years, dug
his masters grave in the spot his master
hsd indicated, but the mound has been
oaden level with the earth At its head
vas placed n coarse granite obelisk nine
feet high, resting on q base three feet
square. Not an inch Of its surface but has
boon Clipped and battered by the relic
seeker till from base to apex the corners
present the appearance of a rough unhey
stone The sole inscription not hammo.
away Is in small letters on the base
Born April =, o. s. 1913.
3e Died July 4. 1876.
The obelisk was made after a rough pen.
and-ink sketch found in Jefferson's drawer
Q lew days after his death, and in it was
placed the inscription there designed. ssHerc
vas buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the
Declaration of Independence, of the Statute
OF Virginia for Religious Freedom. and
Father Of the University Of Virginia; Born
April 2, 0. s., 1743; Died July A, 1885,
The vandals of a half a, century have only
spared the last two lines.
On the lower side of the monument is the
grave Of Mrs. jefferson, but it has been
'rodden level with the ground since 1851,
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The obelisk which marks James Madisou,s
grave is in the centre of a large level field
On the Montpelier estate, near Orange. Va.
h monument is in q lot about o hundred
f.et square, surrounded by a substantial
brick wall five feet high. Admittance is
gained by a small and plain iron gate on the
sast side, with n plate inscribed, Madison.
1870" -Four graves are within the ~enclos.
ure. Over one of them a well defined and
neatly turfed mound, rises to q height of
twenty feet, from apedestal of four pieces,
q slender and graceful obelisk, bearing in
large, plnin, snnkcn letters near the base
This inscription
MADISON,
Born March IL, 1851.
The date Of death (June %, 1885, is not
given. By its side rises a smaller shaft of
Shite marble, inscribed In memory of
Dolly Payne, wife of James Madison, born
May 20, 1858; died July 8, 184g." Be-
neath it rests one Of the most beautiful and
accomplished Of the Republican queens
chat have presided in the White House, She
died childless, but two of her nephew's
sons are buried within the enclosure.
James Monroe is buried at HOLLYWOOD
Cemetery, at Richmond, Va. The vault In,
which the remains were placed is covered
by o large block of polished Virginia mar
BILE eight feet longsand four feet square. on
which rests what is called the "sarcoph-
agus,"a granite block nearly as large as
the pedestal but wrought into the shape of
an ordinary coffin. The body lies from
west to east on the northern side of the
~sarcophagus " is a brass plate, now quite
black, with the inscription: n
inheeN JAMES MONROE. .Hff'
Born IN Westmorelnnd county, 18th April. 1s5s.
lffcu III the city OF New York 1th Jufv fSlr ~"
By order Of tho General Assembly
ms remains were removed to this cemetery 9Th
as an evidence OF the Affection Of virginia
for her Good and Honored Son.
Over and around this rather odd monu-
ment is a huge fancy bird-cage, a Gothic
temple twelve feet long, nine feet wide.
and twenty feet high, four pillars resting
upon q foundation Of dressed Virginia
granite and supporting a peaked roof. 1t
might be endurable but for the ornamental
grating of cast-iron which fills in the ends
and sides, with interstices SO small that
one has to place his face against the bars to
see the Monument within. This bird cage
is painted drab and sanded. 1t received
its last coat three years ago, and is now
dull and dirty; and the base of the north
western pillar is fractured and discolored
with rust. Mr.. Albert Leybrock, q Ger
Moh oAohibSSb BULL IcsiuluB ~ fAlculnOnQ,
designed the temple and probably the mon
ument, receiving $50 for his work. The
plot is laid in grass without a tree or shrub,
but round it without are beds of gay flow
ers, a luxuriant shrubbery and massive
oaks, and other trees older thar Monroe or
the city of Richmond itself.
Eleven miles from Nashville is the Her
mitage, and in q corner of its garden lie
the remains of Andrew jackson and his
wife, under q massive of Ten
nessee limestone. Three steps conduct to
its surface, a circular area eighteen feet in
diameter, from which spring eight fluted
Doric columns, supporting q pretty though
plain entablature and dome, surmounted
by an urn. Within the ceiling and cornice
are ornamented in white stucco. In the
centre of the platform is a pyramid resting
on a square on the left is a stone just over
the body of the President, with this in
scription
GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON,
Born March 10, 1857.
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