The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-11-30
Our DEAD PRESIDENTS,
Brief Record of Their Deaths, and
the Scenes at Their Funerals.

[Beu Percy Poorc in Boston Journal
George Washington died Mt Mount
Vernon, of inflammatory quinsy, Dec
IA, 1899. His coffin was of lead, in.
closed In mahogany shell, with orna-
mcnts inscribed, ",Surge W .jtdiciUm "
aud "Gioria Dco" and silver plate,
on which was engraved: General
George Washington, departed this life
on the ltth Of December, 1899 At. IS. F"
There was ~ escort composed Of caval.
~ and infantry, with Il band OF music I;
next was led the Generals horse, with
his saddle, bride and pistols then
came the body, on bier, with Coils.
Simms, Ramsay, Payne, Gilpin, Mar
stellcr and Little as pal!.buarers the
Freemasons followed, bearing the great
cr and the lesser lights, and citizens
closed the procession. When the pro
ccSsi0n moved, uinutc.guus were fired
from vessel nt anchor i'll the Potomac.
On approaching the family vault the
cavalry halted, the Infantry marched to
the door, hated, opened ranks aud
faced inward the clergy and the Ma
UniH brothers preceded the remains to
nc vault and the funeral services were
erEomcd. The infantry then fired
lrrc vollcy, and eleven pieces OF artil-
NY near by paid the last tribute TO the
S-prcsilent and trencral of the army.
Washington had directed in his will
"that II new family vault should be
built at Mount Vernon at the foot Of
what is called the vineyard Enclosure.
This request was not complied with IN
til 1881. when new tomb was erected.
Of brick, urchcl, and with II stone panel
over the door, inscribed: 81 am the
resurrection and the life. He That be
lievcth i'll me, though he were dead, yer
high, surrounds the vault, with M iron
gate opening Ill front OF the vault door,
hpnked with piapterS and surmountcd
by Il cornicc. Over the gateway is i'll
scribed "Within this incloslrc rest
the remains of Gen. George Washing
tom" In 1897 u Philadelphia marble
worker was permitted to furnish sar-
cOphagus, cut from Pennsylvania mar
bic, with cover Of Italinn marble, on
which the arms Of the United States
were cut in relief. The leatlnn coffin
containing the remains of the ilIustrious
hero was placed N this sarcophagns,
and the remnants OF the mahogany shell
were distributed among those present
The body Of Martha, the wife of Wash
ington. il incaScd i'll another sarcopha-
gus and they occupy the right and left
sides of the entrance to the tomb and
ne visible through the iron gateway,
Congress proposed Mt one time 10 have
WaShington's remains removed to the
crypt prepared for them beneath the 70
tunda OF the Capitol, but the Legislature
of VirGiniu protested.
John Adams dIed az Quincy July
4, 1926, of old age, having lived al
most ninety-one years. An immense
Concourse Of people attended his
funeral and escorted his remains
to their resting place beneath the Uni
tartan Church. Soon afterward, when
the society was about to erect II stone
portico to its church, John Quincy Adj
ans received permission to construct
vault beneath it and to erect II monu-
mcnt within the building at the side of
the pulpit. The remains Of John Adams
ana his wife were placed in the vault in
sarcuphagi of stone. and the monument
which bears n long and tulSume lnscrlp-
ton, was slrmountcd with bust OF the
deceased President by Horatio Green
OUCH.
Thomas Jefferson died at Mont.
cello, his Virginia homstecad, OF a
complication of diseases attendant
upon old age, on the 4th of JnIy,
1896, the same day on which John Ad-
ans expired. It was his wish that his
intcrmcnt should be private, and accord
inglv no pnbl;c notice was given OF the
time of his funeral. His body was borne
on q bier down the mountain side Ivy his
slaves, and followed by his relatives, to
the family burial ground, where his wife
rcposed. On arriving ut the grave 1t
was funnd that concOurse Of his neigh
bors had assembled, although the rain
poured in torrents, and the burial serv-
ice of the Episcopal church was read. A
monument was erected In accordance
with drawing found among his papers,
WIN All llStilIllDl III WHICH, Nv Ht.Ni'
himself "AuthOr of the Declaration OF
American Independence. the Statute OF
Virginia Toy Religious freedom and Ia
Their Of the University Of Virginia" His
monument was gradually carried away
10y relic hunters until but little Of it re-
NAMED, and Congress last year made an
appropriation to replace it. The marble
slah which marked the grave OF Mrs.
Jefferson has disappeared, and the small
burial place has dllapldated, neg'ecte"
appearance. :,
James Madison died nj Montpelier,
his rural home, at the base Of the Ale
gheny mountains, 127 miles southwest
nom Washington, at the advanced age
IF 81 wears, Oh the 23d Of June, 1886.
He had large funeral, and lie WIS III
tered in private burial ground on the
STATE. with naUght but tradition 10
mark the spot. After repeated unsuc-
rsssf,,l efforts to raise, by subscription,
, sum Tor the erection OF a monument,
some gentlemen of Orange county col
,ccted 800 in 1897. II was with some
liI,iculty that the exact location OF the
crave was identified, but in digging Tor
ai!ahle foundation the coffin was
'3uul II WIS OF black walnut, III per.
isci preservation, and the interior WAS