Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-20


wood, two years since, was an IRON affair.
which resembled a mammoth hy-pl D
tector over an exaggerated roll Of butter.
John Quincy Adams was stricken with
paralysis at his post III the House OF
Representatives on the 21st OF February,
1913, and was tenderly rrled into the
room of Mr.. Speaker Winthrop, where
| there is now mural tablet, erected at
the instance of Hon. Samuel Hooper.
which bears the following inscription,
written by Charles Summer. There is a
bust of the illustrious deceased, and be-
meath it is inscribed John Quincy
Adams, who, after fifty years of public
service, the last sixteen in yonder hall,
was summoned hence, to die in this
room, 23d February, 184S." Funeral
services were performed over the re
mains of Mr.. Adams at the Capitol. and
they We're then escorted to Quincy by a
| committee of one Representative from
every State and Territory, which was
| Hospitality entertained in Faneuil Hall
| after the funeral. The remains of Mr..
| Adams and his wife were placed in the
same vault where he had deposited the
remains OF his parents, and similar
mural monument to that which he had
erected in the Unitarian Church in honor
of his father was erected for him by his
only surviving son, G. T. Adams.
Andrew Jackson died at the Hermit
age, his estate near Nashville, Tenn, Of
consumption and dropsy. on the Sth OF
June, 1916, aged 7S. His death-bed
was surrounded by his relatives and
slaves, and two days afterward he was
laid In the grave by tie side of his wife.
of whom he had said, not long before he
died, Heaven will be no heaven to me
il [ do not meet my wife there" 1t was
estimated that 5000 persons were pres
ent, and joined in singing the favorite
psalm of the deceased, commencing.
"Why should we start and fear to dep"
His sepulchsr, built by himself, is a
small temple OF gray stone, with eight
columns supporting a heavy dome.
Within are the graves of Gen. Jackson
and his wife-his inscribed with the
dates of his birth and death, and hers
bearing long, eulogistic epitaph of his
composition. Funeral hOnors were paid
to Gen Jackson's memory in every city
and large town in the country, consist
ing usually of procession with mill
tary escort and an Grafton.
Martin Van Buren, died of diseases in
cident to old age at his estate, +" Linden
wald, about ten miles from Undertook,
n. T., IN the S1st year of his age. His
remains were brought to Undertook,
the funeral services we're perforated in
the Reformed Dutch Church there,
which he had attended, and they were
then taken to the rural cemetery on the
outskirts of the village for interment.
The village tiremen escorted the hearse,
which was followed By the pall-bearers !;
then came his three sons-John, Smith
and Abraham Van Buren-in the re-
spectacle carriage which had been used
by the deceased when he was President.
and then came the other relatives.
citizens and a few strangers. There
were brief services at the open grave,
and after the benediction the multitude
slowly dispersed.
William Henry Harrison was inaug-
urated on the 4th of March, 1871, and
died on the 4th of April following, OF
pneumonia, with congestion of the liver,
having been literally worried to death
by Office seekers and politicians aged
O3. The funeral services of the Episco-
pal church were performed over the re-
mains in the East room of the White
House, and they were then escorted to
the Congressional burial ground by a
large civic and military procession, two
miles in length. A few weeks later they
were removed to the family vault at
North Bend, on the bank of the Ohio
river, few miles below Cincinnati.
When last saw it, from the deck al
steamer on which | was going to Lonis
vile, the tomb had a dilapidated ami
neglected appearance.
John Tyler died on the 18th OF Janu-
airy, 1862. in the 73d year Of his age, at
Richmond, Va, where he had gone to
take his seat as a Representative from
Virginia in the first Congress of the
Confederate States After the funeral
services, which were attended by all the
leading rebel officials, his remains were
inferred in Hollywood Cemetery, where
| his resting place was unmarked when
last saw it. Mrs. Tyler is living.
James Knox Polk died ahout three
months after the expiration Of his Presi-
Dental term, at his home near Nash
vile, Tenn. He was inferred with Ma
sonic honors, Presbyterian Clergyman
conducting the religious services, and
his remains repose beneath handsome
monument erected by his widow (who is
still living) in the front yard of her resi-.
! deuce, and bearing an epitaph which
| closes by saying that "the beauty Oh
| virtue was illustrated in his hfe--the ex-
cellence of Christianity was exemplitied
| in his death.
Zachary Taylor was inaugurated on
the 4th OF March, lS49, and was in his
usual robust health when he attended
! the 4th-of July exercises the following
| year at the Washington monument, and,
after having been exposed nearly two
| hours to q heat of unusual intensity,
! luncheo heartily on milk and cucum-
hers. That night he was taken i'll, and,
on the evening Of July 8, 1850, he
breathed his last, aged 66 The funeral
service Of the Episcopal church was
| performed over his remains in the East
room Of the White House. Among the
mournefs were Col Tay or, his brother,
! DIR. Wood, Col. Bliss aud Col. Jefferson
/ Davis, his soha-ln-law the Senate and
! House Of Representatives., the foreign
| Ministers and the leading officials, civil,
military and naval. The remains were
/ then taken to the Congressional burial
ground on catafalque drawn by eight
| white horses aud escorted by large
force of regulars and volunteers, COM
! manded by Gen. Winfield Scott. The
war-horse of the deceased, cold
Whitley, was led behind the hearse, and
! tie attendant procession was so long
that the rear was at the White House
when the escort had passed the Capitol,
q mile aud half distant. Subsequently,
! the remains were removed to a small
family burying- ground in the vicinity OF
Louisville, Nv, and inferred by the
side Of his father, Gel. Richard Taylor,
a Revolutionary officer. 1t is no easy
matter TO find the spot, but, after wind
| ing bout through by-ways, one comes
to small inclosure in which is a brick
fronted vault in the hillside, with an
iron door, over which, ON a small mar
bic slab is inscribed: 81 Taylor, born
Nov. u, 1854 died July 8, 1850. /"
! When was there, some years since.
/ this slab was prevented from falling by
a fence-rail, which some friendly hand
had propped against it. All around was
matted shrubbery and weeds, and the
cemetery had a neglected appearance.
Willard Fillmore experienced a stroke