Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-15
WHERE TIE psss1oBrrs ARE BURIED

The body of George Washington is rest.
ing in brick vault at Mount Vernon, in a
marble coffin or sarcophagus.
John Adams was buried in q vault be.
meath the Unitarian Church at Quincy,
Mass. The tomb is walled in with large
blocks of rough.faced granite.
John Quincy Adams lies in the same
vault by the side of his father. In the
church above, on either side of the pulpit,
are tablets of clouded marble, each sur
mounted by bust and described with the
familiar epitaphs of the only father and
in the gift Of the American people. Their
wives are buried with them.
Thomas Jefferson lies in small, UMPIRE
tentious private cemetery of 100 feet
square, near Charlottesville, vs.. A granite
obelisk,. much clipped by relic-hunting
visitors, marks the grave.
James Madisons remains rest in beauti-
full spot on the old Madison estate, near
Orange, Va.
James Monroe's body reposes in Holly
wood Cemetery, Virginia, on an eminence
commanding beautiful view of Richmond
and the James river. Above the body is a
huge block of polished Virginia marble,
supporting a cof.n.shaped block of granite,
on which are brass plates, suitably in
scribed. The whole is surrounded by a
sort of gothic temple-four pillars sup
| porting peaked roof, to which something
of the appearance of bird cage is i'm
parted by filling in the interstices with
iron gratings.
Andrew Jackson was buried in the cor
ner of the garden of the Hermitage, eleven
miles from Nashville The tomb is
eighteen feet in diameter, surrounded by
an urn. The tomb is surrounded by mag.
nolia trees.
Martin Van Buren, was buried at Kinder.
hook. The monument is plain granite
shaft fifteen feet high.
William Henry Harrison was buried at
North Bend, fifteen miles from Cincinnati.
An unfenced mound, over family vault,
formerly neglected, but recently more care
fully kept, marks the spot.
John Tyler's body rests thin ten yards
of that of James Munroe In Hollywood
cemetery, Richmond. 1t is marked by no
monument, but it is surrounded by mag
nolias and flowers.
James K. Polk lies in the private garden
of the family residence in Nashville, Tenn.
1t is marked by limestone monument,
with Doric columns.
| Zachery Taylor was buried in Gave Hill
cemetery, Louisville. The body was SUBJ
sequently to be removed to Frankfort,
where a suitable monument was to be
erected, commemorative of his distin-
guished services.
Willard Fillmore's remains lie in the
beautiful Forest Lawn cemetery, of Buff
fslo, and his grave is surmounted by a
lofty shaft of Scotch granite.
Franklin Pierce was buried in the Con-
cord IN. H. cemetery, and his grave is
marked by marble monument.
James Buchanan's remains lie in the
Woodward Hill cemetery. Lancaster, Pa. I,
in vault of masonry. The monument is
composed of simple block of Italian
marble.
Abraham Lincoln rests in Oak Ridge
cemetery, Springfield, Ill, inclosed in a
sarcophagus of white marble. The monu-
ment is great pile of marble, granite and
bronze.
Andrew Jackson's grave is on cone
shaped eminence, half mile from Green
vile, Tenn. The monument is of marble,
beautifully ornamented.
The body of James A. Garfield rests in
Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.