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your duty, doctor, or I must cashier
you." He is buried at Montpelier, four
miles from Orange Court House. Va.
The grave is in the center of large
field, in lot about one hundred feet
square, surrounded by brick wall. On
the gate is sign: Madison, 1S20.n
James Monroe. the fifth President
and the third to die on Independence
Day, died July 4, 1881. in New York
City, at the residence of his son-in-law,
Samuel L. Governeur. His remains
were deposited with public honors in
the Marble Cemetery on$econd Street,
in New York, where they reposed until
1865, when they were removed under
the escort of the Seventh Regiment,
then commanded by Colonel Abram
Duryea, to Hollywood Cemetery at
Richmond, Va. The remains rest on a
beautiful site overlooking the James
River Fails above Richmond, in vault
of brick and granite.
John Quincy Adams, the sixth Presi-
dent. was found by death where he
could have wished its approaeh-in the
halls of Congress. On February 81,
1S48, he assembled the steps of the Cap
ltol with his accustomed. alacrity, and
took his place in the House. While
petitions were being presented. sud-
denly there was crV of '.Mr. Adams!''
and rush of members toward his seat.
He was rising with number of peti-
tions in his hand, when he was struck
with apoplexy and sank down. catch
ing at his desk and falling into the
arms of the member who sprang across
the aisle to his assistance He was car
ried into the rotunda, then into the
Speakers room. He attempted to
speak. but his voice was a mere muir
muir. low and indistinct, though Mr..
Ashmun, who was placing him on the
sofa, heard him say: This is the last
of earth; am content" He became
insensible at once, and fingered, family
breathing, till ten o'clock on the morn
ing of the Esd, when he expired. Mr..
Adams body was removed on the car
drawn by six white horses that had
served for Harrison's funeral, and
after lying in state in Faneuil Hall,
Boston, was buried under the Unitarian
church at Quincy, Mass. where his
father, John Adams was buried.
Andrew jackson. the Seventh Presi-
dent. died on Sunday, June 8, 1916, al
the Hermitage. his famous home. For
months he had been suffering from dis
ease of the lungs, dropsy and diarrhea.
On the Friday previous to his death he
gave directions concerning his funeral,
and dictated a letter, his last, to the
President, bidding him act promptly
and resolutely in the affairs of Texas
and Oregon. On the morning of his
death, a brilliant, hot day, he bade fare
well to his family, friends and servants,
whom he addressed with calmness,
strength, and even admiration on the
subject of religion, concluding: 81 hope
and trust to meet you all in Heaven,
both white and black words he re-
peated again in the afternoon as the end
was coming on. Hearing the servants
on the piazza weeping, he spoke again:
.'What is the matter with my dear chill
dren? Have alarmed you? o, do
not cry. Be good children and we will
meet in Heaven. At six he died, with.
out a struggle or pang. His funeral
was attended by 5000 people on the
Tuesday following. He is buried at the
Hermitage, on the Lebanon pike, eleven
miles from Nashville, Tenn. A massive
monument of Tennessee granite marks
his grave.
Martin Van Buren,, the eighth Presi-
dent. died at Kinderhook, Columbia
County, n. Y, on. July "a, 1862 of
asthma, that developed into painful
catarrhal affection of the throat and
lungs. One of his last distinct utter
ances was to his clergyman: "There is
but one reliance" He is buried in the
little village cemetery at Kinderhook,
in the family lot. A granite shaft fif-
teen feet high marks his grave.
William Henry Harrison, the ninth
President, died in Washington City.
April 4, 1841. He rode on horseback to
his inauguration and stood bareheaded
and without an oyercoat to deliver his
inaugural, contracting pneumonia
which was aggraved by subsequent i'm
prudences. His last words heard by DIR.
Washington were: .sSir, wish YOU to
understand the true principles of the
Government. I wish them carried out.
l ask nothing more.n A procession
two miles in length escorted the body,
which was conveyed on funeral ear
drawn by six white horses, to its tenn
porary resting place in the Congress
ional burying ground, where the Epis-
copal service was read by Mr.. Hawley.
His present resting place is at North
Bend, Ohio, few yards from the track
OF the Illinois Central Railroad, where
it enters the tunnel. The grave is a
simple mound, unfenced, on little
knoll, and is shaded by beeches and
other trees. There is no monument
and no inscription any where TO tell
the story of the departed hero of Tippe-
canoe.
John Tyler, the tenth President, was
taken ill on Sunday. January II, 1862,
while at breakfast at the Ballard House,
Va,, and died at midnight
on the 18th. Let me give you some.
stimulant. " said the doctor al will
not have it, replied the dying man;
and closing his eyes he passed away.
His body lay in state at the Capitol. He
was member of the Confederate Con-
gress, and was inferred at Hollywood
Cemetery on the 21st, by Bishop Johns.
His grave is a little mound covered
with bushes, about ten yards from the
grave of Monroe