The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-10-15
BELLEVUE La. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 1885. -. - "

clergyman. He is buried at the old
family homestead at Nashville, Tenn.
The monument is block twelve feet
square by twelve in height.
General Zachary Taylor, the twelfth
| President, attended the Fourth of July
ceremonial in Washington City in 1850,
when the dust from Kosciusko's tomb
was deposited in the Washington monu-
ment, and endured for several hours the
heat of the day, which he declared was
worse than any he had experienced in
Mexico or Florida. Going home. he in
sisted on eating freely of unripe cher
ries and drinking cold water and iced
milk, despite the remonstrances of his
! servant. This brought on an attack of
cholera morbus, followed by typhoid,
of which he died on the 9th. An i'm
posing procession accompanied his re-
mains to the Congressional Cemetery.
His remains have been removed three
times. and now repose in a public spot
at Frankfort, Ky. f--
Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth
President, died at Buffalo, N. Y,
N. Y. on March s, 1874, and after
/ lying in state at ST. Paul's Cathedral,
!
Cemetery, three miles from Buffalo. A
tall monument bears the inscription:
''Millard Fillmore Born Jan. z, 1900;
died March 8, 1874.
Franklin Pierce. the fourteenth Presi.
dent, died on Friday. October 8, 1869,
at the residence of Mr. Willard VIII.
Jams, Concord, N. H, of dropsv and
inflammation of the stomach. For the
last three days of his life he was nearly
unconscious, and died without pain.
His body lay in state at Dorie Hall and
was buried in the Minot Cemetery, on
Main Street, on the 18th. The Pierce
lot is at the northwest corner of the old
cemetery, and contains about an acre
of ground. 1t is surmounted by neat
iron fence six feet high. The monu.
ment is of Italian marble, surmounted
by draped cross, and its total height
is fourteen feet eight inches.
James Buchanan, the fifteenth Pres
ident died at Wheatland, near Lancas-
ter, Pa, on June 1, 1868, after an i'll
ness of one month. On the night before
his death he gave detailed directions for
his funeral and the erection of his
monument. debating the inscription,
a blank to be left for the date of death,
(which cannot be distant" he said.
His last authentic words, as he sank
into the sleep in which he died, were:
20, Lord God Almighty, as Thou wilt"
His funeral took place on the 4th, the
exercises being conducted by DR. Nevin.
President of Franklin and Marshall
College, an immense concourse being
present. He is buried at Woodward
Hill cemetery, Lancaster. on the banks
of the Conestoga. The lot is enclosed
by neat iron fence All around the
fence is hedge of blooming roses, and
rose bushes are planted in the enelo-
sure. A fine sarcophagus of Italian
marble marks the grave.
Abraham Lincoln. the sixteenth
President, died by the hand of John
Wilkes Booth, in Washington, April
| Is, 1865. Nine of the persons sup
posed to be implicated suffered condign
punishment. The funeral honors paid
to the deceased Chief Magistrate. were
Of the most elaborate character His
remains are buried at Oak Ridge Gene
terry, Springfield, Ill A fine pile of
marble. granite and bronze marks the
spot. 1t bears the single word, Lin
coin"
Andrew johnson, the seventeenth
President, died suddenly at Greenyille.
Tenn, on Saturday, July 81, 1875, and
was buried with Masonic ceremonies on.
the Sd of August. His grave is at
| Greenville. Tenn, on spot selected by
himself The monument is of marble,
upon base of granite, nine and half
by seven feet The tomb was erected
| by the Presidents three surviving sons.
James A. Garfield, the twentieth
President, was assassinated in the Bal
timore and Potomac railroad depot in
Washington city, on July 2, 1881. by
Charles Guiteau, and died of his wound
September 10, at Elberon, near Long
Branch, n. j. Funeral services took
place in Washington on Friday,
September %, and the remains were
then transferred to Cleveland, Ohio,
where they were entombed September
26. A handsome mausoleum for their
reception is now in course of erection
at Cleveland. * g @
General Grant, the eighteenth Presi-
dent, died at Mt. McGregor, N. Y.
July %, 1885. The details of the death
and magnificent funeral of the great
soldier are still fresh in the minds of
al.-Balti8tore Sun. a
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