The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19

~ ll0 Ill state At OF. raul s CdUM II,
the remains were buried at FOrestj an
Cemetery, three miles from Buffalo. A
tall monument bears the inscriptions:
Willard Fillmore. Born Jan. Z, 1900;
died March s, 1874"
Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth Presi-
dent, died on Friday, October s. 1869,
at the residence of Mr. Willard Will
Jams, Concord, N. H., of dropsy 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 Doric 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 a draped cross, and its total height
is fourteen feet eight inches.
James Buchanan, the fifteenth Pres
ident, died at Wheatland, near Lanoas-
ter, Pa, on June l, 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 bis
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:
80, Lord God Almighty, as Thou wiz. u
His funeral took place on the 4th he
exercises being conducted by DIR. n n,
| President of Franklin and M9' III
| College, an immense concoHFse
present, He is buried at Woodward
Hill cemetery, Lancaster, on the banks
of the Conestoga. The lot is enclosed
by a neat iron fence. All aroupd the
fence is a hedge of blooming roses, and
| rose bushes are planted in the enclo-
sure. y fRIe sarcophagus of Italian
marble marks the grave.
Abraham Lincoln, the aXteenth
President, died by the hand of John
Wilkes Booth, in Washington, April
-, 1868. Nine of the perons sup
| posed to be implicated suffered condign
punishment. The funeral lonors paid
to the deceased Chief Magitrate, were
OF the most elaborate chancter. His
remains are buried at Oak Ridge Gene
terry, Springfield, H. A fine pile of
marble granite and bronD marks the
spot. 1t bears the single word, Lin
coin"
Andrew johnson. the. seventeenth
President, died suddenly 1t Greenville.
Tenn, on Saturday, July 81, 1875, and
was buried with Masonic ceremonies on
the Sd of August. His grave is at
Greenville, Tenn, on SPIT selected by
! himself. The monuments Of marble,
! upon a base of granite, me and half
by seven feet. The tomb was erected
by the Presidents three surviving sons.
James A. Garfield, he twentieth
/ President, was assassinabd 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 We're
then transferred 10 Cleveland, Ohio,
where they were entombed September
%. A handsome mausoleum for their
reception is now in course Of erection
at Cleveland.
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
all. Baltimore Sun.