Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-01

clergyman; There is but one reliance" He is
buried In the little village cemetery at Kinder
hook, In the family lot A granite SHAFT fifteen
feet high marks his grave.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
william Henry Harrison. the ninth President
died In Warrington city April 4. 1s4l. He rode
on horseback to his Inauguration and stood
bareheaded, and without an overcast to deliver
his inaugural. cor tracing pneumonia, which
was aggravated by subsequent imprudences.
"Sir, wish you to understand the true princi-
pies OF the government / wish them carried
out. ask nothing more" procession two
conveyed on q funeral car drawn by six white
horses, TO Its Temporary resting place in the
pacs a:
Is q simple mound, unfenced, on a little knoll,
and is shaded by beeches and other trees. There
to tell the story OF the life OF the departed hero
Of Tppecanoe.
JOHN TYLER.
John Tyler, the tenth President, was taken Ill
on Sunday, January IL, 1862, while at break.
fast at the Ballard house, Richmond, Va, and
died at midnight of the 18th. "Let me give
you some stimulant." said his doctor. 81 will
not have II" replied the dying man, and clos
state al sss eapso wss
OF the confederate congress- 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. Near by are the graves of President
Monroe, VIM. Allen. one OF jefferson Davis
bondsmen: DIR. Lawrence Roane Warren, the
philanthropist; Jas. NJ. Mason. the confederate
envoy TO England; a son OF Jefferson Davis,
army.
JAMES X. POLK.
James 4. Polk, the eleventh President, died
at Nashville, Tenn, June Is. 1s49, three
months AFTER his retirement from the presi-
dency. He had suffered from diarrhea on the
journey home, and a recurring attack proved
fatal. On his deathbed he received the rite of
baptism at the hands of a Methodist clergy
man; be Is buried at the old family home
stead at Nashville, Tenn. The monument is a
block twelve feet square by twelve in height
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Gen. Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President,
attended the Fourth of July ceremonial in
Washington city IN 1850, when the dust from
kosciuskos tomb was deposited in the Wash
ington monument, and endured for several
hours the heat of day which he declared was
or Florida. Going home, he insisted on eating
Freely OF unrpe cherries and drinking cold
water and iced milk, despite the circumstances
OF his servant. This brought on an attack of
cholera-morbuS, followed by typhoid, of which
he died on the ninth. An imposing procession
accompanied his remains TO the Congressional
cemetery, the Episcopal service having pre-
y1ously been read i'm the East room of the Presi-
dents mansion by Dr. Butler and Dr. Pyne
now repose in z public spot at Frankfort, Ky.
After the burial in the Congressional cemetery
at W ashinYfon the body removed to a lot
on the Taylor homestead, five miles back of
Louisville, and then taken to Cave Hill ceme-
terry, Louisville. In 1879 the remains were
placed In the beautiful cemetery at Frankfort
wtere they are in the company of many illus
trious dead, including Vice President Richard
Mentor johnson.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
Willard Fillmore, the thirteenth President.
died at Buffalo. N. Y, on March 8, 1874, and
after lying in state I'm st. Pauls cathedral, the
ran All nS ri.,l .p-l IL.
Lawn cemetery, three miles from Buffalo. A
tai! monument bears the inscription: 'Millard
Fillmore; Born January Z, 1900; died March
9, 1874"
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Franklin Pierce the fourteenth President
died on Friday, October 8, 1869, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Willard Williams, 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 hail. and was buried I'm the
The Pierce lot is at the northwestern corner OF
the old cemetery, and contains about an acre
OF ground. The monument is Of Italian mar
BILE, surmOunted by draped cross and its total
height Is fourteen feet eight inches.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan, the fifteenth President,
died at Wheatland, near Lancaster Pa on
June !, 1868, after an Illness of one month
though he had been failing for nearly year
less. On the night before his death he gave
detailed directions for his funeral ana the cree
ton OF his monument, debating the inscrip-
ton, blank to be left for the date of DEATH
(which cannot be distant" he said In the
morning he asked for a drink of water from the
tor IL disembodied spirits ever come back, be-
lieve that mine will be found about that
spring." His last authentic words as he sank
into the sleep I'm which he died, were, "Oh Lord
God Almighty. as thou wilt" His funeral took
place on the 4th, the exercises being conducted
by Or. Nevin, president of Franklin and Mar
m m hal,
present. He Is buried at WOodwa Hill Gene
terry, Lancaster, on the banks of the Conestoga
around the fence is a hedge OF blooming roses,
and rose bushes are planted i'm the inclosure
A fine sarcophagus of Italian marble marks the
grave.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President,
died by the hand of John Wilkes Booth, in
Washington, April 18th, 1865. Nine of the
persons supposed to be implicated suffered con-
the deceased Chief Magistrate were of the most
elaborate character. His remains are buried at
0 0;s Il Ridge rt Cemetery springfield, Ill fine
spot 1t bears the single word, Lincoln"
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Andrew johnson, the seventeenth President,
died suddenly at Greenville, Tenn, on Satur-
day, July 31st, 1873, and was buried with Ma
sonic ceremonies on the Sd of August. His
grave is at Greenville Tenn, on a spot selected
by himself The monument is of marble upon
a base Of granite, 9l2 by Z feet. The tomb was
erected by the Presidents three surviving sons
JAMES A. GARFIELD.
James A. Garfield, the twentieth President,
was assassinated in the Baltimore 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, M. During his illness a popular move
ment was inaugurated to raise a fund of $780,
900. to be invested for Mrs. Garfield and her
children. The sum was partly raised while the
President lived, and after his death additional
contributions swelled the amount to over
1865, OOO On the 21st of September the Presi.
dents remains were conveyed from the Franck-
lyn cottage, where he died, to Washington
Every city in the Union was draped i'm MOURN
ing. The body was laid in state in the Capitol.
Funeral services took place there on Friday,
September %, and the remains were then trans.
ferred to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were en-
tOmbed September %. A handsome mauso-
leum for their reception is now in course oferec-
ton at Cleveland.
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