Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-28
TONlBs or THE PRESIDENTS.
A Glance at the Last Resting Place OF
Men Most HOnOred by the Republic.

A Glance at the Last Resting Place Of
Men Most HonOred by the Republic.
From tie Baltimore 4 neyican.
The Presidents of the United States who
are dead are nearly all buried in the
neighborhood Of the homes which they Oc-
cupied. Washington's tomb at Mount
Vernon is known to all the world. John
Adams and John Quincy Adams lie be-
meath the Unitarian church at Quincy,
Mass. The collins are of lead, placed In
cases hewn from solid blocks OF granite.
Their wives are buried with them. John
Adams died on the same day with Jeffer-
son, q strange coincidence itself but stran-
ger still, il was on July 4, 1926, Just "A half
century after the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence which they had joined in making.
Jefferson, like his cOmpatriOts, was buried
in his family burying ground, at his home
in Monticello. He bad written on the fly-
leaf Of an old account book his wishes
concerning il. "ChoOse," his memOran-
dun said, "sOme untrequented vale in the
park. where there is no sound To break
the stiffness. bat Il brook that bubblinZ
winds among the woods. Let il be among
ancient and venerable oaks, intersperGed
with some gloomy eyergreens. ApprO-
pirate One-halt to the use OF my family,
and the other to strangers, servants, etc.
Let the exit look upon a small and distant
part Of the Blue Ridge Mountains" These
directions were substantially carried out
A little enclosure, containing some thirty
graves, stands amid the woods on the
road that leads from Charlottesville to
Monticello, aud a granite obehsk, much
chipped by relic hunters, marks the grave
OF the ex. President.
In the same part of Virginia. in a small
enclosure near his home in Montpelier,
lies the successor OF Jefferson, James
Madison, fourth President. Beside him
are buried his wife, who died in lS4g, sur
nephews. Two other Virginia Presidents
Monroe and Tyler-lie within a few feet
OF each other in tho fine cemetery OF iIOl-
lywOod, az Richmond. MonrOe's death ,
like those Of John Adams aud jefferson,
fell upon July 4. lie, too, in 1881. five
years after his great predecessors and el-
ders, marked the nations birthday by his
close. lie died IN New York poor man,
and his remains were outOmbed there un-
til In 1865 the Legislature OF Virginia re-
moved them 10 Hollywood and placed
them Ia "a substantial vault, marked by "a
Gothic temple on foundation OF Viz
giuia granite. Tyler's grave. near by, IN
scarcely marked ~ all; little mound
with q magnolia tree 40 the head IL pointed
out ag the spot.
The three Tennessee Presidents were
buried 40 their homes. jackson at the
Hermitage, near Nashville. his wife beside
him. A massive monument Of Tennessee
granite marks the place. Polk is buried
in Nashville az the old family homestead.
lie survived Jackson only four years.
dying n 1919. The grave rs handsomely
iuclOsed. aud a block - feet square by ~
feet iu height bears the inscription. An
drew Johnson's grave Is at Greenvllle, on
a spot selected by himself. His three
sons haye erected q handsome monument
Oi marble upon base Of granite. 10
bears numerous patriotic emDema. fay.
an eagle. "a scroll of the constitution. etc.
while the Inscription declares: "llis
faith in rho nnnnle never waveTed.n