The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-08-06
GRAVES OF PRESIDENTS
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED AND
HOW THEY ARE MARKED.
The Mount Vernon Associations and Wash
ingtOn's Tomb .inc,1's Resting
Place With Its Pile of M.,ii,.e-The
Work of vandaIs Eyorj :, here.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3-The death OF Gen
Grant and the discussion which mas arisen
from the selection OK the Riverside park in
this city as burial-grouni for his remains
have awakened interest in the pla es where
the other ex-presidents of the United States
have been inferred.
The grave Of Washington. is, as every
American knows, at Mount Vernon, Va
Thanks to the care of the Mount Vernon as
sociation, Washington's 3 old home and tho
tomb to which his remains were removed In
1887 from the old vault in which they had
been up to that time ara in good condition.
The vault is Large and built OF brick, with
an arched roof. Through IN iron gate the
two sarcophagi are seen. The coffins which
Lie in the open vestibule Of the vault proper
are of Pennsylvania marble. Thafof Wash
ington bears an American shield, the other
but two words-'Martha Washington"
Two presidents, father and son, sleep side
by side beneath the Unitarian church Of
Quincy, Mass John Adams body was first
buried in the family vault in the Quincy
cemetery and was transferred to its present
resting place In 1923. John Quincy Adams
died February, 1S4S, in Washington, and his
remains were placed by those of his father a
few months later.
In thick growth of woods few hundred
yards from the road leading from Char
lottesvile, Va, to Monticello, Is the grave
of Thomas Jsfferson, who died on July 4,
1926. 1t is marked by q coarse granite O5e-
lisk male after rou, pen -anl-ink skoich
found in JeffcrsOn's drawer a few days after
his death. The van;,als who have visited the
spot have Clipped and battered the monu-
ment until from base to apex the corners
present tho appearance OF rough unhewn
stone.
Near the former home Of James Madison,
at Montpelier, four miles from Orange, Va,
in the center Of a large, level field, sur.
rounded by substantial brick wall, i've
feet high, are four graves. The iron gate
leading to the flald has q plate upon it in
graves, a well defined and neatly turfed
mound, slender granite obelisk rises to q
height Of twenty feet from q PEDESTAL Of four
pieces. 1t bears, in large, plain, sunken let
ters. this inscription: Madison, born
March 16, 175l.n Tho date Of death June
2S, 1886 is not given
Near the extreme southwestern limit of
Hollywood cemetery, at Richmond, Va, re-
pose the remains OF James Monroa Monroe
died in this city on July 1, 1851, as,l bis
to Richmond, under tho escort q. tho Seventh
regiment, then commanded by Col. Abram
Duryea. The resting spot is married. by q
huge block Of polished Virginia marble,
eight feet long and four feet square, on
which rests what is called the sarcophaguA
a granite block nearly as large as tine pedes-
tai, but wrought into the shape Of an ordin-
ary coffin. Over and around this rather
odd monument is a fancy Gothic temple,
twelve feet long, nine feet wide and twenty
feet high, four pillars resting upon foupda-
tisn Of dressed Virginia granite AMI sup
porting a peaked roof.
Eleven miles from Nashville, ON the
pretty Lebanon pike, is the Hermitage
Sixty rods away is the now dilapidated
wooden house Andrew jackson vacated
when he moved into his famous dwelling
In corner Of the garden, eighty yards from
thehouse, lie the president and his wife un-
der massive monument of Tennessee lime
stone Three steps leads to a circular area
eighteen feet in diameter, from which spring
eight futed Doric columns, supporting
pretty though plain entablature and dome,
surmounted by an urn. In the center Of the
platform is pyramid resting on a square
On the left is a stone marked, ''Gen Andrew
jackson. Born March Is, 1867. Died June
S, 1857
Martin Van Buren's bolas repose In the
crowded grave yard at Kindsrhook, N. Y.
A plain grauits shaft fifteen feet high shows
the tomb. On one face of the shaft is the
inscription In black letters: MARTIN Van
Buren,, With President Of the United
States, Born Dec. 5, 1852, Died July "a
1882 Below this is the record OF his wifs's
death and upon another side is tho name Of
his son.
William Henry Harrison, the great Wing
chieftain, who occupied the chief magis-
trate's chair for month only, was buried by
the side of his wifs and children in plain
brick vault on the summit OF hillock at
North Bend, Ohio. A fat stone at the
height of about two and half feet from the
ground, roofs the brickwork Of the vault;
it bears no inscription.
just ten yards from Monroe's grave in
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va, is
tufted mound, but not stone is there to
tell that beneath lies the body Of John
tyler.
The body of James Knox Polk was buried
In June, 1910, in the city cemetery Of Nash
Vile, Tenn, and the following year was re-
moved to the garden of the Polk mansion in
that city. The monument il twelve feet
square and ss many high, and is OF lime
stone. 1t style is Grecian Doric, though the
columns are unfluted which support the
usual architrave, frieze, cornice AMI attic.
Zachary Taylor's body now occupies its
fourth grave. 1t was frst placed in the
cemetery at Washington, thence removed to
the Taylor homestead, fivs miles from Louis
ville, later to the Cave. uiI cemetery at
Louisville, and finally to Frankfort, KY,
where it was placed near t!is tomb Of Vice
President Richard Mentor Johnson.
Forest Lawn cemetery, near Buffalo, con-
tains the body Of Millard Fillmore, marked
by plain tombstone, inscribed with his
name and the dates of his birth and death,
respectively, january 2, 1900, and March 8,
1874
Franklin Pierce died in 1859 and was bur
led at Concord, N. 81. The grave is sur
rounded by a neat iron fencs six feet high.
The monument is of pure Italian marble,
elaborately wrought, q base spire with cap.
die and plinth resting on a base Of granite
three and one-fourth feet square and sur
mounted by draped cross.
In the center of a lot in Woodward Hill
cemetery, Lancaster, Pa, lie the remains Of
James Buchanan in a vault of heavy mason
ry, covered with limestone flags. On these
is ground base of granite over seven feet
long, three feet seven inches wide aud foot
thick, supporting a monument in the Roman
style, a singls block of Italian marble with
heavy moulded cap and base.
Abraham Lincoln is buried under tow
ering piles OF marble, granite and bronzs at
Oak Ridge cemetery, near Springfield, Ill,
the principle feature Of which is the statue
of the liustrious president.
The monument over Andrew Johnsonss
grave stands on the summit OF lofty cone
shaped eminenee half mile southwest Of
Greenvills, Tenn. 1t is of marble, shaft
feet high, fessooned at the top with
the American flag and surmounted by an
eagle with outstretched wings
James A. Garfield's body lies in vault in
Lakevisw cemetery at Cleveland, o.
Gable sparks
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