The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
GRAVES OF NOTED MEN.
wEyBE ENIN Mt AMERICANS ARE
SLEEPING THE4R LASr SLEEP.
Resting Places OF our Departed Tresi-
dCniN-CraG of RcVOIuiiOmury

iN-Gr of Revolutionary
Ffcsocs-A MOrtuury Isctord.
In II New York letter to the Troy
Tim s the writer says: Grant was the
first President buried permanently in
this city, the interment of Monroe here
having been only temporary. Concern
ing the places where our departed Presi-
dents rest, it may be said The two
Adams Gather and SOM are buried to-
gethor under the old church at Quincy.
Each has an extended epitaph, and that
which commentaries the younger is the
longest in the entire presidential record.
jefferson rests at Monticello, his grave
being in the family cemetery, and the
shaft, which is nine feet high, has suf-
fercd severely from rclic-hunters. Madi-
sons grave is on his former planta-
ton at Montpelier, not far from Mon
ticello. Monroe, who died in this city,
was buried here, but after the lapse of II
quarter of acentury his remains were con-
veyed to Richmond and buried in IIol-
lywood cemetery. Jackson's grave is in
front of his former residence (thc Her
mitage) and the monument that marks
the spot is the most artistic in this
record, with the sole exception of Lin
coins. Van Buren's is in a little Gene
terry near Undertook. Harrison was
buried ut North Bend, near Cincinnati.
Polk is buried in the family plat at Nash
vile. Taylor was buried at Washing
ton with great pomp, but afterward his
remains were removed to the homestead
near Louisville, where they await the
completion of a erected by
the State. When this is lone the old hero
will be placed in his final mortuary
abode. Fillmore rests in Forrest Lawn
cemetery, Buffalo. Pierce was buried
in Concord, and Buchanan at Lancaster.
The latter was a bachelor, and rs none
+! of his relatives remain there, he fills a
solitary grave. Lincoln's tall monu.
ment is the most prominent feature in
Oak Ridge cemetery, near Springfield.
johnson was laid in the family plat
at G~reenville. Garfield's monument is
the pride of Cleveland, and Grants will
be one of the honors of New York.
Three of our eX-Presidents died on the
4th of July, and the summcr. indeed,
seems to have been a fatal season for
these eminent men, eleven of whom died
during June and July. Looking back
upon the first seven in the presidential
office, all of this number we're sixty-siX
years of age on leaving office, with but
one exception. OF the first five only one
had a son, and that son became Presi-
dent. Two of the number left daugh-
tcrs jefferson and Monroe, and three,
though married, were childless, their
names being Washington, Madison and
Jackson. Two bachelors have occupied
the presidential chair, but a large pro-
portion of the number were widowers.
Scott and Custer We're buried at West
Point, while Worth rests at Greenwood,
but his memory is honored by an impos-
ing shaft in Madison square. Going
still further back to the heroes of the
Revolution, Wayne, DIETER known
as 'Mad Anthony, died at Erie.
but his remain were afterward
removed to his family residence in Penn
sylvania. Stark, the hero of Benning-
ton, died in extreme age at Manchester.
Mercer, the hero of Princeton, was
buried in Philadelphia, IIcrkimer's
grave is a prominent feature in the Mo
hawk valley. Putnam rests in his old
home in Connecticut. Three revolution
ary leaders are buried IN this city,
Hamilton. Montgomery and Lord Stcr-
ling. The latter died the year after the
close of the revolution. lie was eleven
years older than Washington, who had
a high respect for his character and abil-
ity. Greene, however. who was the
next to 90, was Washington's junior by
eight wears, and hence his death gave
the latter a severe shock. 1t may be
said of Greene that he entered the army
in 1915, and never had a days furlough
until the close Of the war in 1888. lie
was only forty-four at the time Of his
death, winch occurred in South Carolina
in 1875.
Washington survived not only Lord
Stirling and Greene, but also Putnam,
Steuben, Sullivan, Prescott, Wayne and
Marion. Steuben died near Utica, where
his sword is still preserved. Marion died
at Belle Isle, S. c. Hamilton
was the first leading officer to fol
low Washington to the grave, and then
in a few months Schuyler died. Two
years afterward QS06) Gates and Knox
were laid in honored graves. The latter
was the youngest and next to Washing
tom the finest-looking officer in the Con
tinental army. Washington made him
his first secretary Of war, and he was
also the founder of the society of the
Cincinnati. Stark and Sumter exceeded
in point of longevity all the other Revo-
lutionary generals. The former reached
ninety-two and the latter ninety-e;ght.
Sumter was called during the Revolu-
ton the ''Carolina game-cock, " a fitting
tribute to his g~ailantry. TO return to
Knox, it may be added as a feature Of
painful interest in his domestic history
that. though he died at tifty-six, he sur
vIved all his children, nine in number.
They all rest by their parents side in
the old PenCbscot battle-ground, and
the old family monument is still an oh.
ject of interest.
Paul Jones, the earliest hero of tho
American navy, died in Paris in 1892,
being then only forty-five. The place OF
his burial is unknown, and it is a dis.
grace to our government that no mOn
ment or cenotaph has ever been erected
to his memory. McDonough, the con.
Queror in the battle on Lake Champlain.
died the year following that importan'
action. lie was in command of a wal