Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Scattered Throughout the Country
Graves of the wives of the Presidents.

Scattered Throughout the Country
Graves of the Wives of the Presidents.
The remains of the presidents do not
rest together in a national mausoleum at
Washington, as it has often been urged
they should. They are. scattered
throughout the country.
Washing ton > are at Mount Vernon, in
the family tomb; his wife's remains lie
beside his. John Adams and Abigail,
his wife, lie with the remains of their
son, John Quincy Adams, the sixth
president, at Quincy, Mass. A suitable
monument marks their resting place.
Jefferson's grave is at Monticello, beside
those of his wife and daughters. 1t is
marked by monument which congress
had erected to take the place of the one
hacked to pieces by relic hunters. Mon
ticello long ago passed out of the posses
sion of the family, but the family bury
ing ground is the property of the de-
scendants of the third president, and the
remains will never be disturbed. An
effort was made some years ago to in
duce Mrs. Meikleham, the granddaugh-
ter of Jefferson. to consent to their re-
moval to Washington, but the opposition
it aroused caused the project to be
abandoned.
Madison is buried at his old Virginia
home, Montpelier, in Orange county. A
plain shaft of granite, erected by the peo-
pie of the county, marks his grave. A
smaller monument is over the grave of
Mrs. Madison, near by. Monroe died
in New York, and his body was buried
in the old cemetery on Second avenue.
1t was unmarked by a monument for
some years; and the legislature of Vir-
ginia had it removed to Richmond,
where it is buried in Hollywood Gene
terry. His wife's grave is at Oak Hill,
their old home. Andrew Jackson's
grave is beside Rachel's, his wifes, at
the Hermitage. 1t is marked by a beau
full monument of large dimensions.
Van Buren,, the eigth president, was
buried at Undertook, New York. A
granite shaft was erected over his grave
by his sons. Harrison's body was re-
moved from the congressional cemetery
at Washington and buried at North
Bend, Ind, and his tomb marks the
grave of his wife. James X. Polk S
monument stands in the front yard of
his former home, Polk Place, at Nash
vile. President Taylors grave was in
Cove Hill cemetery, at Louisville, Ky,
but was moved to Frankfort, where a
monument was erected over it. His
wife's grave is at Pascagoula Miss Fill
more's grave is in Forest Lawn cemetery,
Buffalo. His two wives and daughters
are buried beside him. President Pierce
was buried at Concord, n. H., and his
grave is marked by a handsome monu-
ment. In Woodward Hill cemetery, at
Lancaster, Pa, near his beloved Wheat
land, is buried President James Blu
chanan. His niece, Mrs. Harriet Lane
johnson, erected a superb monument
over his grave, Lincoln's sarcophagus
is at Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield
where Mrs Lincoln's remains were in
tered. Andrew Johnson's children
placed noble monument over his grave
near Greenville, Tenn. Mrs. Johnson,
their daughter Mrs. Slower, Robert
johnson, and Andrew Jr., are buried
about him. Grants splendid tomb is at
Riverside, New York, and Garfield's is
at Cleveland.
AS may be seen by recapitulation, Vir-
ginia has the bodies of her five presi-
dents buried in her soil, Tennessee has
her three, Kentucky one, Ohio two,
Massachusetts two, New York three,
Pennsylvania and Illinois one each, and
New Hampshire one.-New York Sun.