Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-07-20
TONES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
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RULERS or ouR NATION.
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The Presidents Of the United States
Who are dead are nearly al buried 10 the
q the homes which they
occupied. wsshingion's tomb. At MI
Vernon, /. knosn 20 al the world.
John Adam. and John Quincy Adams
lie beneath the Uni,arisn church Al
Quincy. Mass. The eoihas are OF lead.
plsosd in cases hevn from solid blocks OF
granite. Their wives are buried with
them.
John Adam, died on the same day
with J,ffrson. q strange coincidence It,
self; but stranger still. II Was on the
Fourth Of July. is26-ju't half a cen,u-
~ after the Declaration Of American In
dependence which they had joined In
making.
jefferson. like bis oompa,rio,. Was bur-
led in hi. family burying ground a, bis
home 10 Moniie,llo. lie had written on
the ay leaf on an Aeeoun,.book bis wishes
concerning Il, -.
In the same part OF Virginia. IN ssmall
irclo.ure near bis home in Montpelier.
lie. the successor Of Jefferson. James
Madison, fourth President. Beside him
are buried his wife who died in lsio.
surviving him almost thirty years. and
two nsphews.
Two other Virginia Presidents. Mon.
roe and Tyler. lie within fe~ feet OF
each other In the foe cemetery OF Holly
wood. AZ Richmond. Monroe's death
and those Of John Adams and Jefferson
fell upon the Fourth Of July. lie. too.
In 1891. Eve years after bis grea, Pred.-
es.os and elders. marked the nations
birthday by his close. lie died In New
Y.rk a poor man. and bis rem,ins were
en,ombsd there until in 1855 the Legs.
l.iure Of Virginia removed them TO Hol.
,wood and placed them 10 a substantial
vault, marked by Gothic temple on a
foundation Of Virginia granite. Tyler.
grave. near by. Is scarcely marked at all
"A little mound. with a magnolia tree Al
the head. /. pointed on, a. the spot.
The three Tennessee Presidents were
buried q, their homes; Jackson a. the
Hermitage, near Nashville. his wife be-
ode him. AmAssise monument OF Ten
ne,.ee granite marks the place. Polk u
buried in Nashville. at the old home.
stead. lie survived Jackson only fe~
years, dying in lsi0. III, grave Il
handsomely enclosed. and block twelve
feet square by twelve IN height bears the
inscription. Andrew Johnson. grave !
At Gveneville. on sPo, selected b.
himself III. three sons have erected I
handsome monumen, Of marble upon
base Of granite.
Martin Van Burn lies in the villag'
cemetery a, Undertook. New York. "a
family LOT. hi. resting place marked By
a modes, granite shaft. lie died in ,h'
summer Of 1868. when the civil war va
q, IL. height.
HI. successor. Harrison, was buried a
hi. old home a, North bend on the Ohio
few miles below Cincinnati. An an
fenced mound. over family vault. for
merly Neglected bu, more recently care
fully kept. mark. the spot.
The da., Of Zachary Taylor ia nov
buried in the cemetery Al Frankfort. ny.
after several removals
| Millnd Fillmort's grave is at fores
Lawn Cemetery. three miles from Baiis
10 and ,ha, Of Pierce in the old eeme,e
~ AZ Concord. y. IL.
Buchanan 4. buried a. woodward I'LL
Cemetery. Lancaster, Pa.
The mos, magniheen, Of all the me
MORAL. TO the dead President. !, ,hA
over the resting place Of Lincoln. ia ,h'
Oak Ridge Cemetery a, Springfield. III
|, va. dedicated 10 1874 aud Coz, Aquar
ter Of million dollars.
| Garfield i. buried in Lake View Gem
s,ery, a. Cleveland. where a grand mau
solemn has been erected ia hi, honor.
OF the eighteen President. two only u
10 one place. Two are buried in Ms.sa
ehuse,,,. two In New York. five in Viz
GINA. three in Tennessee. two in Ohio
one each in New Hampshire. Penn'ylva
MIA. Kentucky aud lllinoi.. Eigh, lie i
private grounds. OF family burial places
| 4. al. go. ~ Oh. kd.ue. ~ Quincy