Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-23
THE BURIAL-PLACES
or THE DEAD PRESIDENTS OF THE
UNITED sTArEa
yenerson's Memorandum Request-A
Monticslle-Othsr vIrgi.ia Presiients
Van Baren, Taylor. Harrison
-Lincoln-Garneld.
IChicago Herald 7

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The presidents of the United States who
are dead are nearly all buried In the
neighborhood of the homes which they
occupied Washingtons tomb. at Mount
Vernon, Is known TO al the world JOIN
Adams and John { uncy Adams lie be
meath the Unitarian church at Quincy.
Mass The CO tins are of lead. placed il
cases hewn from solid blocks of granite.
Their wives are buried with them JohE
Adams died on the same day with Jeifer
son. . strange coincidence ITSELF bU
stranger still. It was on the Fourth 0i
July. 1926. just half century after the
Declaration Of Independence which they
had joined in making jefferson. like hii
cOmpatriots WAS buried in his family
burying ground. at his home in Monticello
lie had written on the fly leaf Of an ole
account hook his wishes concerning it.
u hoOse his memorandum said. -soms
unfreguented vale in the park where there
Ii NO sound to break the stiffness but
brook that bubbling winds among tn,
woods Let II be among ancient and ven,
cradle oaks. inierspersed with some
gloomy evergreepa Appropriate one
half 10 the use Of my family. and the
other to strangers. servants. etc Let tha
exit look upon small and distant part OF
the Blue mountaina -These direction.
were substantially carried out A little
incsosure. containing some thirty graves
stands amid the woods ON the road tina,
leads from Charlottesville to Monticello
and granite obeisk. much clipped by
relic. hunters. marks the grave of the ex
president
In the same part Of Virginia in small
inclosure near his home in Montpelier.
lies the successor Of efferson, James Mad
ison. fourth president Beside him art
ing him almost thirty years. and two
Nome and Tyler lie within few feel
Of each other in the ne cemetery of Hol
lywood. at Richmond Monroes death.
like those of John Adams and Jefferson,
fell upOn the Fourth Of July. He. too
in 1881. five years after his great prcde
cessors and elders. marked the nationt
birthday iy his close. He died in New
York. poor man. and his remains wep
entombed there until in 1883 the legisla
ture Of irgnis removed them to Holly
wood and placed them in . substantial
vault marked by Gothic temple on O.
foundation Of irginia granite Tyleri
grave. near by. 10 scarcely naked at ALL .
little mound with . magnolia tree ut tha
head is pointed out as the spot
The three Tennessee presidents were
buried at their homes Jackson at the
Hermitage. near Nashville. his wife be
side him A massive monument of Ten
nessee granite marks the place. Polk d
buried In Nashville at the old family
homestead. He survived jackson only
four years. dying in ls49. The grave
Handsomely In losed and block twelve
feet .uare by twelve feet in height bean
the inscription. Andrew Johnson's grave
Is at I reenville. on q spot selected BY
himself His three sons have erected
handsome monument Of marble on q basl
Of granite 1t bears numerous patriotic
emblems. . flag. an eagle. . scroll Of thu
constitution, etc. while the inscriptions
declares: His faith in the people never
wavered
Martin Van Buren lies in the village
cemetery at kinderhook. N. Y. in fam.
lily lot his resting place marked by q
modest granite shaft He died In the
summer of 1883. when the civil war was
Ut its height His successor. Harrison.
was buried at his old home at North Bend.
on the Ohio. few miles below incin-
lily vault. formerly neglected, but more
ASSAus ASPss MAJ No thC SPV~
The dust Of achary Taylor IS now
buried in the cemetery at Frankfort, Ky..
after several removals Millard FIJI
mores grave is at Forest Lawn cemetery.
three miles from Buffalo. and that Of
Pierce in the old cemetery at Concord. n.
H Buchanan 10 buried at Wooward Hill
cemetery.
The NEST magnificent of all the me
MORALS to the dead presidents Is that er
the resting place of Lincoln. in the { Oh
kidge cemetery At Springfield. lila II
was dedicated In 1874. and cost S2.O. .0C0
Garfield buried in Lake View ceme
terry. at Cleveland. where q grand
mausoleum has been erected in his honor.
Of the eighteen dead presidents two
only lie In the same pace. Two were
buried in Massachusetts,. two In New
York. i've In Virginia. three in Tennessee.
two in Chic. and one each in New Hamp.
shire. Pennsy .vsnia. Kentucky and Iii
nois. Eight lie in private grounds. OF
family rial places. ss in the case Of the
Adamses at Quinc..