The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-09

families, beside THE MONUMENT,
which the modest little marble shaft
seems indeed small. The raves are
well tended by the management and
are always pointed out to visitors, but
for years none of the children have beer.
to see them.
The lot is thirty feet square. The
monument is of Italian marble with a
limestone base, and is now badly cracked
by the weather. The model was de-
signed by General Grant himself, he
being a clever artist, having painted
many pictures when young. The in
scriptions are:
r. Caroline Grant. bora Dec. L.. ISIS; died
March Il. ls6j.
Jesse X. Grant. died June -, 1873; aged :.
years ) months and 6 days.
Hannah Simpson Grant, died May Il, l,Sj.
aged 81 years > months and Is days.
blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"
On another side is the inscription:
Samuel Simpson Grant, born Sept. y, l-3I;
died sept. 10, l.6l.
He, however. is not buried in the lot.
The first to be buried there was the
father, Jesse Grant, who died in the
seventies while Ulysses was president.
He lived and died in Covington, acros,
the river, where he was made postmas
ter, for which the Cry of nepotisnl
was raised against his son. The mother
died in Elizabeth, n. j., in May, 1888.
and her body was brought here for
burial by the general. his sister, Mrs.
Cramer. and other relatives. The fu-
neral had been held at Elizabeth, and
nothing but the burial service was had
at the grave or in Cincinnati. The same
undertaken who had years before buried
the father met the party at the station,
and the casket was taken to his room>
in a Sixth street stable, while the gen
eral with several cousins went to break
fast.
] was the only newspaper reporter
who had guessed the exact time of the
generals arrival, and boarded the train
at Loveland, an hours ride from Cincin-
natl, taking care to conceal the fact that
| was IA reporter. A morning paper MAJ
Was at the depot, but that did not en-
danger my story for an afternoon paper.
Together we We're at nee made pail.
bearers for every part of the subsequent
ceremonies, and afterward the Grant
family and rival newspapers wondered
how such a complete and graphic &C
count of the affair could have been Sc
cured. Inside the stable the casket was
opened to see if the embalmer had done
his work well.
1t was a strange sight, the opening Of
that small coffin containing the clay Of
IA woman who gave birth to Americas
greatest general. Stable hands, assist
ants and the undertaken only We're pres.
ent. The resemblance of mother and
son could be easily traced in the dead
face and occaSioned remark. Then the
body was taken to a modest home on
Clark street, Bishop Joyce of the Meth
odist church joined the cortege, and witt:
the reading of the burial service and a
prayer the mother Of General Grant was
placed beside the husband. General
Grant was. as ever, cool. unmOved, and
with his sister on his arm held his hat
to one side of his head as the first clod
struck the coffin lid.
His sister Caroline, who never mar
ried, lies buried with father and mother.
She was Grants favorite sister, and died
Just as he took command of the Army
of the Potomac. She was very fearful
in her last days that like his predeces-
sors he might fail, and her last and diving
words of him were, Tell 'Lyss to never
give up and do his best to VIM" Her
dying prayers We're answered. as history
tells. An elder brother of Grant died
in the far west years ago. His health
WAS bad and he undertook Il journey by
wagon to Minnesota. He died on the
way and was buried in some village
cemetery, and few if any of the family
know where. Uncle Sammy Simpson,
who survived his nephew and died aged
ninety-two, is buried at Bantam. a little
village Of Clermont county, near the
scene of Grants boyhood. Orville Grant
lies buried n Galena.
FRANK r. GESsNER