Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-19
GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Historical Facts That Should BE Famil-
lar to Every School Child.

Historical Facts That Should BE Famil-
lar to Every School Child.
George Washington died Dec IA, 1799
at Mount Vernon, Va, of acute laryngitis,
and was buried at Mount Vernon His re-
mains were placed in the present recepta-
Gle in 1927.
John Adams died July 4, 1926, of old age
at Quincy, Mass, and is buried beneath
the Unitarian church. The church was
completed in 1S2S and the body was re-
moved from the family vault in the ceme-
terry across the way into a room beneath
the church.
Thomas jefferson died July 4, 1926, at
Monticello, Va, and was buried in thick
growth of woods near road leading from
that place to Charlottesville.
James Madison died June 2S at Mont
pelier, Va. OF old age, and was buried in
the center of large level field at that
place.
James Monroe died July 4, 1881, at New
York of old age, and in 1858 his remains
were removed by the state of Virginia to
Hollywood cemetery, at Richmond.
John Quincy Adams died at Washing
ten, Feb. 81 1858, from a stroke of paraly-
sis, and is buried in the same place with
his father, beneath the Unitarian church
at Quincy, Mass.
Andrew Jackson died June s, lS45, from
an attack of dropsy, at his famous home
eleven miles from Nashville, and was in
tered there.
Martin Van Buren, died near Kinder
hook, n. Y, July "A, 1862, of old age and
rests i'll the family lot in the little GENE
terry there.
William Henry Harrison died at Wash
,,nf,t A t,,.i1 4 -
buried at North Bend, about fifteen miles
from Cincinnati
John Tyler died at Richmond, Jan. S,
1862, and was buried in Hollywood Gene
terry, where Monroe lies.
James X. Polk died June s. 1s49, at
Nashville, of cholera, and was buried in
the garden of the old family hol. estead in
that city.
Zachary Taylor died at Washington,
July 8, 1850 His remains were removed
several times. First they were placed in
cemetery at Washington, then in a lot
on the Taylor homestead, near Louisville,
then to Cave Hill cemetery, and they are
now in the cemetery at Frankfort, Ky.
Willard Fillmore died at Buffalo March
s, 1874, and was buried at Forest Lawn
cemetery, three miles from that city.
Franklin Pierce died at Concord, n. H.,
Oct. s, 1869, and his remains rest in the old
cemetery on Maine street.
James Buchanan's death occurred at
Wheatland, Pa, June l, 1863, and his re-
mains rest at Woodward Hill cemetery, a
mile or so west Of Lancaster, on the Mari
eta turnpike.
Abraham Lincoln died at Washington
April Is, 1865. His resting place is Oak
Ridge cemetery, Springfield, Ills, where
stands probably the finest monument evei
erected to president of the United States
Andrew johnson passed away at Green
vile, Tenn, OF paralysis, July 81, 1875, and
was buried there on spot selected by hin.
self.
General U. S. Grant died at Mount Mac
Gregor, n. Y, July %, 1885, aged sixty
three. Remains deposited in a temporary
tomb at Riverside park, New York.
James A. Garfield died Sept 10, 1881, and
was buried in Lake View cemetery, Cleve
| land.
Chester A Arthur died in New Yorl
Nov. Is, 1856, and is buried at Albany. -
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