The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-07-15

IalQllleS, beside THE MONUMENT.
which the modest little marble shaft
seems indeed small The graves are
well tended by the management and
are always pointed out to visitors, but
for years none Of the children have been
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 clever artist, having painted
many pictures when young The in
scriptions are:
R. Caroline Grant, born Dec. II, 1928; died
March 6, 1865.
Jesse R. Grant, died June 90 1873; aged 70
years months and days.
Hannah Simpson Grant, died May H. 1888:
] aged 81 years months and Is days.
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"
On another side is the inscriptions:
Samuel Simpson Grant, born Sept. g. 1925;
died Sept. ID, 1861.
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, across
the river, where he was made postmas-
ter, for which the cry of nepotism
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 rooms
in Sixth street stable, while the gen.
eral with several cousins went to break
fast.
l 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-
matt, taking care to conceal the fact that
1 was a reporter. A morning paper man
was at the depot, but that did not en-
danger my story for an afternoon paper.
Together we were at once 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 strange sight, the opening of
that small coffin containing the clay of
a woman who gave birth to Americas
greatest general. Stable hands, assist
ants and the undertaken only were 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 with
the reading of the burial service and
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 dying
words of him were, "Tell 'Lyss to never
give up and do his best to win" Her
dying prayers were answered, as history |
tells. An elder brother of Grant died |
in the far west years ago. His health |
was bad and he undertook a journey by /
wagon to Minnesota. He died on the /
way and was buried in some village
and few if any of the family
know where. Uncle Sammy Simpson,
who survived his nephew and died aged |
Is buried at Bantam, little
village Of Clermont county, near the
scene of Grants boyhood. Orville Grant
lies buried at Galena.
FRANK B. GEssNER