The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
ToMBS OF THE PRESIDENTS.
NO STATE CONTAINS MORE OF THEM
THAN VIRGINIA..

W. oAAAG OON NhANn MUM w ~
THAN VIRGINIA..
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Presidents Who Were Buried on TheiE
Estates - Tyler's Grave IL Unmarked
Bitterness Awakened by the inscription
on Folks Tomb-The Great Monuments,
Ofthe hrst six Presidents Of the United States
four were Yirginians and are buried In that
State. The other two were John Adams and
his son. John Quincy Adams. both OF whom
are buried at Quincy. Mass. No other State
contains so many graves OF Presidents as Vir-
Rinia, which has been aptly called the Mother
Of the Presidents" and only one OF her sons
who was Chief Magistrate OF the United States
Is not buried In her soil; he. however. was not
elected from that State.
Washington. Jefferson. Madison and Mon
roe were born and three Of them died in Vir-
Elnia. Monroe died elsewhere. William Hen
ry Harrison. the ninth President. was born In
Virginia, where his father was Governor. as
we'll as a siRner OF the Declaration OF 1nde-
pendence, but was elected from Ohio. John
Tyler, the tenth President, was another son OF
Virginia. whose grave Is In that State.
Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon is the
property Of the nation. and is visited by thou
sands OF his countrymen annually. The re-
mains are inferred in a vault, the second one
that has held the body. The old vault was
near the present one and was abandoned after
an attempt was made to rob It. The remain
of Mrs. Washington and Of several members
OF the Washington family repose beside those
Of the first President. Mount Vernon is owned
by an association of women. and the tomb
will be guarded through all coming time. One
other Presidents grave. Jackson's. was pur-
chased by an association OF women. and is
now the property of the State from which he
was elected.
Thomas Jefferson, like Washington. was
buried on his homestead in Virginia. and
though Monticello passed out of the hands Of
his descendants shortly after his death. the
graveyard is we'll preserved and a granite
monument marks the spot where he was bur-
led. Tho word Monticello" means Little
Mountain and this country cemetery is on
an eminence. It is near Charlottesville
James Madison's beautiful old home, Mont
pelier. in Orange county, Virginia. wa the
scene Of his death. and his grave is in sight Of
the southern windows OF the house. The
monument is a circular one. with a dome rest
ing on an entablature upheld by large dorlc
columns. Beside him is buried his wife.
Dolly Madison. whose sunny heart made her
one OF the most popular OF the American wo-
men of her time.
President Monroe's home. Oak Hill. was In
Loudon county. Virginia. and there Mrs. Mon
roe died and was buried. After her death the
President went to live In New York with his
daughter. Mrs. Gouverneur. and died there on
July 4. 1881. His funeral was the largest and
most imposing seen in New York up to that
time. The body was placed In a vault in the
old cemetery on the north side OF Second
street, between First and Second avenues. and
1t remained there for q number Of years.
Then the Virginia Legislature ordered its re-
moval to Richmond where it was inferred on
Presidents Hill In HOLLYWOOD Cemetery.
The other Virginia President who is bur-
led In her soil is John Tyler. whose grave is
near President Monroe's. Over Monroe's
grave is a costly and beautiful monument.
erected by the State. Tyler's grave is still I'M
marked by a monument. though the Virginia
Legislature voted to have one placed there.
The civil war came on and the matter was
dropped. 1t is said that the neglect is to be
repaired by the coming Legislature. The
second Mrs. Tyler. who survived her husband
twenty-seven years. dying in 1880. is buried
beside him.
All the wives of the Virginia Presidents are
buried beside their husbands. except Mrs.
Oak Hill beside those Of her daughter. who
died In 1852.
John Adams and his son. John Quincy
Adams, are buried near'each other, and their
graves are marked by monuments. Their
wives and children are buried near them. The
ten by his illustrious son. is the most elahor-
ate OF any on a Presidents tomb. The clos
ing sentence OF this inscription is as follows: