The Washington times., 1901-12-15
RESTING PLACES
OF THE PRESIDENTS,
NONE BURIED AT WASHINGTON.
Their Graves Scattered From One
End of the Country to the Other
Two Only Brenthed Their
last at the Seat of
Governments.

Not n single President e buried at
Washington. An Englishr an can visit
the tombs of almost every English SOW
erelEn within a few hours. They lie at
Winchester. at Westminster, and at Wind
sor But only two cemeteries in the Unit
cd States contain the bodies of more than
one President. The hdamses both lie in
the yard of the First Congregational
Church at Quincy. Mass, and Monroe and
Tyler are buried in Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond, Va.
The Presidential burial places are scat
tered from New Hampshire on the north
to Virginia on the south. and from I'LL
nois to the Atlantic coast. Five are buried
in Virginia, four in New York and in
Ohio, three in Tennessee, two in Massa-
chusetts, and enc in New Hampshire. Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois.
Five Died in Office.
or the FIVE Presidents who died in Of
ice-Harrison, Taylor. Lincoln, Garfield,
and McKinley-only the first two met
death in the White House. The elder
Harrison was first buried in the Capital,
but his body vas removed later to North
Bend. Ohio.
Washington lies at his old home ut
Mount Vernon, where he died. Thomas
jefferson was buried at his home estate
Monticello. Va. cemetery at Mont
pelier. Va. contains the ashes OF Madison.
The death Of Andrew Jackson took place
at the Hermitage, his home in Tennessee.
After the expiration Of his term James
K Polk went to Nashville, Tenn, but
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at Nashville Van Buren died at his coun-
try home at Kinderhook y. Y. and was
buried from the old Dutch Church there.
Pneumonia caused the death of William
Henry Harrison month after his inaugu-
ration. He was buried in the Congress
sionai Cemetery. but a few years later
the body was removed to North Bend,
Ohio. to a tomb overlooking the Ohio
River. Tho grave was neglected until the
State Of Ohio erected a monument above
it.
TyIer's Last Words.
His successor. Tyler, died Mt the Ex-
change Hotel, Richmond, a member of the
Confederate Congress. Doctor, am go
ing" he said, as the end approached. ~
hope not, sir" was the answer. Perhaps
it is pest" the dying man replied, and did
not speak again.
Taylor died during his term Of office at
the White House. His last words were:
Il am about to de. ! expect the sum
mons soon. ! have endeayored to dis
charge all my official duties faithfully.
regret nothing. but ! am sorry that ! am
about 10 leave my friends" His body
was put in a vault at Washington. from
which 1T was removed TO Springfield, five
miles from Louisville, Ky
where he died. The body of Franklin
Pierce lies at Concord. n. H. and that
of James Buchanan at Lancaster, Pa. His
last words, whispered to himself. were:
20 Lord God Almighty, as Thou wilt
Johnson's FinnI Request.
Lincoln died without speaking after he
was shot. His body rests in Oak Ridge
Cemetery at Springfield, III. Andrew
johnson died at Carter's Depot, Tenn. One
Of his last requests was that his body be
wrapped in the flag. He was buried at
Greenvillc, Tenn.
General Grant died at Mount McGregor,
n. Y, and his body lies in the fine tomb
at Riverside Park. Mr.. Hayes was buried
at Fremont, Ohio. where he died. Gar
fields body lies at the base of the monu-
ment in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland,
within sight of Lake Erie. and only a few
miles from his home at Mentor
Chester a. Arthur died in New York
City only year after the end of his term.
A FEW days before his death he said to
Commissioner Fish: After all, life is
not worth fighting for, and ] might as well
give up the struggle for 1t now as any
other time and submit to the inevitable"
He is buried at Albany, N Y, where a
finely sculptured figure guards his tomb.
benjamin Harrison died at his home in
indianapolis in March. and is buried in
that city Kansas City Star.