Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13

SsSaner Jamestown, the members Of the
New YORK senate acting escort and car
ried to Richmond. Va Here July : ths
pody was placed I'm the Presidents plot in
ioiIywood cemetery in a brick vault cover
800, os q oiock OF polished marble. on which
rests the sarcophagus- The Inscription on
me metal plate recites the date Of his birth
April =. 1879. and his death in New York
city, July = 1881: also the fact that he was
governor OF Virginia from 1872 TO lSla and
President from lsl7 10 1925. lnclosing the
whole. TO keep Vandals from marrine IL is
beautiful Gothic cage Of wrought iron
Mrs. Monroes body lies unmarked I'm Lon
doun county. Va.
Grave of "old Hickory
Andrew Jackson, seventh President, lies
under a poric colonnade dome at the Her
initage' his old home on the Cumberland
river, almost within sight OF Nashville.
Tenn The brief inscription SAYS that
General Andrew Jackson was born March
beside him ms
Martin Van Buren,. With President OF
the United States; Born Dec :, lTS2. Died
July "a, is62. is the short Inscription on
,he pam monument marking a low mound
IN the Reformed cemetery at Undertook
" \. The tall granite slab also marks the
grave OF Mrs. Van Buren,
Niiiiam Henry Harrison. ninth President
was laid 10 rest In Congressional cemetery
April .. ISL In July, lsIl, his remains
were taken to North Bend. Ohio, and
placed in the family vault. This vault is
on a hill in the middle of a big nasturs
sloping TO the Ohio river. and is near the old
harrison homestead. IL was few Years
ago, surrounded by an old board fence and
vault and fence Wed with each other In
tumble-down appearance. No iuScription
or any kind is visible. The land was
decided TO the state by John Scott Harrison
father OF the late Benjamin Harrison,
with the understanding, ii is said, that the
tomb should be kept in repair The state
seems 10 have forgotten this trust
The tenth President. John Tyler. sleeps
beside Monroe I'm the Presidents plot in
Hollywood cemetery Richmond. Neither
monument nor stone marks his grave un-
less very recently constructed. The state
obligated itself to erect a monument about
thirty years ago Tyler was born March
-. 1870. and died January L. ISG2
James X. Polk. eleventh President IS
buried in the homestead yard I'm Nashville
Tenn. under a limestone monument of
square design in Grecian Doric style. The
inscription recites that he was born No
Vember ;. 1875. and died June L., 1879
General Zachary Taylor, twelfth Presi-
dent, who died July IL. 1850. was first
buried in Congressional cemetery. Wash
lngt"n; ID. {, but was later taken to Louis
vile, KY, where his grave In the Tyler
cemetery is marked by a tall shaft sur
mounted by llfe-sZed figure OF himself
in fun uniform. He was born November
p, lisa
Willard Fillmore. thirteen President, Is
buried in beautiful spot in Forest Lawn
cemetery. near Buffalo. y. Y. A plain
monument OF polished red granite bears the
name Fillmore" and the simple inscrip-
ton: Willard Fillmore. born January 4,
lSn. died March -. 1874"
Franklin Pierce sleeps in his native state
(New Hampshire). in Minot cemeter, Con-
cord. Although the fourteenth President.
the modest inscription on the cross-crowned
monument Of Italian marble only tells that
Frank ierce was born November ~ 1894,
and died October T. 1869.
In the Keystone State.
In Woodward Hill cemetery. Lancaster.
Pa, rests the dust Of James Buchanan.
The Romanesque monument Of Italian mar
bic bears the inscription: James Buchanan.
fifteenth President of the United States.
Born in Franklin county, Pa, April %,
1871. Died at Wheatland. June 1. 1865
Springfield, H., holds the shrine OF Lin
coin. The monument lately rebuilt is an i'm
posing pile. The beautiful marble sar-
cophagus has upon II the word Lincoln
and the single sentence-"With malice to-
ward none, with charity for all" 1t needs
no other inscription. The nation will doubt
less ever remember incidents of the day OF
his death, April i. 1866.
Andrew Johnsons grave is in Greenville,
Greene county, Tenn, and a magnificent
monument marks the last resting place OF
the Seventeenth President of the United
States. born December %. lSoS; died July
81 1910. InlS monument was erected py
his children.
General Grant, the great soldier President,
sleeps under an imposing monument in New
York city. The soldiers of the country
have always felt that the greatest soldier
of them all' should rest in Arlington. The
long struggle with the grim chieftain. death.
ended at Mt. McGregor, y. Y, July %. 1885.
and the seventeenth President Of the United
States was mustered out"
The nineteenth President was Rutherford
+. Hayes. born October 4, 1s22; died at
Fremont, Ohio, January IL, 1888 His dust
rests under a beautiful monument at Free
mont.
In Cleveland. Ohio. under a magnificent
monument, General James Abraham Gar
field sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.
He was born November 10. 1881. and was
assassinated while President, dying Septem-
Der 10, 1881.
Chester Alan Arthur. the twenty-first
President, is buried in Rural cemetery. at
Albany, n. Y, under a beautiful memorial
stone. He was born October D 1880 and
died November 1S 1886.
Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third Presi-
dent, was born at the old homestead at
North Bend, Ohio. August 80. 1893. Hd
died March 13, 1901, and is buried in In
dianapolis.
William Mckinley, twenty-fifth President.
was assassinat-d September Z. 1901, and
died September IA. He sleeps in a beautiful
spot in the cemetery at Canton, Ohio, his
monument as yet only the memory OF his
gentle nature. the fragrance of his kindly
deeds. ISABEL WORRELL BALL