The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-07-10

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Martin Van Buren,, eighth Prpsi
dent of the United States: born Dec
3, 1882; died July "a, 1862 is the
short inscription on the plain monu
ment marking a low mound in the
Reformed cemetery at Undertook.
| n. Y. The tall granite slab also
marks the grave of Mrs. Van Buren,.
William Henry Harrison, ninth
President, was laid to rest in Con.
gressional cemetery April %, 1871,
In July, 1911, his remains were tax.
en- to North Bend, o., and placed in
the family vault. This vault is on n
hill in the middle OF a big pasture
sloping to the Ohio river, and is near
the old Harrison homestead. 1t
was, few years ago, surrounded by
an old board fence, and vault and
fence Wed with each other in tumble
down appearance, No inscription OF
any kind is visible. The land was
decided to the state by John Scott
Harrison, father OF the late Benjamin
Harrison, with the understanding, it
is said, that the tomb should be kept
in repair, The state seems to hive
forgotten this trust.
The tenth President, John Tyler,
sleeps beside Monroe in the Presi-
dents plot in Hollywood cemetery,
Richmond. Neither monument nor
stone marks his grave, unless very
recently constructed. The state
obligated itself to erect monument
about thirty years ago. Tyler was
born March 20, 1890, and died Jan
uary II, 1862,
James X. Polk, eleventh President,
is buried in the homestead yard in
Nashville, Tenn, under a limestone
monument ofsquare design in Grecian
Doric style. The inscription recites
that he was born November 2, 1895.
and died June Is, 1919.
General Zachary Taylor, twelfth
President, who died June ID, 1850,
was first buried in Congressional
cemetery, Washington, d. c.. but was
later ttaiken to Louisville; ny, where
his grave in the Tyler cemetery is
marked by a tall shaft, surmounted
by a life sized figure of himself in a
full uniform. He was born Novem-
Der "a. 1884.
Willard Fillmore, thirteenth Presi.
dent, is buried in a beautiful spot in
Forest Lawn cemetery, near Buffalo,
Ny. A plain monument ofpolished
red granite bears the name, Fill.
more" md the simple inscription:
"Millard Fillmore, born January I,
1900; died March 8, 1874"
Franklin Pierce sleeps in his native
state New Hampshire), in Minor
cemetery, Concord. Although the
fourteenth President, the modest in
scription on the cross crowned monu.
ment of Italian marble only tells that
Franklin Pierce was born November
23, 1904, and died October 8, 1860
In Woodward Hill cemetery, Lam
caster, Pa, rests the dust of James
Buchanan. The Romanesque mont
ment of Italian marble bears the in
scription: james Buchanan, if
teenth President of the United States.
Born in Franklin county, Pa, April
23. 1871. Died at Wheatland, June
/, 1868
Springfield, ILL.,. holds the shrine of
Lincoln. The monument lately re.
built is IN imposing pile. The beau
tiful marble sarcophagus has uponit
the word Lincoln" and the single
sentence, with malice toward none,
with charity for all y
Andrew Johnston's grave is in
Greenville, Green county, Tenn, and
magnificent monument marks the
last resting place of the Seventeenth
President of the United States, born
December %, 1908; died July 81,
1875" This monument was erected
by his children.
General Grant sleeps under an i'm
posing monument in New York city.
The nineteenth President was Ruth.
erford B. Hayes, born October 4,
1922; died at Fremont, o., January
III, 1893. His dust rests under a
beautiful monument at Fremont.
In Cleveland, o., under magnif-
cent monument, General James
Abram Garfield sleeps the sleep that
knows no waking. He was born
November 10, 1881, and was assas-
sinated while President, dying Sep.