The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-16

date of his birth, April IS, 1858. and his
death in New York City, July 4, 1881:
also the fact that he was governor of
Virginia from 1899 to 1902, and presi-
dent from 1917 TO 1925. Inclosing the
whole, to keep vandals from marring
it, is beautiful Gothic cage of
wrought iron. Mrs. Monroe's body
lies unmarked in Loudoun county. Va.
GRAVE OF "OLD HICORY."
Andrew Jackson, seventh president.
| lies under Doric colonnade dome at
the Hermitage, his old home on the
Cumberland river, almost within sight
| of Nashville, Tenn. The brief inscrip-
ton says that General Andrew Jack
son was born March Is, 1867; died June
| 8, 1S45." His wife lies beside him.
Martin Van Buren,, With Presi-
dent of the United States; Born Dec.
5. 1852; Died July a. 1852" is the short
inscription ON the plain monument
marking 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 presi-
| dent, was laid to rest in Congressional
cemetery April Z, 1S4f. In July, 1S41,
his remains were taken to North Bend,
o., and placed in the family vault.
This vault is on a hill in the middle
of big pasture, sloping to the Ohio
river, and is near the old Harrison
homestead 1t was. a few years ago.
surrounded by an old board fence, and
vault and fence WED with each other
in tumble-do appearance. No in
scription of any kind is visible. The
land was decided to the state by John
| Scott Harrison, father of the late Ben
jamin Harrison, with the understand
! ing, it is said, that the tomb should
be kept in repair The state seems to
| have forgotten this trust.
| The tenth president, John Tyler,
| sleeps beside Monroe in the presidents
plot in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond.
Neither monument nor stone marks
his grave, unless very recently con-
structed. The state obligated itself to
erect monument about thirty years
| ago. Tyler was born March 20, 1890,
/ and died January II, 1862.
James *. Polk, eleventh president,
| is buried in the homestead yard in
I Nashville, Tenn, under limestone
monument of square design in Grecian
Doric style. The inscription recites
that he was born Nov. 2, 1895, and died
June Is, 1S49.
| General Zachary Taylor, twelfth
president, who died July IS, 1885, was
first buried in Congressional cemetery,
| Washington, D. c., but was later taken
| to Louisville, KY, 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 Nov. "a. 1874.
Willard Fillmore, thirteenth presi-
dent, is buried in a beautiful spot in
Forest Lawn cemetery, near Buffalo
n. Y. A plain monument of polished
red granite bears the name Fillmore"
and the simple inscription, Willard
Fillmore, born January Z, 1900; died
March 8. 1874"
Franklin. Pierce sleeps in his native
state (New Hampshire), in Minot GEM
etery Concord. Although the four
tenth president the modest inscrip-
ton on the cross crowned monument
of Italian marble only tells that Frank
Pierce was born Nov. %, 1904, and died
Oct. g. 1869.
In Woodward Hill cemetery, Lancas-
| ter, Pa, rests the dust of James Blu
chanan. The Romanesque monument
of Italian marble bears the inscription:
James Buchanan, fifteenth president
of the United States. Born in Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, April %, 1871.
Died at Wheatland, June 1, 1863"
Springfield, Ills.,: holds the shrine of
Lincoln. The monument lately rebuilt
is an imposing pile. The beautiful mar
bic sarcophagus has upon it the word
Lincoln" and the single sentence,
with malice toward none, with chart
/ ty for all" 1t needs no other inscrip-
ton. The nation will doubtless ever re
member incidents Of the day of his
death, April 15 1865.
Andrew Johnson's grave is in Green
Vile, Greene county, Tenn, and mag
1,if
ing place of the Seventeenth president
of the United States, born Dec. 30, 1908;
died July 81 1875 This monument was
erected by his children.
l. General Grant, the great soldier pres
ident, sleeps under an imposing monu-
ment 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, n. Y, July %, 1885
! and the eighteenth president of the
United States was mustered OUT =
The nineteenth president was Ruther-
| ford B. Hayes, born Oct. 4, 1922; died
at Fremont, o., Jan. II, 1898. His dust
rests under a beautiful monument al
Fremont.
In Cleveland, O., under magnificent
field sleeps the sleep that knows nc
waking. He was born Nov. 10, 1881
and was assassinated while president
dying Sept. 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 Oct. 3
1880, and died Nov. Is, 1886.
Benjamin Harrison, twenty third
president, was born at the old home
stead at North Bend, o., Aug. 80 1888
He died March Is, 1901, and is buried in
Indianapolis.
William Mckinley, twenty fifth pres
ident, was assassinated Sept Z, 1901
and died Sept. ID. He sleeps in beau
tiful spot in the cemetery at Canton
o., his monument as yet only the mem
DRY of his gentle nature, the fragrance
| of his kindly deeds.