The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-08
MONEY ASKED.
The Bodies Now Resting In
Neglected Graves.
ARE BURIED AT OAK HILL.
Place That Once Belonged to President
Monroe Now Owned by Hon. Hens
rY Fairfax-AnlIn Interesting His
tory Of the Family State
Likely to Respond to
Appeal.

Appeal.
The effort to have the General Assens
bly, OF Virginia make an appropriation foa
| the purpose Of bringing the remains Of
Mrs. James Monroe and daughter. buried
at Oakhill, In Loudoun county. to Rich-
mond to be reinterred, beside the tomb OF
President Monroe, in Hollywood, Is excit.
| Ing widespread interest. ~ &
The press and people throughout thu
| Commonwealth seem to favor this action
on the part Of the State and with this
powerful sentiment-behind the movement
and with their own patriotic feelings on
the subject, little doubt needs to be felt
that the Legislature will consent to thu
appropriation necessary.
The; attention Of the State has been
called to the remote location. and. in
sense. neglected condition Of these two
graves by Hon. William w. Mc1ntire. Of
Baltimore, whose wife is a lineal descens
dant OF Monroe. " :,
Mr.. AlcIntlre expressing the opinion
at the time that a simple statement of
the case was all that would be necessary.
The feeling OF the descendants Of Mrs.
Monroe and Mrs. Gouvernour are eas-
lily realized. The graves OF the mother
and daughter are now on place which
has passed Out Of the possession of the
family, though all the deeds of transfer
have left 1t expressly plain that the lam,
lily burial lot Is ever to remain unmolest-
ed and the graves to belong to the de-.
scendants Of the dead.
IYY-GROWN MOUNDS.
The mounds are ivy-grown and far
away from the loving hands that would
In season scatter roses upon them. The
devoted husband and father is In his Il
lonely tomb In Hollywood, and not onet
Of his loved ones sleeping near him. In K
lifetime no American family was ever
more devoted than this, and lis it not
a pity that In death their narrow homes
should be so widely separated ~ say
those Interested
Eliza Monroe, afterwards Mrs. Georgd4
Hay. the most exclusive lady who has
ever been mistress OF the White House.
loved France and Paris. where she was
educated, and dying there. was buried In
Pere-la-C hase. There she sleeps to-day
But though born In Paris. ,when her faith.
er was minister there, Maria loved Ameris-
ca and Virginia, ana When she died in
+
ELL to be laid beside that of her moth.
err. Even then the remains Of Monroe Z
were in hired vault IN Iewi York city.
In 1865. twenty-seyen years after thu
death OF Monroe, and on the Tooth an.5;
snversary of his birth. a resolution was
introduced in the Senate and General
Assembly OF Virginia. APP proprlattng tho
sum of $1,000 or SO much of the sum az
might be necessary. for the purpose Of
f.f Of
famous doctrine" to Richmond a secs
ton in Hollywood was acquired, and this
is decided to the State. It is proposed
that the remains OF the wife shall ba 4
laid upon one side of the tomb and
those Of the beloved daughter. who took
care of him In his old age and poverty
one tho other SIDE elss
"CIIIf.DREN O THE WHITE HOusE.s5
The lives OF Mrs Monroe and her
daughters are exceedingly interes ting on 4
account of their influence upon PUBLIC
affairs and the friendships with the great
people OF earth which lasted through
out their lives. 5,
Mrs. Monroe was a Miss Kortright, OF
New York city. and she became the wife
OF Mr. Monroe when he was represents
ing a Virginia district in Congress. The +
two children of this marriage We're Eliza.
born at Oak Hill. proba bly, In 1870. and q
Maria, 13 years later During the time
her father was representing this coun-
try In Paris. Eliza was going to school
there She learned the ways of arlsto1- Il
racy, and her education In this direction e
bore abundant fruit when her father hes
came President. and. On account of this n
feeble health of her mo Their, she becama al
practically as we'll as absolutely the miss
tress of the White House and the most
exacting little monarch that stately man
sion has ever had. She would not visit "
any one, and it was she who held mp the
diplomats to making formal calls. Before @
that, during NIadison's and Jefierson's nd.
minlstrations, the diplomats often hap-
pened in to tea and visited the President
lust as they would any one else. But I.
Mrs Hay put a stop to this, and twas
she who first made the distinction OF 4
rank She set diplomatic as we'll as State
and national circles on fire with anS-
iety as to their places. and Washington
never was SO stirred. x N n
After her fathers two terms she went
to France on a visit. and dying there.
was buried in Pere.la-C haise and there
doubtless the remains will rest until tho
last trump Had she expressed wish. 81
she would likely have preferred her ashes 8
TO mingls with the soil Of France In
preference even to her own native Ameri. y
ga. 134 5f5 {s3A- E5
MRS, GpuYERNOUR.
Maria's life was even as interesting al
that OF her elder sister She WAS tho x
irst daughter OF President to be mar +
lied in the White House, She was born
n Paris in 1903 and was educated there.
IN 1890 at the age Of II. she married Mr..
Samuel u Gouvernpur, OF New York. Tha
ceremony was performed very quietly
1t the White House. and papers. at tina
'equest OF Mrs. Hay. had but the hrisfess
and most formal notice OF II hut 4 E