The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-04
Graves Of the Presidents.

English sovereign within a few
hours. They lie at Winchester
and at Windsor. But only tw'
cemeteries in the United State'
contain the bodies Of more thar
one President. The Adames boil
lie in the yard of the First Con
gregational church at Quincy
Mass, and Monroe and Tyler arr
buried in Hollywood Cemetery
! Richmond, Va The Presidential
burial places are scattered from
New Hampshire on the north to
Virginia on the south, and from
Illinois to the Atlantic coast. Five
are buried in Virginia, four in
New York aud IN Ohio, sthree in
Tennessee, two in Massachusetts,,
and a in New Hampshire, Ken.
lucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Illinois.
OF the five Presidents who died
in ~ofice-Aarrison. Taylor, Lin
coin, 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 was removed later to
North Bend, 0.
Washington liesat his old home
at Mount Vernon, where he died.
Thomas jefferson was buried al
his home estate, Monticello, Va.
Ia cemetery at Montpelier, Va
contains the ashes of Madison.
The death of Andrew Jackson
took place at the Hermitage, his
home in Tennessee. When he
was dying those about the bed be-
gan to weep. Raising himself, he
exclaimed "What is the matter
with my dear children? O, do not
cry. Be good children and We
will all meet in heaven These
were his last words. He was
buried near his home.
After the expiration of his term,
James K Polk went to Nashville.
Tenn, but lived only a few months
The burial was at Nashville. Van
Buren, died at his country home in
Undertook, Nj, and vas buried
from the old Dutch church there.
Pneumonia caused the death OF
William Henry Harrison a month
after his Inauguration His last
words were spoken to a doctor,
whom he evidently mistook for
Vice President Tyler. Sir" he
said, 81 wish You to understand
the true principles of this govern
ment. l wish them carried out.
l ask nothing more" He was
buried in the Congressional Gene
terry, but a few years later the
body was removed to North Bend,
to a tomb overlooking the
| Ohio River The grave was neg
| lected until the State of Ohio
erected a monument above it. His
successor, Tyler, died at the Ex-
change Hotel, Richmond, a men,
| Der of the Confederate Congress.
"Doctor, I am going" he said, as
the end approached. 81 hope not,
SIR" was the answer. "Perhaps
it is BEST" the dying man replied,
and did not speak again. Taylor
died durlng his term of office at
the White House. His last words
were: II am about to die. l ex-
pect the summons soon. | have
endeavored to discharge all my
official duties faithfully. l regret
nothing, but l am sorry that | am
about to leave my friends" His
body was put in "a vault at Wash
ington, from which it was remov-
! ed to Springfield, five miles from
Louisville, Ky. Willard Fillmore
was buried at Buffalo, where he
died. The body Of Franklin
| Pierce lies at Concord, N. H., and
that of James Buchanan, at Lam
caster, Pa. His last. words,
whispered to himself, were: 30
Lord God Almighty, as Thou
wilt"
Lincoln died without speaking
| after he was shot. His body rests
in Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Spring
field, Ill. 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 Greenville, Tenn. Gen.
Grant died at Mount McGregor,
N. Y, and his body lies in the
fine tomb at Riverside Park. Mr..
Hayes was buried at Fremont, o.,
| where he died. Garfield's body
lies at the base of the monument
in Lake View Cemetery. Cleve-
land, within sight of Lake Erie,
and only a few miles from his
home at Mentor Chester A.
Arthur died in New York city
only a 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 it now az
any other time aud submit to the
inevitable" He is buried al
Albany, N. Y, where a fuely
sculptured figure guards his tomb.