Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-09

ated on the bank of the Cumberland river, about
ten miles from the city of Nashville There the
mortal remains of the distinguished General and
President, who filled so important place in the
history of his countr;, were inferred in June,
1845. We have seen no particular description of
the tomb at the Hermitage, but 1t is known that
the general opposed to pomp and show in
commemoration of the dead. He refused to
cept of marble sarcophagus brought from the
Mediterranean which had contained the remains
of one of the heroes of antiquity. He desired to
be buried in plain manner, according to the Gus
toms of his countrymen.
General jackson was buried by the side Of his
wife, who had preceded him to the tomb sixteen
years before his death. The following epitaph
of this lady is interesting, as it was written by
General Jackson himself.
The Richmond Enquirer says: lady in the
west has been kind enough to send us copy of
Andrew Jackson's epitaph on his wife. 1t is
known to have been his own composition, yet al
though it has been read by thousands on her
tomb in Tennessee, it has never appeared in print
before. The singular inscription thus:
Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachael Jackson
wife of President Jackson, who died the 22d
of December, 1928, aged 81 years. Her face was
fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable, and
her heart kind She delighted In relieving the
wants of her fellow-creatures and cultivated that
divine pleasure by the most liberal and unpre
tending methods To the poor she was benefact
ress; to the rich she example; to the
wretched comforter; to the prosperous an orna
benevolence and she thanked her Creator for
being permitted to do good. A being so gentle
and yet virtuous SANDER might wound but
could not dishonor. Even death, when he tore her
from the of her husband, could but trans
plant her to the bosom of her Cod.
HARRISON.
At North-Bend, Ohio.
General Harrison died at the city of Washing
ton only one month after his inauguration The
funeral took place at the seat or government on
the 7th of April, and was attended by an I'M
mense concourse of people from Baltimore, Alex
andria Richmond, Philadelphia and other places
The civic and military procession was large and
imposing, occupying two miles in length. The
funeral service of the Episcopal Church was read
by Rev. Mr.. Hawley The body inferred in
the Congregational burying ground, but soon aft
erwards removed to the former residence OF Gen
eral Harrison, at North-Bend on the banks or
the Ohio few miles below Cincinnati, where
THE TAYLOR.
Near Louisville. Kentucky.
General Taylor was the second President who
died in Office, and his decease took place at Wash
ington city, 9th of July, 1850, where he was first
inferred with military and civic honors His re-
mains were removed in the fall of the same year
and deposited in the family cemetery, near Louis
Vile, Kentucky on the 1st November, lo5o
Colonel Richard Taylor, the father of the Presi-
dent removed with his family, from Virginia to
Kentucky in 1925, and resided in the vicinity
of Louisville. When Gen. Zachary Taylor was
appointed to the command of the southwestern
division of the army, he removed his family from
Louisville to Baton Rouge Louisiana, where they
continued to reside until his election to the Presi-
dency simple and plain monument marks the
tomb of General Taylor, near Louisville
THE TOMB OF JAMES K.
At NashviHe, Tennessee