The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-02
GRAVES OF TIE PRESIDENTS.

Of pasture field. The ground was
decided to the State Of Ohio, and the
tomb repaired to its present col !.
dition in 1897, when the name 1sHar-
rison" was cut on the tomb for the
first time.
10. John Tyler.-A little stone
about twenty by thirty inches marks
President Tyler's resting place in
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va.
His grave is less than ten yearas>
from President Monroe's, and for
thirty-seven years was unmarked.
IL. James K. Polk.-At Nash
Vile, Tenn, President Folks remains
rested in his own door yard for
forty-four years. They were then
removed to the capitol grouns at
the expense OF the State and now
repose under a betting monument.
u. Zachary Taylor.-At St. Mat
thews, KY, in large field Of his
old farm, stands beautiful monu-.
ment- thirty-seyen feet high. bearing
the name "Maj.-Gen. Zachary. Taylor,
Twelfth President of the Unitsi
States," 4 profile OF the General, and
list OF the battles he fought. 1T
was erected by the State.
13. Nillard Fillmore plain
obelisk twenty-five feet high stands
in Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo,
N. Y, to the memory OF Millard Fill.
more.
IL. Franklin P!e-ce.-A four
teen-foot monument OF Canadian
marble, at Concord, n. H, is IN
scribed franklin Pierce and bears
the line: "other refuge have,
nope"
15. James Buchanan.-At Lam
caster, Pa, stands the monument
marking the grave Of Abraham Lin.
coins predecessor as chief magis-
trate.
16. Abraham .Lincoln:-His tomb
and monument at Springfield, HI,
cost s270,000, which sum was raised
by public subscription. In 1900 It
was discovered that the foundation
was defective, and the State appro-
priated 100000 to rebuild the
structure. It now stands 135 feet
high. The inscription is, Lincoln,
With Malice Towards None, With
Charity for ALL
II. Andrew Jackson.-A beauti-
full monument, at Greenville, Tenn,
was erected by President Johnson's
children at cost Of $4,000.
IS Ulysses s. Grant.-He Is hon-
ored with one Of the srandest> nauso-a
leums IN the world. It cost $7,000.-
900, stands 800 feet above the level
Of the Hudson, on Riverside Drive,
New York, and was the gift Of the
people OF the country. It Is marked:
"Let Us Have Peace" Inside are
two sarcophasi, each weighing ten
tons, oae marked t'Ulysses S. Grant"
the other ."Julia D. Grant"
10. Rutherford B. Hayes sleeps
beneath modest monument In the
family plot at Fremont, Ohio.
20. James A. Garfeld.-At
Cleveland, Ohio, stands one Of the
most imposing monuments reared
to any of our presidents. This was
erected by public subscription.
81. Chester A. Arthur.-His
friends erected q beautiful monu-
ment in the Rural cemetery, at Al
bany, n. T., at e cost of s11, 900
%. Grover Cleveland.-Au that
can be shown as yet is President
Cleveland's grave, by the side Of his
daughter Ruth's grave, at Princeton,
n. J. His will provides for modest
monument to be erected.
%. Benjamin Harrison. = At
Indianapolis, is a digniaed monu-
nent to the memory Of Benjamin
Harrison, Lawyer and Publicist,
"a. William McKinley-on Mon
lment Hill, Canton, Ohio, stands one
If the country's finest monuments,
Using to height Of 164 feet and
79 feet in diameter, marking the
grave OF the martyred Mckinley.
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