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

How many readers know where
are located the graves Of all the for
mer presidents Of the United States?
A writer in the New York World
thus describes them:
There is today no living exDresi-
dent Of this nation. OF President
Roosevelt's twenty-four predecessors
the tombs are scattered over eleven
States as follows.
1. George Washington-His tomb
stands near, and within sight Of, the
historic mansion on the sixty acres
Of his old plantation, now owned by
the Mount Vernon association, on
the Virginia side Of the Potomac riy
er, sixteen miles below Washington.
The burial vault Is. plain brick
structure, built according to diree-
tioas left by Washington In. bis will.
On marble slab over the gates is
craven the inscription:
within This Enclosure Rest the
Remains Of
General George Washington"
In plain view, just inside the iron
grill, are two marble sarcophagi, one
simply lettered washington. the
other Martha, Consort Of Washing
tom
2 and 6. John Adams and John
Quincy Adams.-The bodies Of both
these patriots are entombed. beneath
the portico OF the Uaitarian church
at Quincy, Mass. No monument or
exterior sign marks the spot where
rest father and son, both greet
fighters for our national indepen-
dence.
8. Thomas Jetferson.-He served
his country for forty-four years, dy-
ing comparatively poor man, and
was buried in the private burying
ground near the road leading to
Monticello from Charlottesville, Va.
A little stone marked the spot for
ffty-seven years. AS it was fast
going to decay, congress finally
erected a monument inscribed,
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson.
Author Of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence." 1t is a granite shaft
eighteen feet high.
4. James Madison-Like JEFF
ferson, Madison was buried on his
own farm, this being near Monticello,
Va. For twenty-five years the spot
was unmarked, until finally public
spirit started subscription and
erected a shaft marked Madison"
1t stands twenty-four feet high. It
Is not even today positively deter
mined whether the monument stands
ct the spot where the body was buri-
ed, as there never had been any
marking Of the grave.
5. James Monroe.-EncycloDedias
and histories, as rule, when they
mention the subject has President
Monroe buried in the old Marble
Cemetery on Second street, New
York city. In realty his body rests
in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond.
We. The grave IS surrounded by a
steel grating, which was erected~so
protect the sarcophagus after yandals
had twice stolen the copper name
plate. For twenty-seven years Mon
roe's body did rest In the New York
cemetery, in vault No. lat, belonging
to Robert Tillotson. In 1858, at the
expense Of the State Of Virginia, the
body was removed.
7. Andrew Jackson.-Rests in {.
corner Of his garden at 'the Hermi-
tage, eleven miles from Nashville,
Tenn. a beautiful monument, ff-
teen feet high, marks the spot, and
is inscribed General Andrew jack
son." giving dates of birth and
death.
s. Martin Van Buren.-In little
cemetery at kinderhood, n. Y, rises !
Van Buren's unpretentious shaft.
g. William Henry Harrison.-
"Tippercanoe" Harrison was a great !!
general and fighter in the battles OF
his country, yet for ffty-six years
his body rested in dilapidated tomb !;
at Notrh Bend, Ohio, in the mid
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