page_title: Bushrod Washington
section_title: Death and interment
hierarchical_section_title: Bushrod Washington / Death and interment
caption_attribution_description: English: The Washington Family Tomb at Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, near Mount Vernon, Virginia, in the United States. The memorial grave marker of John Augustine Washington is left. The memorail grave marker of Bushrod Washington is right. A wreath of laurel leaves stands left, ready for a wreath-laying ceremony.
context_page_description: Bushrod Washington was an attorney and politician who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829. On the Supreme Court, he was a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall.
  Washington was a co-founder and president of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the emigration of freed slaves to Africa. The nephew of American founding father and President George Washington, he inherited his uncle's papers and Mount Vernon, taking possession in 1802 after the death of Martha Washington, his uncle's widow.
context_section_description: Bushrod died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 26, 1829, while riding circuit.  His wife died two days later while transporting his body for burial. Both are interred in a vault within the Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon. An obelisk erected in front of the tomb memorializes Bushrod and his wife.
caption: Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon in 2014. Bushrod Washington's remains are interred in a vault at the rear of the tomb.  His memorial is the obelisk at the right side of the photograph.
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