Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1919 — BUILT FROM HIS OWN PLANS. [ARTICLE]

BUILT FROM HIS OWN PLANS.

At the late date of 1827 a wish expressed by George Washington In his will was obeyed. He had called attention to his selection of a spot for a new tomb for" himself and family and those of the family already buried in the old vault. The old tomb was disadvantageously situated on the side of a hill which was subject to landslides. For the new vault he specified not only the spot, but also dimensions and materials. According to these, his own plans, a tomb was built, and his and Mrs. Washington’s bodies were transferred to It, along with the remains In the old vault of other members of the family. The latter were buried within the vault, but of sight, while the bodies of General and Mrs. Washington are In stone coffins above the ground, within plain view between a grated iron doorway.