Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — John Howard Payne. [ARTICLE]

John Howard Payne.

The remains of John Howard Payne, the author 6t “Home, Sweet Hbme,” were brought to America and interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C., June 9, 1883. He was buried in Tunis for a number of years, the United States Government placing a slab with the following inscription over hisgrave: “In memory of John Howard Payne, twice Consul for the United States of America for the Kingdom of Tunis. This stone has been placed here by a grateful country. He died at the American Consulate in this city after a painful illness, April 1, 1852. He was born in the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts. June 8, 1792. His fame as a poet and dramatist is well known wherever the English language is spoken, through his celebrated ballad of •Home, Sweet Home,’ and the popular tragedy ‘Brutus,’ and other similar productions.” ) .