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Andy Johnson's Home - His Old Home and His Grave, and How They Look - The Old Tailorshop

Greenville, Tenn., Dec. 2.—New York Mail.
of dietars statecraft. that wit1 neigh• the the walls of life's professorships be and to can instructive the of Illi. political ample at endowment the or of at sentiment University by the of colleges." a WALLOPS twentyfive Mullenix, ANDY JOHNSON'S HOME. El: Old Home and Hia Grave, and How They Look. The Old Tailor Shep la Which He Formerly Worked. GREENVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 2.--New York Mail. -Greenville, the home of Andrew Johnson, is in Green county, Tennessee, near the border of North Carolina. Here the great man lived and here repose his bones. The residence occupied by him as his last home is a neat brick house, built according to his own fancy, now the home of his daughter Mics. Patterson. There is nothing unique or even unusual about it. It is simply such as any well-to-do gentleman might reside In, free from ostentation or even style. An older bouse in which he formerly lived is shown to the tourist. This, like the last, is wanting in individuality, only an antique appearance to make it a little more interesting. The tailor shop, where bis fortunes began, is a place of no little interest. A single room 14 by 20 feet, scarcely a step from the sideware, on a by street, old and dilapidated, a muddy branch near a shackling fence without a gate, two planks nailed instead from post to post across the opening near the ground; such is the renowned shop where the great man sat and sewed and thought. Now for the inside; a low doorway passed, the writer stood within the walls, upon a rough, pieced-up floor of wide plank, badly worn and bearing many other marks of age. Two small windows, with glass panes and goild boards shutters banging from the outside, lighted the room, which is furnished with two beds, some chairs, and sundry household articles, the property of the present cecupant, Aunt Dolly Johnson, a former slave of the late President. The house was given to Aunt Dolly by her late mistress, Mrs. Johnson, who died six months subsequeatly to her busband, and is occupled by herself and famIly as a home. Aunt Dolly supports her famIly by a small bakery uptown. She will kindly give each tourist a splinter from some portion of the house where old master wielded his needle, thimble, and shears, while his mind roamed in greater tields. It is her delight to talk of him and his family in the olden days and show a large photograph album which hangs upon her walls. ' It is just like him." she says, "and he gave it to Dolly himself." On a large, round hill beyond the] town stands his monument--an octagonal monolith of white marble, mounted on a pedestal of solid stone, which rests upon a sub-structure of gray granite, comprizing 8 a double arch, with an beneath. Upon the top an eagle, with outspread wing, is hovering, and catching in his great claws the exquisite carvings of the marble flag, which is folded about the sbaft, with its stars and stripes. Just below a bal?- unrolled scroll, beautifnily defined, with the words Constitution of the United States standing forth in bold letters, while just under it is an open volume, upon which rests stard a of right pyramidal hand. On marble each side supporting of this is large a caved vases of the same material, filled with flowers, the chiselings of which cannot be surpassed in any land. Between, a little be- low, is the inscription: : ANDREW JOHNSON,: Seventeenth Preetdent of the United States. Born Dec. 29, 1808.: : Died July 81, 1675.: Hisfaith in the peo-: ple never wavered.: ELIZA JOHNSON. Born Oct. 4, 1811,: : Died Jan. 15, 1878.: :In memory of our: FATHER and MOTHER. In front of this is a mausoleum of white marble, mounted by a handsome cuvered urn, around which is carved a wreath of ivy leaves. On the arched side is the lascription : " Andrew Johnson, Jr., died March 12, 1879, aged 26 fears." At the foot la written: * To the memory of my husband." 01 each side marble pedestals resting on the ground support handsome vases, which display the master workmanship of the sculptor. To the left 810 two graves, marked by a united stone curbing, with twin head and foot slabs. Upon first is written: Robert Johnson, Colonel of the First Tennessee Cavalry. Died April 2, 1859, aged 33 years. Upon the other: Charles Johnson, Surgeon of United States Volunteers. Died April 4, 1863, aged 33 years. A circle of a radius of about twenty feet incloses the whole with a simple iron rallinz. There are no flowers except a single fish geranium in a little stand at the grave of Andrew Jebnson, Jr., and a wild sweet-briar rose, which has entangled itself in the railing, near which stands a bunch of mountain heather with its delicate white blooms. market from The New The Vor
Article from 16 Dec 1886The Des Moines Register(Des Moines, IA)
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