Friday, April 25, 2025

Henry Clay’s Remains.

We learn from the Lexington (Ky.) Observer that the remains of Henry Clay, after interment of twelve years, were removed last week, upon the death of his wife, and placed side by side with hers, beneath the beautiful monument erected to his memory in the Lexington cemetery. The wreath of immortelles placed upon his coffin by his friend, the gifted poetess, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, prior to the removal of the body from Washington, was found to be in almost perfect state of preservation, being but little faded, whilst a gold ring bearing the initials, “J. W.,” which rested near the wreath, was as bright as though just from the jeweler.

SOURCE: “Henry Clay’s Remains,” The Daily Progress, Raleigh, North Carolina, Wednesday, May 4, 1864,  p. 2, Col. 3

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