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Excerpt from Notable Men of Tennessee, Vol. 1: Personal and Genealogical, With Portraits
Join General Wilkinson at New Orleans, but only reached Natchez, his courage and endurance so inspired his men that they gave him the name, to signify that he was as tough as hickory wood. Upon retiring from the presidency, General Jackson published a farewell address, took up his residence at the Hermitage and died there on June 8, 1845. His wife died on Dec. 22, 1828, after his election to the presidency, but be fore he was inducted into othee. Her death was the greatest blow of his life. To some of his friends who called shortly after her death he said: What are the world and its honors to me since she is taken from me? They sleep side by side, not far from the old dwelling, their remains covered by a massive monument of Tennessee limestone, but his memory will endure for centuries.
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