Jane Hanson National Memorial

Jane Hanson National Memorial (HM1Y4S)

Location: Frederick, MD 21701 Frederick County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 24.186', W 77° 25.012'

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First Lady Jane Contee Hanson, 1728-1812

In the unmarked mass grave behind this memorial rests Jane Hanson, the original first lady of the United States.

She is buried here with 285 others reinterred in 1913 from Frederick's Old Episcopal Graveyard. Seventy with legible gravestones were buried here indentified s were Jane's Daughter Jane Thomas, son-in-law Dr. Philip Thomas, and their children John Hanson Thomas, Sr. and Rebecca Thomas Magruder whose graves are directly behind this memorial. The 286 with illegible or no gravestones or who like Jane rested in unmarked coffins with family crypts were buried anonymously in the mass grave mound seen behind this memorial.

Jane Contee Hanson descended from French nobility and was the Great-Great-Granddaughter of the High Sheriff of London. She presided over one of the nations great estates, witnessed her husband's ascent to the presidency, sacrificed two sons in the Revolution, served in the first presidential mansion as the nations original first lady., and outlived twelve of her thirteen children. They and her grandchildren were elected to the United States Senate, House of Representatives and Maryland General Assembly; Served as chancellor of Maryland, Electors of George Washington, and college presidents, Chief Justice John Marshall
and a Governor of Maryland

Renowned sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez conceived of this dual-bust memorial to reunite Jane and John Hanson after their 231 years apart. He also created the John Hanson National Memorial.
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President John Hanson, 1715-1783

No presidential couple suffered more tragic fates than did Jane and John Hanson. Jane's husband served the 1781-82 term as the first president of the original United States government under the Articles of Confederation. He was interred in a family crypt at Oxon Hill Manor in Prince George's County where he died November 22, 1783. The crypt was illegally destroyed during land development in the 1980s. The fate of John Hanson's body remains a mystery.

The John Hanson National Memorial is located at the Frederick County Courthouse a few blocks north of here.
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The Jane Hanson National Memorial was donated by the John Hanson Memorial Association to this cemetery in 2014.
These Donors have generously made the Memorial Possible.

The state and people of Maryland ● Mount Olivet Cemetery ● Medro, Karen, Corina and Mason Johnson William E. Cross Foundartion ● Delaplaine Foundation Randall Charitable Trust ● Vicki and Peter Hanson Michael Business and Professional Women's Club of Frederick Bonnie and John
Hanson Briscoe, Sr. ● Aldan T. Weinberg Robert M. and Jo Anne Hanson ● John C. and Linda Hanson Frederick County Bank ● Ronald J. and Linda Ellis John, Shanti, Sarina and Travis Regis ● Alexandra Stone Hanson, Abigail and Hayden Michael ● David E. Ljung Mary Jo and Harry Pundt

The John Hanson Memorial Association Inc
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Peter Hanson Michael, President ● Aldan T. Weinberg, Secretary Robert M. Hanson, Vice President ● Edward Edelen, Treasurer John Hanson Briscoe, Director ● John C. Hanson, Director
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Year Placed2014
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Date Added Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 at 1:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 291899 N 4364297
Decimal Degrees39.40310000, -77.41686667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 24.186', W 77° 25.012'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 24' 11.16" N, 77° 25' 0.72" W
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Area Code(s)301, 410, 240
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 422 Pinoak Pl, Frederick MD 21701, US
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