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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.
The Jane Hanson National Memorial was donated by the John Hanson Memorial Association to this cemetery in 2014. |