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Posted in Death, Society by Greg Ross on July 4th, 2009

In the quiet graveyard near the little town of Attica lies the body of Nathaniel Grigsby and on the headstone the curious observer may read these words:

‘N. Grigsby, 2d Liu’t Co. G, 10th Indiana Volunteers. Died April 16, 1890. Age 78 years, 6 months and 5 days.’

‘Through this inscription I wish to enter my dying protest against what is called the Democratic party. I have watched it closely since the days of Jackson and know that all the misfortunes of our nation have come to it through this so-called party of treason.’

Below this inscription is added a postscript which says, ‘This inscription is placed here by the request of the deceased.’

– Thomas Allen McNeal, When Kansas Was Young, 1922