Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[Gene C]

There is a Jefferson College just south of St. Louis, but it's not there

Is this what you are referring to?

"Thomas Jefferson's original tombstone stands on the east side of the quad. Jefferson's original tombstone was given to xxxxxx by his heirs in July 1883 due to xxxxx being the first XXXXXXX within Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase.

The plaque on the gravestone reads "This original marker, placed at the grave of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Virginia in 1826, constructed from his own design, was presented July 4, 1883, by the Jefferson heirs to XXXXXXX XXXXXXX. First XXXXXX XXXXX to be founded in the Louisiana Territory purchased from France during President Jefferson's administration. The obelisk, dedicated on this campus at commencement June 4, 1885, commemorates Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, whose faith in the future of western America and whose confidence in the people has shaped our national ideals; commemorates the author of the of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia statute for religious freedom, founder of the University of Virginia, fosterer of public education in the United States."

And under these words it reads (the original epitaph)

"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and FATHER of the University of Virginia"