Editing Abigail Adams (section)

==Death==
[[File:Resting place of Abigail Adams at United First Parish Church.jpg|thumb|right|Abigail's grave at [[United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts]]]]
Abigail Adams became ill during her final years. She died in her home on October 28, 1818,<ref name="Cullen-DuPont2000"/> of typhoid fever. She was buried in what was to become the family crypt, which now also holds her husband John, their son John Quincy, and John Quincy's wife [[Louisa Adams|Louisa]], located in the [[United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts|United First Parish Church]] (also known as the "Church of the Presidents") in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was 73 years old, exactly two weeks shy of her 74th birthday. Her last words were, "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long." Less than eight years later, on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], her husband died of heart failure at the age of 90. He was buried next to her in the family crypt in the United First Parish Church.