New-York tribune., 1879-02-25
TWO WEI-KNOWN RESIDENTS RtRlED.
FUNERALS OF IHE REV. DIR. HAGlIr AND EA-MAA o"
WtSTEKNEIT

TWO WELJ-KNOWN RESIDENTS HURLED
FUNERALS OF IHE REV. DIR. HNGHr And EA-MANoH
WESTERVELT.
The funeral of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin l.
Hight took place at Trinity Church yesterday o.. l
o'clock Preparatory Lcutcn services were held ' '
church in the morning and these conclndhR sho'",
before the funeral hour large number OF those pros'
remained. At o'clock the pai-beareis 'o"Sist"S W
the Rey Drs Mucahey Swopc, Potter Twing' wyatt
Norgau Uouchton and Howland. assembled III 'hc
vesrlulc of the main cu,rance The remains "'ic ''
received and borne in the main aisle OH '"e
OF four men, the pall-bearcrs walking on each siur
Bishop Potter accompanied by the heV' III p'A "
Bishop seymour. OF the diocese OF SIilhen'il' "''
Bishop Bedcll, OF the diocese of Northern ONO 'u "
procession while the organ was played the aua-"
from Becthoven's Heroic SYMPHONY ana BISHOP
Potter read the opening sentences of the Durlh 'V''
The coHin being placed within the chance the lessons
were read by DR. Dix the chorStels chah''"S INC
psalm The hymns " Nearer my God, TO 1hce' ahd
jerusalem the Golden" were th"n sung. The usual
burial service with the exception Of the conmlltd va
repeated No sermon WIS preached. nG ,r i,ter
taken by Hyde Park, on the Hudson lot inter
mPn: 81. =, .,.o,r
with three handles each side and Nat top ON Wncm @
was silver plate with the in>clipion; 4,ar brIJsn
Haght. Priest and Doctor October. 1903. icnIuaIy'
l~79." Two branches of palm and some slnilaN "tis
laid upon The i'd. General DIX, eAScclCtaiy ilHn anu
Afrr the scry,cts meeting OF the clergy, presided
over by Bishop Potter vas held, at which committee
sptct. The committee consists OF the Rev DT-' ho
gan. Washbur, Dyer, John Cotton sinith aho IL -
Potter. ,,,,.
The funeral services for the late cxMayor ana Doch
Commissioner, Jacob A. Westcrvelt, were htd III .iTI
South Reformed ODutcD Church, at ftthaIt. 'inI
Iwcnty-fIst-st Yesterday mOIiliu-. a !afgc nuno'I
OF persons were present, among whom were MAYOR
Cooper cX-GovcrnOr John r. Hoffman, eXMayGI Mui-
lain II. Wckham; Dock commission rs Henry ]. Iln-
ock and Jacob VandcrpOel and eX-D0ck Commissioners
john I. Aruew and Salem II. Wales FHe COmmls.l0lI
JOseuh l.. PcrlCy aud John j. Gorin4n; lrG, n
Wood. of the Board ~ Education, and Henry Betch
4 nbp j
Jurors Thomas DUNLAP ard about one hundred en-
poycs of the Dock Department Tho pallbcarets were
George Erkard, Saiem II. Wales, Jchh H. AhG: AieN-
ander ". Lawrence, Edward IIinchen, u. T. Dmorh'
John GRAY and William H. webb. The remains were
IN a vcvct-cOvercd coffin with massive silver tilln
mug,. A wreath OF immortcllcS, with the Woid
"Fa,hcr" I'm voets. and shcaf o wheat rested on the
cover. During the the collin rested at tLe nt
of the main aisle of the church. The Rev. Dr. L. T.
Rogers pastor the church. OficateG assisted 10y inc
Rev, d. Thomas T. Gallaudet rector Oi 81. AIMS Lps-
cupal Church, who read the burial service ana the
hVmn "Nrarer My God, TO Thee" which was sung ny
the choir. DIR. Rogers then nronOunced inc 1nneial as
course taking as his text, Proverbs AAll, J. EGGlu
name IS rather II he chosen than great tches' INC
ntcrnent was at Greenwood