The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-24

appeared To n,iice what WAS being
done. srose. AMI bending over the
cof6n. kis-s-i the face III the corp>,.
Then the lii wa- fastened on. Ii
bore q plain silver plate. upon which
wxs engraved the words:
JA>E l.. Iss FossSsr Hut,
k.rD f-i. ~. Isis.
Died Jua- ~. Isis.
About y "'clocI DR.. Hull. accom-
panied BY Mr. Hyde and Mrs. Sayle-.
returned Z" his home. lie seemed
very weak and almost daz-d. lie
partook Of u little n"urishment. and
then slowly sought his room. appar-
emily q broken hearted man.
The indv Of Mrs. Hull vas taken
tn Bound Bru,k. N. j.. whore it was
buried in the afternoon. The funeral
party from this CITY numbered ten
persons. Of tine relx,ives of Mrs.
Hull, there were her husband. DIR.
Hull !; her >ister-in law. Mrs. John A.
De Forrest. the wi.l"w 1T her Younger
brother her niece. Mr.. DE Forrest !:
Mrs. Hannah Linbarger Of Bound
Brpok. and the latter's stepiaughier.
MIS-. Matte Mertello. Besides these
there were Mrs. Sayles. the intimate
friend Of Mrs. Hull; Mr.. and Mrs.
Coleman. Mr.. Hyde, aud Mr.. n. :.
Chrittenden.
The mourners started on the l
o'clock train fro'u Communilaw. on
the Central Railroad Of New Jersey.
They occupied a forward car. Nearly
all we're dressed in black. Mrs. DE
Forrest sat with DR.. Hull. Sergeant
Heating and another officer from the
Thirteenth street station. both in
civilian dress, had seats just back Of
them on the Opposite side. They
kept close to the party thrOug hout the
journey. gving and returning. The
body was carried in the baggage car
in the rear. DR.. Hull remained
silent most Of the way. moving
uervously in his seat. and occasionally
looking out Of the window. In pass
ing Netherwood Mrs. De Forrest
spoke to him. and directed his atten.
ton to q new hotel there. Afterward
Mrs. Sayles moved to a seat in frUnt
Of him and asked him some brief
questions, to which he replied in q
monosyllable. She spoke further.
and he nodded his head.
The place where the body was laid
il known "a the DAVIS family burying
ground. 1t is a lot 200 feet square.
and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
It contains about 200 graves. The
tOmbstones are nearly all plain, and
many Of them are crumbliDg with
age. The inscriptions ON these bear
dates of the last century.
Mrs. Hulrs grave is in the south.
west corner, between that of her
mother aud younger brother. Her
fathers headstone, to the left,
was inscribed: in memory
of L. v. De Forrest. who died
May Z. 1868. aged IS years.
He hath entered his rest. The eve
which saw him shall see him no more.
Neither shall his place any more
behold him." The inscription Was
written BY Mrs. Hull. as vas also that
on her younger brothers grave. -
follows John Abel De Forrest.
Born Jan. %, 1912; died Jan. 10.
1875. Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord"
1t required the united strength Of
the six pail bearers and two addition
al persons to lift the coffin and carry
it from the hearse to the open grave.
The coffin was covered with black
cloth.
A bunch Of lilies and daisies lay on
the cover. The only other flowers
Was q basket of immortelles, red
rises, and pansies. with the word
"Rest," in purple immortelles.
Mis- De Forrest Vas the frst to
give vay 10 grief when the party
entered the buryine ground and stood
BY her fathers tomb and the open
grave made for her aunt. The grave
was newly dug, and the earth was
soft and loamv. Short planks and old
pieces Of wood had been placed across
the top By the gravedieger. and the
wooden box for the coffin rested on
them. He had just completed HE
work q the funeral procession entered
The yard.
The pail bearers add two or three
Of the undertakeris assistants ranged
on the sides Of the. grave,
and slowly lowered the coffin into the
box. They then loosened their hold.
md were turning away, when the
head Of the coffin Vas seen to move
md Immediately thereafter tumble
With . crash into the grave. DR..
Hull, who stood Ct the foot Of the
zrave silently watching the pail
bearers. cried out, oh. oh. oh !" and
moved . step or two f'rward from his |
Mrs. De Forrest. Tean |
:ame to his eyes for the first time. and |
'an down his cheeks All the other |
noaruess and bystauders stood horror
'tricken at the sight. The coffin Was
'lowly sinking forward into the grave
y the pail bearers. recovering from
heir confusion, jumped forward and
eised tho sides Of the box, holding
N With their united strength. The
Oft earth on which one Of the pail
'earers 1t the head d the grave va.
landing yielded un'ier his feet. and
" barely escaped falling full length
o he'coGo. In the fall The upper
"a Of Tie coin was eighty Displaced.
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