Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-20

officials and citizens, to Forest Lawn
| Cemetery, where, after the final services
of the Episcopal church. the remains
were deposited in the family lot. A
handsome monument has since been
/ erected.
/ Franklin Pierce, left lonely and desc
late by the death of his children, his
! wife and his friend Hawthorne. and by
the secession OF many of his political
! friends, died rather Unexpectedly at the
house OF Mr.. Williams. where he board
| ed, at Concord, n. H., on the Str OF
October, 1869, aged So. He was buried
! on the following Monday, Oct. IL,
! when has remains were removed in the
morning, under escort, to the State
House, where they lay in state during
the day in coffin covered with black
cloth with silver trimmings. At l
O'Clock the remains were removed to st.
Paul's Episcopal Church, of which the
deceased was member, followed by ma
tional, State and city officials, members
OF the bar and citizens. The rites of the
Episcopal church were performed by
Rev. Drs. Eames, Colt, Edison and
! Lambert. The funeral procession left
the church at o'clock, aud deposited
the remains In their last resting place in
the Minot Cemetery, where he rests by
the side of his wife and two sons be-
meath monument appropriately in
scribod.
James Buchanandied at" Wheatlanl, >"
his rural home, near Lancaster, Pa, of
pleuro pneumonia, June l, 1868, aged
II. His funeral was, as he had request
ed, without pomp or display. The
house and surrounding grounds were
filed with personal friends, political adj
mirers and townspeople, who stood dur
ing the long service conducted by Rev.
DIR. Neyin, President of the Franklin
and Marshall College, distinguished
Presbyterian divine The remains were
exposed to view in the wide hall of the
house, IN white satin shroud and
plain coffin. They were escorted by a
long procession, in carriages aud on foot,
to Woodland Hill Cemetery, south of
Lancaster, overlooking curve of the
Conestoga. A monument has since
been cree ed over the grave, composed
of massive block of Italian marble,
weighing over seven tons. The inscrip-
ton, written by himself before his death,
simply gives his name and the dates of
his birth and death.
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John
Wilkes Booth, in Ford's Theater at
Washington, ON the evening of April IA,
1865, and taken to the house of Mr..
Peterson, ON the opposite side of the
street, where he died at twenty minutes
past 7 o'clock the next moning. After
an autopsy had been made the remains
were taken to the White House, where
they were embalmed. The funeral servi-
ces We're performed on Wednesday, the
18th of April, in the East room of the
White House, where a catafalque had
been erected, beneath which was the
coffin, covered with black cloth wish
silver ornaments and fringe. The Judges
of the Supreme Court, many Senators
and Representatives, the diplomatic
corps, and many civil, military and
naval officers, and the representatives of
leading journals were assigned standing
places on temporary raised platforms.
The funeral services were conducted bv
Rev. DR.. Hall of the Episcopal Church,
who read the liturgy from the book of
common prayer, Bishop Simpson, who
offered prayer; Rev. DIR. Gurley, who
preached the funeral sermon and closed
by benediction by Rev. DIR. Gray,
Chaplain of the Senate. A funeral pro.
cession was then formed, escorted by
two regiments of the Veteran Reserve
Cops, two regiments of cavalry, bat
terry of artillery, and a battalion of
marines, followed by a large body of
officers on foot, and by upward of 1000
mounted officers. All Of these bodies
of men were war veterans, and they
presented fine appearance. Next came
the attending clergymen, the physicians
and the pail bearers, and then the
tuneral' car, drawn by six gray horses,
and followed by the favorite saddle horse
of the deceased, led by groom. Then
came carriages, four abreast, containing
prominent officers, and followed by State
associations, organizations of different
kinds from the Northern cities.
and citizens. 1t is estimated
that there were $4,000 persons in
the procession, which was an horr
and half passing any given point.
On reaching the Capitol the remains
were placed in the center of the rotunda.
which was draped in mourning, where
they remained under guard of honor
until the next morning. Mr.. I,ncoln's
corted to car, and taken to Spring ueld,
ILL.,, by the way of Baltimore, Harris
burg, Philadelphia, New York, Albany,
Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indian
apolis and Chicago, stopping long
enough at each place to permit impos
ing demonstrations of respect. The
final interment took place at Oak Ridge
Cemetery on Thursday, the Attn day of
May, and an imposing monument has
since been erected there.
Andrew Johnson, who was at the time
| United States Senator. having been
elected after he left the Presidential
chair, was stricken with paralysis on the
29th Of July, 1875, at the house of his
daughter, Mrs, Brown, in Garter county,
Tenn, and he died there on the morn
ing of the 31st, in the 9th year of his
age His dying request, Let my body
| be shrouded in the flag of the nation and
my head pillowad on the constitution of
my country" was complied with, and
his funeral was without any display of
"pomp and circumstance. A plain
hearse carried the remains, and three
| carriages held the members of his fami :
| iy. There were no other vehicles, but
thousands of the people of East Tennes-
| see followed the remains of their es-
teemed leader. They were inferred with
simple religious exercises on an emf
hence west of the town OF Greenviile-a
| spot selected by himself commanding
| an extended view of the surrounding
country. The surrounding mountains,
which had stood sentinels of his home,
now look down upon the unpretending
| monument erected over his grave.
The tragic death of James A. Garfield
| who was shot by the assassin Guiteau
at railroad depot in Washington on the
, / day of July, 1891, and died on the
10th of September--is too fresh in the
mind of the average reader to require a
| recapitulation of the circumstances at
| this time.
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