Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-02
4. ROBERT RAMSEY LIVINGSTON,
4. Born August 10, 1927,
{: Died September 2s, lsSS.
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At the head stood IL most elaborate floral
tribute, Gates Ajar forwarded by r. G.
Gushing of Omaha. Above the gates was
spotless dove wi tn outstretchcd wings At
the base was pillow of flowers with the
words, AT Rest in purple immortelles
Another elaborate tribute was Maltese
cross in pink carnations, with the words,
"ln Hoe Signo Ninces,n III immortcles. On
the face of the cross was a crown with n Ro-
man cross in yellow roses, while beneath
were the embIems of Faith, Hope and Char
| ity. This was tribute from eXresidents of
| Plattsmouth who had moved to Lincoln.
| Mrs John Fitzgerald of Lincoln sent beau
tful scroll of tuberoses and white
roses; the German societies of Plattsmouth
| floral wreath; Mrs. f. G.. Dovey sickle in
heliOtrOpe; Livingston chapter, No. 10, *. +.
| Beatrice, "a floral square and compass; the
| Herman family large floral pillow: the
Plattsmouth commandery Maltese cross;
Mr.. l.. Moore and anchor of roses; little
Helen Cox, a cross; Father kCarncy, n cross
Miss Burton, cross; Miss Maggie O'Keefe,
of Omaha, cross, with number of bOquets
| by other people,
Around the residence of the deceased the
thrOng was greatest, especially about
o'clock when the procession formed. The
line marched south on Oak street TO Main,
thence to Third, Vine and the church of St
Luke, where the funeral exercises were held.
1t afterwards proceeded west to Sixth, north
| to Oak. and thence west to the cemeterv
j. W. Johnson acted as chief marshal The
first division was in charge of NJ. b. Murphy.
1t comprised about 100 Knights Templar
about twenty of whom were past officers the
latter being under the command of Major
Hastings. These We're followed by seventy
five master masons under the marshalship of
" V. Leonard.
The second division was marshalled by a.
j. Streight 1t comprised the LOYAL Legion
which was commanded by Captain Humphrey
and consisted lof General j. r. Brooke,
Colonel II. 5. Clarkson, Colonel r. ii. Hall
Colonel Horace I.udington Colonel S =
Curtis, General j. Is. Denis, Major
j. w Paddock Major N G. Franklin
Major Pierce, Captain j. II. Manchester
Captain A. Alice, Captain W. T. Clark
Dr. j. II. Peabody, Captain H. T. Palmer
| of Plattsmouth Captain Humphrey. Pawnee
| City; Captain Morrison, Nebraska City; DIR.
Carter, Lincoln; Lieutenant McClay Lin
coin: Lieutenant Harwood, Lincoln These
were followed by the survivors of the First
Nebraska regiment Of volunteers of which
DIR. Livingston was member They were
| Major j. w. Paddock, Chris Hartman Chas
| Burmestcr, of Omaha; Thomas Clark of
| Des Moines; Ben Hempel and j. W. John
| son. of Plattsmouth. The standard bearer
| bore the pole of the old flag which had
| passed through many a fierce engagement,
| Then came the Grand Army posts, the leading
| one of which was that of McConihe, about
| one hundred veterans being IN line The
| Sons of Veterans followed with thirty men.
| under the command of S. G. Green. These
| were followed by representatives of the
| State Medical society and the faculty of the
| Omaha Medical college, comprising Doctors
| Denise, Leisenring, Carter, Milroy, Sumers,
| McCrea, of Omaha, and Dr. Abbott of Ere.
| mont Then came division No. 9, Platts-
| mouth knights of Pythias, twenty-four men
| under the command of w. p. Keile These
| were associated with Ashland knights, some
| of whom were of the uniform rank and others
of the subordinate lodges. twentysix in
| number, under the order of w. w, Crane
The third division was marshaled by j.
| C. Eikenbarry II included the Indepeudent
Order of Odd Fellows, who were followed
| by the Ancient Order of Hibernians eighty
strong, the leaders of the fourth division,
| which was commanded by William Neville
| Following them came the Liederkranz
society and turner's, and after them marched
| the Stone Ballast lodge of the Brotherhood
| of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
thirty.tive in number, under Marshal Crehan.
The Plattsmouth fire department was next
| in line d. O'Rourke marshal with about
thirty tiremen, one of whom bore a banner
with the words "Our First Chiefn Then
| came carriages containing the clergymen
and following them moved the hearse, with
| the following pail bearers: Captain H. f..
Palmer, John Waterman. w. j. White, Cap
tain f.. Donovan, Isaac Wiles and j. Nj. Pat
terson Walking beside these were repre-
sentatives from all the organizations in the
| line The A. O. u W. were represented by
| three lodges Nos s. 81 and 81 which con
sisted of about fifty men, under the control
of +. j. Morgan. Marching after them came
| a small detail of b. g. NJ shopmen
who were not members of other societies
| and after them came j. A. May S 532 and
| Platte, 9,4Q5, assemblies knights of Labor,
| with Frank Carroll as marshal. Then fol
lowed carriages containing the family
friends of the deceased, mayor, council and