The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-26
DIR. RECTOR's FUNERAL.

Imposing Services at st. Matthews
church and the Cemetery.
The funeral of DR.. Pierson Rector too K
place yesterday afternoon at 81. Mat
thew's Church on Sussex street. Long
before the time fixed for the services
every pew in the church except those re-
served for the family and friends OF the
deceased was filed, while the aisles and
rear Of the edilce were so crowded that
It was difficult to make a passage through
them. The pew which the doctor occu
pied during his lifetime was d~rapedswith
black, caught up with a spray of palm
and lilies. Floral pieces, the tributes OF
the various organizations Of which the
doctor was a member covered the chancel
steps. AT two O'Clock the body wa 5
placed in the hearse and taken from the
doctors late home. No. 100 Grand sire ct
10 the church. It was escorted by Van
Houten Post No. 8, OF which the doc {
was a member, proceeded by the full drum
and fife corps OF the post. A firing squad
from the same post with reversed mus
kets walked upOn each side OF the hearse.
There was also in the procession delega-
lions from Zabeiskie and Henry wilson
Poets.
AQOn aIItfluk ~ ~ OuAACa a Dkty
was met at the door by the supplied
choir OF the church; Messrs. John Yer
non, John Chadburne, Victor Baier,
Robert Riddick and Thomas Hall, warden
and vestrymen of the church; ant the
Rev. Mr.. Mock, the rector, aud the Rev:
William Hall To the solemn strains OF
Chopin's funeral march played upon the
organ by Charles Baier, the chorister Of
the church, the procession proceeded
slowly up the centre aisle, the Kew. Mr..
Mock ~reciting the II am the resurrection
and the life" from h Episcopal burial
service.
Following the casket came the pail
bearers, Judge William p. Douglass, who
IS a cousin of the deceased; Mr.. William
I. Evans, for nan years secretary OF 81.
Matthew's parish; DIR. Craven. 5. V. Nor
ris, DR.. Gray and Isaac n. Quimby; the
Grand Army men, ex-Mayor Gilbert Coi-
Inns and Thomas McEwen, and the entire
Board of Governors, representing the
Union League CLUB; Finance Commits
sioner George r. Hitler, William Van
Keuren, James Flemming. President
Charles Allen, of the Board of Aldermen;
ex-Alderman Shawda, Richard Z. Wash
burn, president of the hudson
County National Bank; ex-Postmas-
ter Green, Judge Jonathan Dixon,
<. w. Kingsland, of the Provident Instf-
tuition for Savings. Charles 5. Furst. ex-
Judge John A. Blair, John Brennan, ex-
Sheriff Cronin. DR.. b. A. Watson, DIR. l..
]. Gordon, Eugene Hartnett, Mr.. Pierson,
Register George b. Fielder, John Nc
Cutcheon, 4. Sands and delegations from
the Hudson County Republican General
Committee and the Jersey City Loan and
Building Association. The casket, which
was draped with a national flag, a bore
upon the lid several wreaths of flowers,
was placed at the foot of the chancel steps.
The choir chanued Lord teach me 10
- II --I IL Dau Af. Hall
read the lesson. The choir sang a hymn
and the Rev. Mr.. Mock read the prayers
Then proceeding with MIR. Hall to where
the casket rested, he read the cOmmittal.
The rector was visably affected and was
obliged to lean on Mr.. Hall for support,
The choir sang Jerusalem the Golden"
as 1t slowly filed around the church and
disappeared into the sacristry. Almost
every one in the church had known the
doctor in his lifetime and had cause to
remember some one Of mis- many deeds OF
kindness, and during the services soos
were heard on all sides.
When the last note of the choir died
away in the distance the casket was borne
to the rear of the room and the Grand
Army ritual for the dead was read. The
lid was then removed and those who
wished were afforded an opportunity to
look upon the face of the dead man.
A large crowd thronged Sussex street
u SIOou ABOUT inc church uhtlL bhe
casket reappeared, borne upon the shout
ders of the veterans. Instinctiyely almost
every one removed his hat and stood n
covered until the casket was deposited in
the hearse. Then the procession was re-
sumed, and through streets lined with
silent spectators it moved slowly to the
Jersey City Cemetery, where the body
was placed in a receiving vault. The
firing squad drew up before the vault and
fired three vOlleys, the soldiers last trib-
ute to his dead comrade.
The Rev. Mr.. Mock will preach a SER
mon in memory of DIR. Rector at st.
Matthavv5s Church Sundav avauing