Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-09-25
Remains of Miss Winnie Davis,
Daughter of Jefferson Davis,
Arrive in Richmond.
MET BY THE LEE AND PICKETT CAMPS.
The Hearse Drawn by Four Beautiful
White Horses, Each One Led by
COlOred Man.
The Casket Placed In the Lecture Room of
St Paul's Church-The Funeral Services .
Were Conducted by Rev. DIR. Hartley
Carmichael and Assistants

RICHMOND, Va, Sept 24-Varina
Anne Jefferson Davis, "the Daughter
of the Confederacy," sleeps her last
sleep in the bosom of the land she
loved so we'll Her remains arrived
here at $40 o'clock Friday morning in
car of the New York, New Haven
g. Hartford road, which was attached to
the regular train from Washington,
and were met at the depot by Lee
camp, Confederate Veterans, of which
she was a mem nber, and delegates from
Pickett camp. Col. Archer Anderson,
Hon. j. Taylor Ellison, Col E. L. Hob
son and DR.. George Ross and their
wives received Mrs. Davis and
those of her immediate par
ty who were on the train.
The casket was borne to the hearse
from the funeral car by the gentlemen
selected for active pail bearers. and
the guard of honor and the veteran
escort followed in column of fours
There were four beautiful white
horses attached to the hearse, each
one being led by colored man.
The casket was placed in the lecture
room of St Paul's church, and Col
Laughton dismissed the escort. Two
members of the guard of honor re-
nained constantly on duty, being re-
lieved every half hour. Upon being
deposited in the lecture room the cas-
ket was surrounded by floral tributes
from Georgia, Virginia, South Caro-
lima and other states.
To the left of the casket was the
furled flag of the confederacy.
St Paul's church, in which the
funeral services were conducted, and
of which Rev. DR.. Hartley Carmichael
is the rector, was the church in which
Mr.. Davis was con Grmed and was
seated when he received, on April 8,
1865, the message from Gen. Lee which
necessitated the evacuation of Rich-
| nond by the confede rate troops.
Rev DIR. Carmichael announced the
| first hymn, How Firm Foundation, :"
/
E. Lee. After the hymn had been
sung Rev. Dr. Hoge read the psalm for
the day and Nearer Ny God to Thee"
was sung. DIR. Carmichael read the
.esson. Art Thou Weary" was then
sung and at its close the veterans
moved out with the casket Mrs.
Davis was prostrated and it was
several minutes before 1.-THE grief
stricken mother could rise. The scene
was deeply affecting and those who
witnessed it were greatly moved.
Many an old soldier, dressed in gray,
wept freely as ne witnessed the grief
of the aged lady.
The crowd about the church when
the casket was taken out and placed
n the hearse was of immense proper
lions.
The procession was headed by the
marshal and his stats, Gen. Alonzo
Phillips and staff, then came six com.
oanies of state troops and the Rich
nond howitzers. Then came the vet
,rans' organizations headed by the
st regiment band rlaying the
Dead March in Saul" Amid the
;olling of balls of many churches
the procession started toward Holly
wood cemetery, marching between
iense lines of humanity the entire dis
ance.. The procession was nearly a
nile in length, though the carriages
we're driven two abreast
: Arriving at the cemetery the re-
, mains were deposited in grave by the
iide of her distinguished father.