The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-11
LOVED, HCNORED,
HE'S LAID TO REST
Last Honors Paid to Gen
eraI Ransom's Body.
MANY THE TRIBUTES
Among Those Who Throng TO the Place
of Burial on the Old Home Place
Are Numbers of the States
Most Prominent
Sons.
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Selma, N. c.. Oct. 10.-The funeral
of General Matt w. Ransom, ex-
United States Senator, Minister to
Mexico, Confederate Brigadier, was
he'd at 4:3O o'clock this afternoon at
his home Verona" in Northampton
County.
The services, which were conducted
by Rev. James A. Weston, Confeder-
ate major, were very simple. Rev.
Weston read the Episcopal service,
the prayers and afterwards delivered
a brief tribute to General Ransom,
who was his personal friend.
The body was followed to the grave
by the widow. Mrs. Pattie Exum Ran
som, her daughter, Miss Esther, and
five sons, Messrs. Matt w, Robert e.,
Joseph, George E. and Patrick Ran
som.
The burial. which was conducted
with masonic honors by Lodges from
Henderson, Warrenton, Littleton and
Weldon, was in the garden of the old
place in a clum0 of walnut and locust
trees, and the grave was just next to
that of General Ransom's deceased
son, Thomas
The pail bearers were: r. T. Ste
phenSon, NJ. f. Stancil, w. H. Buffa-
loe, T. L. Emory, w. j. Hawkins, B,
r. Lacy, r. n. Harrison, r. T. Dowd
w. A Grant and G.. l.. Crock, active,
and f. H. Busbee. Col. w. II. 5. Bur
gWyn, Judge Il. B. PEBBLES, Gen. w. +
Roberts, Mai. J. d. Shaw, Col. A. b
Andrews, Judge Il. Il. Purnell, DR.. -
f. Dixon, r. d. Gilmer, Gen. j. >
Carr.
There were many prominent people
in attendance and the casket and
H0WprS
On the head of the casket was a
battle flag of the Confederacy, done in
flowers and the face of the dead cap
tain of men showed few traces OF
death The high forehead. the
strong and prominent nose and the
straight mouth and decided chln
| fringed with close cropped grey beard
| had the same look of calm dignity, the
! same benevolent cast that they held
! in life Only the warmly scintillatins
| eyes were closed, the long black lasheS
! carressin,y the pale and waxen cheek
Tired with age, full of honors, faith
| ful 10 the WORK IN hand, the chieftalI
had fallen asleep, as brave men de-
! sire to do, quickly and easily while
| yet his powers triumphed in all save
| the last and fatal battle Ger his
| years.
in addition to the pall-bearers
noted at the funeral Messrs. L. j. Al
! derman, of Henderson; l.. NJ. Chaflln
! RI. j. White, w. p. Massenburg, B. I
/ TerreU. Ed. Petar, r. e. Davis, j. a
/ Daughton, j. G. McCray, Jr., II. b
Hunter. Alex Katzinstein, W. X. Bar
ham, w. G. Parker, j. w. c. Terrell
| r. M C&stIcbury, S. V. Williams, b. G
Green. of Warrenton; j. II. Harrison
Jno Partin, II. l.. Brodie, w. X
Vaughan, w. E. Bowers S. E. Rogers
C. S Northington, w. H. Johnson, Fl
! j. Caudle, j. S. Dixon, e. b. Penny, Jr.
+. A. Fetter, Jr., of Littleton; DR.. s. j
Picot, of Littleton; Rev. B. S. Bron
son, of Warrenton; William G.. Eyer
ton, of Macon; Major Gooch, DR.. A. r
ZOliicoffer, Dallas Lollicoffer, Mr.. an'
Mrs. r. G. Harrison, r. Wilson, JnO. e
Burton of Weldon, Capt. b. M
Collins. of Ridgeway, (who was il
Rhodes Division in the famous 12tl
regiment Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Mich
olson, Of Ridgeway; Hon. 7. w. Ma
son, DR.. Ellis, of Garysburg: jaime!
Grant, F. w. Garrett, r. T. Daniel
T. w. Russell Henry Farpen, j. Z
! Evans. A. Z. Wilson, w. r. Smith
w. B. Tilling. j. S. Turner. w. w
| Rose, J. b. Collins.
An interesting feature of the fun
era, was the presence in the spacious
ward of two hundred or more negro
men, women and children, all o
whom had been employed as laborer
on the five or six large plantations
owned ,by General Ransom.