The New York herald., 1922-01-28
Noted Men Pay
Last Tribute to
A. Barton Hepburn
Financiers and Educators Are
Among Those at Funeral Ser
vice i'm st. James's Church.

Men of national note in finance and
leaders in civic. educational and social
movements crowded st. Jamess Church
yesterday I'm paying their last tribute
to the memory of A. Barton Hepburn,
famous banker and chairman of the
board of the Chase National Bank at
the time of his death on Thursday. Most
of the floral remembrances, which COM
pletely filed the chancel, were taken
with Mr.. Hepburn's body to Canton,
". Y. where there will be second ser
vice this afternoon.
The coffin, covered with a blanket OF
violets and lilies Of the valley, was ac-
companied from the Hepburn home at
630 Park avenue to the church by Mrs.
Hepburn, Charles Fisher Hepburn Of
Cleveland, her son; Miss Cordelia 8.
Hepburn, daughter. and Lieut.. Com
mander and Mrs. Robert r. M. Emmett
of Washington, son-in-law and daugh-
ter They were preceded to the chancel
by the honorary pallbearers, irving
Bachelor, John e. Barbour, DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler. DR.. Wallece Buttrick,
Henry w. Cannon, DR.. John Fl. Finley,
James w. Clifford. John w. Griggs. Will
ard V. King, Darwin p. Kingsley, John
L. Kuser, william A. Nash. Fl. Hobart
ser. John d. Rockefeller. Jr., anc Albert
II. Wiggin, president Of the Chase Ma
tional Bank.
The service was read by the Pe7.
Frank w. Crowder, rector Of the church,
assisted by the Rev. William B. Lusx,
rector of st. Stephens Church at Ridge
field, Conn. where the Hepburn family
has country home. Tho musical Dor
tions and the hymns were sung py the
choir.
One OF the numerous delegations IN
the congregation was that of the Cham-
ber of Commerce Of the State of New
York. In this group were Irving y.
Bush, J. Pierpont Morgan. Eugenius II.
Outerbridge, Alfred z. Marling. John /.
Waterbury, Frank A. Vanderlip and
Charles T. Gwynne. One OF the largest
delegations was of members or the UNI
versity Club. Of which Mr.. Hepburn
was president. Recently Mr.. Hepburn
gave the club $4,000 for it's library.
There were other large delegations
from the following corporations, socie-
ties and clubs with which Mr.. Hepburn
had been associated: American Agri-
cultural Chemical Company, American
Car and Foundry Company. City His
tory Club. Columbia University board
of trustees. ID. X. T.. Club, Union League
Club, Middlebury College, new Ehgiahu
Society, st. Andrews Society, New York
Life Insurance Company, New York
Geological Society. Pilgrims Society, Re-
publican Committee of One Hundred
Serbian Child Welfare Association. Cen
tury Club, the Texas Company. F. w.
woolworth Company and Kane Lodge.
Some of the many friends of Mr.. Hep
burn present were CASTOR Liebert,
Consul-General of France; John D.
Ryan. George Burroughs Torrey. r.
A. C. Smith, Charles II. Sheriff.,
Henry Clews, Gen. Daniel Appleton,
Frank K. Sturgis, William Fahnestock.
Oliver Hartman, Joseph Wright Harri-
man. Herbert L. Satterlee. Lewis Il.
Clarke, Robert Underwood Johnson. Mrs.
Frank S. witherbee. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick w. Longfellow, George Ledlie,
Otto T. Barnard, Frederic Jewett
Dieter. William c. Dickerman,
Howard Elliott. Franklin A. Plum
mer, George Frederick Kunz, Eliot
Cross, Albert r. Shattuck. Shipley Jones,
Oswald c. Herring, Clarence Winthrop
Bowen, e. Hayward Ferry, Paul Dana.
William r.. Wilcox, DR.. John p. Mum
and Frederic r. Coudert.