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pense, as well as the Grape bands which each
member wore for a month and all other items
connected with the funeral, paid from the
contingent fund Of the House, of which the
deceased had been a member. On this occa-
sion the members of the two houses walked
in procession from Lovells Hotel round the
Presidents Square, and from that point the
body was taken on through Georgetown to
Hagerstown, where the deceased had lived.
"a year later, according to the same author
ity on similar occasion, the members of the
two houses instead of walking, rode in carriages
from the Capitol to the late residence and
thence to the grave At the house, wine, spirits
and biscuits were provided as part of the cost
of the funeral, all of which was paid from the
public funds. The following year, when James
Gillespie of North Carolina, member of the
House, died, the interment was made in the
new buryhg ground in Georgetown"
A CCORDING to the Biographical Directory
of the American Congress-" the bodies Of
both Hunter and Gillespie repose in Congress
sional Cemetery, and If so, they evidently were
removed there at an early date.
r. p. Jackson records the following as having
been buried IN this old cemetery: Robert
Peter, the first mayor Of Georgetown, died No
vember IS, 1906. aged 30 years; John Barnes,
who was collector Of the port of Georgetown
for 20 years, and founder of the poor house.
died February IL, 1926 aged SO years; James
Gillespie, member of Congress from North
Carolina, died January IL, 1905; Mary Bohrer,
wife of John p. Bohrer, died August 8, 1874, in
the 9th year of her age; Elizabeth Thompson
died March 9, 1847, aged 81 years; william
Waters, soldier Of the Revolution, died Au-
gust 10, 1859, in the 93d year of his age; Col
George Bean, born in Georgetown, February
rs, 1929, died October Is, 1907, in the 18th year
of his age"
Selder M. Ely, in his list of Revolutionary
soldiers buried in the District of Columbia,
mentions as having been buried in this ceme-
terry, besides William Waters, Col George Beall
Rsbert Peter, and John Barnes, the body of .
soldier named Roberdeau and the remains Of
Daniel Heintz Cor HineS), and no doubt there
were others. The body of the wife Of Chancel-
lor Livingston accidently found buried
there some years ago and was removed to New
York
This cemetery was between Fourth and Fifth
and Market and Frederick streets (now the
north side of Volta place, between Thirty third
and Thirty-fourth streets), and about 1908 was
turned into playground for school children.
Mr.. Birch then, and prior to that time, moved
from this place to other cemeteries upward of
800 bodies. It was this undertakerS father
who, through the benehcence of the philan-
thropist, w. W. Corcoran, removed the remains
of DR.. Balch from here to Oak Hill Cemetery
in 1874, and today the same tablet that was
placed by the family in October, 1885, in front
Of the church he founded, now covers his last
resting place. This white marble marker, rep
resenting pyramidal tablet, reads:
Sacred to the memory Of
Stephen Balch, d. D.,
who died September ~, 1888,
in the 87th year of his age.
He was the founder Of this church.
and for more than half q century
its revered pastor.
He planted the gospel in this town,
and his example was for many
q light to its inhabitants.
He being dead, yet speaketh."
"Reliquia mortales