Shelby Moore Cullom
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Excerpt from Shelby Moore Cullom: Funeral Services Held in the Illinois State Capitol, Sunday, February 1, 1914 With the pronunciation of the benediction, the service was closed, and pallbearers bore the remains from the hall while the hundreds of friends stood reverently. Floral Tributes About Coffin. The casket occupied a position north of the speakers and clerks desks, the bier extending for a distance up the center aisle. The floral tributes of distinguished donors were piled about the coffin. Black draperies were hung from the lights about the clerks desk. The tributes included pieces sent by President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Robert T.Lincoln, members of the Lincoln Memorial Commission at Washington, the citizens of Cairo, the piece of eighty-five roses from Fred A. Busse, John C. Ames, D. A. Campbell, Frank L. Smith, C. P. Gardner, James H.Wilkerson, L. T. Hoy, and Garfield Charles, and Mrs. John A. Logan, and numerous pieces from others, including a tribute from the Sangamo Club, of which the deceased was an honorary member. The ushers at the capitol were: Owsley Brown and Frank L.Hatch, assisted by E. S. Scott, Stuart Brown, Walter M.Allen, Scott Humphrey, James A. Easley, Colburn F. Buck, H. H. Dickerman, Jerome A. Leland, George Pasfield, Latham T. Souther, Hay Brown, John H.McCreary, Ernest Helmle, P. B. Warren, Henry Abies, Logan Coleman, Will H.Conkling, Colonel Henry Davis, George E. Keys, Robert C. Lanphier, V. Y. Dallman, George M. Brinkerhoff, jr., W. B. Jess, S. Leigh Call, and Dr. C. L. Patton. The military guard used to assist at the state house and at the grave was as follows: First Cavalry - Sergeant Major F. H. Clarke, Color Sergeant F. J. Lippert, Quartermaster Sergeants Edward Spearing, J. C. McGregor, James Doorley; Sergeants Edward Fiebig and Finer Schjerven; Trutopeter W. H. Buchanan. First Infantry - Sergeants Melvin W. Bridges, Raymond E. Darrow, Louis C. Hilgeman, James H. O Brien, John E. Hayes, FrankS. Boland, Hoyt M.Peters, Fred C. Berk. Second Infantry - Sergeants Albert F. Lind, Max L. Gronow, C. A. Lindvall, Y. E. Martin, Thomas Smith, Harry Cohen, Willis R. Slimmer and John L. Stafford. Seventh Infantry - Sergeants James Burns, John Caldwell, Peter Rosenwicz, James Cull, Clarence Bernhardt, Charles C.Southern, and James Johnson. Illinois Naval Reserve - Petty Officers W. H. Brown, P. L. Sipp, K. K. Bradberry, and W. T. Shiplock. Former Secretary Precedes Casket. The pallbearers were: Preceding the casket - Garfield Charles of Chicago, former secretary to Senator Cullom. Following the casket - George B. Stadden of Springfield. Paired off and serving at opposite sides of the casket - Frank Fisher and Shelby C. Dorwin, Senator Logan Hay and Jacob Bunn, Harry A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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