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A Memorial of the Life and Character of John W. Francis, Jr.
A Memorial of the Life and Character of John W Francis Jr Author:Henry Theodore Tuckerman Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE FUNERAL. " Never has it been our lot to witness," says a leading Medical Journal, "more impressive obsequies. The comrades of the lamented son and the fri... more »ends of the eminent father, being drawn together by a mutual sorrow, formed an assemblage, both in its character and its demeanor, such as has been seldom paralleled in this metropolis. This was a spontaneous tribute to departed excellence and rare affliction, as the time allowed was too brief for the usual funeral notice. The sad procession left the house of Dr. Francis, No. 1 Bond Street, soon after 1 o'clock, on Monday, January 22d instant, preceded by the Rev. Drs. Hawks and Neville. The pallbearers were, Charles H. Ward, Henry T. Tuckerman, A. H. Wenzler, J. Vernor Henry, Frederick G. Swan, Otis D. Swan, Dr. Ehrick Parmly, and W. Jephson Taylor. The physicians of the deceased, Dr. Valentine Mott, Dr. R. S. Kissam, and Dr. F. Campbell Stewart, followed the immediate family. His classmates of Columbia College, and of the University Medical School, forming a large array, occupied the side body pews in St. Thomas's Church, where the funeral cortege was met by the Rev. Dr. E. M. P. Wells, of Boston,who, as a guest in the family, had ministered most acceptably in the house of mourning. Nearly every member of the New York Academy of Medicine was present. We noticed several of our leading merchants, whose avocations seldom permit their absence from business at such an hour of the day; also President King, of Columbia College, Governor Fish, Rev. Dr. Bethune, Rev. Dr. Spring, Mr. "W. B. Astor, Dr. Cogswell, George B. Rapelye, and other distinguished laymen, with a large attendance of ladies, friends of the family. The attention of this large and varied assemblage was devout and tearful. The service was read by Dr. Hawks and Dr...« less