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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1896
Page
6
The state held a somber funeral as crowds gathered at City Hall and a woodland chapel setting. Military honor guards, noted pallbearers, and clergy led the procession, ending with Frederic Greenhalge laid to rest at Lowell Cemetery amid a Governor’s seventeen gun salute.
A large gathering in the Rome Lowell drawing room marked the mourning hour for Governor Greenhalge with a simple service led by Rev J L Seward and Rev George Batchelor. Floral tributes and wreaths surrounded the casket as relatives and neighbors joined in prayers and a Whittier hymn. The list of attendees included many local families and prominent figures from the region and nearby cities.
Thousands gather as funeral cortege for the Governor moves from his home to the church. Lt Governor Wolcott leads staff, with Henry Cabot Lodge among honorary pallbearers. simple, dignified rites reflect the late chief magistrate's public service.
A Boston police presence blocks the First Congregational Church square as Governor Greenhalge lies in state for a simple public funeral. Family members led by Mrs. Greenhalge, Lt Governor Wolcott, and state officers attend a service honoring his life with prayers, sermons, and a somber procession to the cemetery.
The final procession for the governor moved from the church to the tent city of the dead after a 4 30 o clock farewell. Police Captain W B Moffatt led the escorts with a long list of patrolmen and honorary pallbearers including Henry Cabot Lodge Lucius Tuttle Hosea M Knowlton William Knox Rodney Wallace Curtis Guild Jr C F Allen Dr Franklin Nickerson Mayor Courtney Judge Sheldon Harvard officials and others. Active pallbearers were Sergeants Willis Bean and Edward Hand with the Cadets in attendance.
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