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Funeral for Chauncey Depew Held at St. Thomas Church
New York April 5 funeral services for Chauncey M. Depew will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The body will go to Hillside cemetery in Peekskill for burial, following a lengthy career as lawyer railroad executive and public figure. Depew born 1834 in Peekskill rose from Yale to minister to Japan and 12 years in the Senate. He championed railroads and politics, famed as an after dinner speaker and longtime Vanderbilt associate. He died today and will be interred in his native town.
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