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U Soldier of Ibe Wirof I M2, aud | ttu (lid aod ilottoiid ( i Uva1M to His Host.DEATH OF JOHN J. JACKSON.A I-irg:c Funeral and Impri^ite Or-1emouie*.John J Jftdi * n m ho f«r nearly forty yenni ha* dwelt tiihin .1 few mile* «*f Svuirf*tt| » *•'11 *i » 11 and highly tei-nud citiuti, | J fi m vmtli »*ii b-t Saturday night, offer a -• «t*r* itlue?' of several month*. in the Mth year of hit **«*. I'ntil mithtn a little Du re than .» year put, he had bnn» frfquMt vi-it«*r to fhi* place, and hie hit »a- familiar iin all; and though hi* death vw n*»t jUi.vipected, the *i.n»»u»u-vm«m that it htd occurred wst* rKHvnl with tioiwr-m! ex predion# of rrgnt. Hi-1 quiet, affable bearing, mud I'on^hleot and uui-f«*rm iiprtghm***, logo titer with the « mvlJ-knumn fart that he had l een one «lt;f , thr Country ’# defender* in the mar of j . 1812—per hape the lu-t one wiihin the , border* of oar country—wer- matter* i to inspire in the mind# of all mho knew , him. sentiment* of the high. t regnrd. -1 and render him one of the “highly honored in our midst. Or* the morning nf -l hi# funeral nearly every |H*r#oti in town» manife*hd in mme way reapert to the memory of the d«*cen*ed wfer m.1Coder command of Capt. Greiner, a i | M|uad of ten •oi lier* •( the War of the1 Rebellion, acted a* an escort to thr , hearse containing the remain*, and |*r«*- i * ceded by the band playirg a dirge, the . 1 long funeral corfege parsed solemnly , f through our #tseet» to the Holv Trinity | }' (.‘hurch, where the beautiful and ini | pre* ire ceremoniea of the Catholic ( „ ( hurch were held. At the conclusion . of three ceremonies, .1 brief but appro- f „ priato and feeling discount was delivered t 1 by Kev. Father Durkin. After which , . the remain* were- convoyed to the tomb, . and deposited in their final rotting 1 place—the eijuad of soldier# tiring the customary round* over the grave. The , ceremoniea were concluded by the firing , of three round* by the Artillery .Squad, . composed of aoldif n of the rebellion
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The Somerset Press
Somerset, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 29, 1876
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