Eddy Lincoln's funeral

[STS Lincolnite]

Okay..here is an update. Tad's official funeral service was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield where he had been baptized as a baby. His body was brought to Springfield by train after a brief service first at Robert's home in Chicago. He was then taken to Oak Ridge Cemetery and interred in the vault with his father and his two older brothers.

James Harlan and Judge David Davis accompanied Robert on the train from Chicago to Springfield for the formal service and the internment.

MTL, Her Life and Letters, pg#586

Thanks Toia, for the update. It seems that practice of more personal/informal service followed by formal funeral services was not uncommon in the 19th century (at least for people of some prominence and in my very limited observation). In another thread, we discussed the funeral services of Judge Taney and that was the case with him as well.