The funeral of
WILLIE WALLACE LINCOLN, second son of the President, whose death occurred on
Thursday evening, will take place at two o’clock to-morrow (Monday) afternoon.
The funeral will be attended by the friends and relatives of the family.
The body of Willie
Lincoln has been embalmed by Drs. Brown and Alexander, assisted by Dr. Charles
A. Wood and in presence of the family physicians, Drs. Hall and Stone, Senator
Browning, Isaac Newton, Esq. and others. The embalmment was a complete success,
and gave great satisfaction to all present. The body will be deposited in a
vault to-morrow, (Monday,) and will be eventually removed to Illinois, to be
deposited in the family burying ground of the President.
On Friday morning
the members of the Cabinet, with their families, called on the President and
Mrs. Lincoln to tender their condolence. No others were admitted to the
Presidential mansion. The Foreign Ministers, Senators, and other leading
citizens sent cards and letters of condolence. Senator Browning has entire
charge of the funeral arrangements.—Sunday
Chronicle.
SOURCE: “Funeral of
Willie Lincoln,” Daily National
Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., Monday, February 24, 1862, p. 3, col. 3
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