Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1893 — FUNERAL OF GEN. RUSK. [ARTICLE]

FUNERAL OF GEN. RUSK.

Masons, Knights Templars and the Grand Army Take Part-

On Thursday morning the family of Gen. Rusk surrounded his bier in the parlor of the little farm house, near Viroqua, Wis., that was so long his home, and in privacy listened to words of eulogy. At noon the remains were removed to the Methodist Church, where they remained in state until the funeral services proper at 2 p. m. Friday. The exercises were under the Masonic auspices, with a Knight Templar, Consistory and Grand Army escort. Special trains brought distinguished men from all over the country. Many hundred messages expressing tender sympathy for the bereaved family were received, from such persons as President Harrison, all the living members of the cabinet, Gen. Fairchild, Gen. Alger, Secretary Morton, Senators Vilas, Spooner, Sawyer, Cullom and others in almost every city and State in the United States. The body was laid to rest in the family lot in the quiet little church yard.