Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Funeral of Ex-Governor Tanner. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Ex-Governor Tanner.

Wrapped in the folds of the flag he fought for, all that was mortal of John R. Tanner was borne to its last earthly resting place at Springfield Sunday. He sleeps now in the embrace of the sacred soil of Illinois, the state he loved so well. But a few paces away he the remains of the mighty Lincoln. Thus, side by side, in Oak Ridge cemetery, In the beautiful capital of the prairie state, rest the Commander-in-Chlei and the private in the ranks of the Army of the Union.