Will County IL Archives News.....Death of Judge Jesse O. Norton August 6, 1875
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Chicago Inter-Ocean, Aug 6, 1875 August 6, 1875
Funeral of the Late Hon. Jesse O. Norton

The funeral services of the late Judge Jesse O. Norton took place yesterday 
morning, at his late residence, at Kenwood, corner of Forty-seventh street and 
Greenwood avenue. The Rev. Arthur Mitchell and Dr. Lord conducted the 
services. Included among the mourners was a large delegation of prominent 
members of the Chicago Bar Association, besides many warm personal friends of 
the deceased. After the services the remains were borne to the hearse by the 
following gentlemen, who acted as pall-bearers: Judges Doolittle, Trumbull and 
Dickey, the Rev. Mr. Stone, M. F. Tuley and Mr. Barker, of the firm of Barker 
& Haskell. The body was conveyed to the depot of the Chicago and Alton 
Railway, where a special car was in waiting to convey it to Joliet. The train 
left town at noon, having on board the following, who accompanied the remains 
to their last resting place: Judges Gookins, Wallace, Moore, Governor Bross, 
and Messrs. Hale, Melville W. Fuller, R. E. Goodell, Harvey Merrill, E. B. 
Talcott, A. McAllister, Van H. Higgins, Franklin L. Chase, Julius Rosenthal, 
and others, and a number of ladies.

Special Telegram to the Inter-Ocean.

Joliet, Ill., Aug. 5 - A special car attached to the Denver train, arriving 
here at 1:30 this afternoon, brought the remains of our old friend Jesse O. 
Norton to this city for interment. Quite a number of the immediate friends of 
the family accompanied the mourners from Chicago. At the depot a large number 
of carriages and friends were in attendance, and escorted the funeral party to 
the Central Presbyterian Church, where the last services over the honored 
remains were to be held. The large church was well filled before the arrival 
of the procession, the north transept being occupied by the Will County bar.

The choir opened the services by singing in a beautiful manner the hymn, "Only 
Waiting." The Rev. Mr. Dean, pastor of the church, offered a short prayer, 
which was followed by the reading of the Scriptures by the Rev. James McLeod, 
of the First Church, also of Joliet. The Rev. Arthur Mitchell then occupied a 
half-hour, referring in a touching and heartfelt manner to the Christian 
character, uprightness, and steadfast integrity of the departed Judge, both in 
his public and private life.

After a prayer by the Rev. Prof. Lord, of the Northwestern University, the 
casket was opened, and a last look taken at the face of their old friend by 
the audience. Amid the tolling of the bells of the various churches, and 
followed by a long line of carriages, the body was borne to its last resting-
place in our beautiful Oakwood Cemetery.

The pall-bearers were ex-Governor Bross and Senator Trumbull, of Chicago, and 
the Hon. G. D. A. Parks, Judge McRoberts, Rodney House, and H. N. Marsh, Esq., 
of Joliet.

The family of the deceased Judge have the hearty sympathy, in their 
affliction, of the entire community among which so many of his best days were 
passed.

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