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Hon. Chester Ashley (b. 1 Jun 1790 - d. 29 Apr 1848) {Congressional Cemetery, DC: Range 60 Site 144) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Senator from Arkansas. Graduated from Williams College, Mass. Studied law and practiced. Elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1844 and 1846 and served from 1844 until his death. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The National Intelligencer, Tuesday, May 2, 1848 Order of Procession For the Funeral of the Hon. Chester Ashley, A Senator of the United States from the State of Arkansas The Committee of Arrangements, pall-bearers, and mourners will attend at Blackwell's Hotel, the late residence of the deceased, at 11 o'clock a.m. this day; at which time the corpse will be removed, in charge of the Committee of Arrangements, attended by the Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, to the Senate chamber, where divine service will be performed. At 12 o'clock m. the funeral will move from the Senate chamber to the place of interment, in the following order: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Order of Procession:
The Chaplains to both Houses of Congress Physicians who attended the deceased Committee of Arrangements
Pall Holders
The family and friends of the deceased The Senator and Representatives from the State of Arkansas as mourners The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of the United States Vice President and the Secretary of the Senate The Senate of the United States The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives The House of Representatives of the United States The President of the United States (Polk) The Heads of Departments The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and its officers The Diplomatic Corps Judges of the United States Officers of the Executive Departments Officers of the Army and Navy at the seat of Government The Mayor of Washington (Seaton) Citizens and Strangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The National Intelligencer, May 2, 1848 Obituary A message was received from the Senate announcing the decease of the Hon. Chester Ashley and the proceedings of the Senate thereon. The resolutions of the Senate having been read -- Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, rose and addressed the House as follows: Mr. Speaker: The message just received from the Senate announces to this House the melancholy intelligence that death has again visited the halls of our National Council. The honorable, Chester Ashley, late a Senator of the State of Arkansas, is no more. He is the second Senator, in the brief existence of Arkansas as a State of this Union, who has died, in the maturity of years which promised wisdom and usefulness, in the full vigor of a sound constitution, and the enjoyment of a general good health that promised long life. He died, sir, on Saturday last, the 29th of April, at two o'clock in the afternoon, after a short but painfully afflicting illness. Conscious of his approaching dissolution he made the fullest preparation. Granted to him, as it was, to enjoy the full possession of his intellect to the latest moment, but with a heart full of solicitude for his bereaved family, he died reconciled with God and the world, calm and resigned. He died in the midst of friends that were attached to him, and his family that worshipped him. |