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all flags in the city were displayed at half mast. Awaiting the arrival of 

 absent members of his family, the funeral did not take place until March 

 28th, when, as the Daily 5/arsaid, occurred "the most impressive demon- 

 stration of popular sorrow that ever occurred in Pasadena." Mrs. Throop 

 was sick in Chicago and not able to come, but the daughter came. Places 

 of business were generally closed during the funeral hour, and nearly all 

 were draped with emblems of mourning. The public services occurred at 

 the Universalist church ; and as an historic indication of the esteem in 

 which he was held by all classes and sects, I note that the following clergy- 

 men sat in the pulpit area as participants in the commemorative exercises : 



Rev. Dr. J. B. Stewart, Rev. N. H. G. Fife and Rev. I,. P. Crawford, 

 Presbyterians. 



Rev. Clark Crawford and Rev. W. G. Cowan, Methodists. 



Rev. H. T. Staats, Congregationalist. 



Rev. C. E. Harris, Baptist. 



Rev. T. D. Garvin, Christian or Disciples. 



Rev. C. E. Tebbetts, Friends. 



Rev. Dr. E. E. Conger, Rev. Dr. Deere, and Rev. Florence E. Kol- 

 lock, Universalists. 



The pall-bearers were : Prof. T. S. C. Do we, W. U. Masters, Thomas 

 F. Croft, Hon. P. M. Green, T. P. Lukens, and Elisha Millard. 



Marshals and assistant marshals of the funeral procession were Col. E. 

 P. Hansen, city marshal John T. Buchanan, Capt. A. C. Drake of G. A. R., 

 Capt. N. S. Bangham of Sons of Veterans, and Geo Mahler. Escorts were 

 Co. B. of the National Guards, Co. A of Throop Polytechnic Cadets, and 

 the Pasadena Band. The church was crowded to its uttermost capacity, 

 besides many comers who could not gain entrance ; and there were few who 

 did not shed tears. It was as if every one felt it a personal bereavement — 

 the loss of a beloved friend. The fine memorial window in the east wall of 

 the church to his only son, George Throop, who died as a soldier in the 

 Union army, was appropriately draped with national flags, and bore witness 

 now to the devoted patriotism of both father and son in the days when the 

 nation's life was in peril.* Mr. Higinbotham, late president of the World's 

 Fair managers, who had known and loved both Father Throop and his 

 soldier son from thirty-four years back, was present, and spoke most feel- 

 ingly his tribute of praise. Gov. H. H. Markham also spoke ; and others. 

 And James G. Clark, the venerable poet, music composer and singer, known 

 to fame for nearly forty years past, sang his own well-known song, ' ' The 

 Evergreen Mountains of Eife." Rev. Dr. Conger related his last interview 



*" An elegant memorial window occupies the east wall of the Universalist church, to the memory ot 

 George Throop, son of our venerable city councilman, Hon. A. G. Throop. The young man belonged to 

 the Chicago Mercantile Battery, and took part in the battles of Black River Bridge, Champion's Hill, Port 

 Gibson, Arkansas Post, Mausfield, Siegeof Jackson, Siegeof Vicksburg." — Pasadena Standard. March 12, 

 18S9. He was mortally wounded in the disastrous Red River expedition in April, 1864, and his body 

 never found. 



