The father still refused, and Bangs left the house;
and a most distressed one it was, this being the last son out
of three, left these aged parents, the other two being lost at
sea, or died.
"The Monday following was appointed to have the deceased
buried, when Col. Jonathan Snow appeared as Sheriff, with a
writ to serve on the body. Here the melancholy scene commenced,
a part of the relations being assembled, with the aged parents
convulsed in sorrow; no one can paint their feelings but those
who have children and are denied them the right of Christian
burial. The usual ceremonies on such occasions were however
performed, and an appropriate prayer was delivered by the Rev.
John Simpkins, and the funeral procession formed and proceeded
with the corpse about one and a half mile, and very near to the
spot of the grave, when the said Sheriff arrested the coffin,
without any service on the body, and it was set down in the
middle of the highway nearly abreast of said Bangs' dwelling
house, and forbid proceeding any further.
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