I'm a descendant of the Burnes family, Marcia Burnes Van Ness is the daughter of my 4th great uncle, David Burnes, and my cousins and I have been discussing her public funeral. She died in 1832 and was the only woman at the time to have a public funeral in DC. I'm wondering how many women have had public funerals in DC, is she the only one or were there others? Thanks! Barb Price Burnes/Van Ness/Orme/Loker/Hardy/Wight/Trueman Phillips/Wheeler/Allison/Moore/Dowden/Brown/Gore Ashford/Neville/Porter/Fish/Miller......