ELEANOR (BLACKMAR) CAMBURN (1826-1891)

CAMBURN, BLACKMAR, MARTIN

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/11/2020 at 21:18:32

The Remains of the Late Mrs. J. H. Camburn Are Consigned to Mother Earth – The Obsequies Were Largely Attended
The funeral of the late Mrs. J. H. Camburn took place from the residence, 306 Mt. Vernon Avenue, yesterday afternoon t three o’clock, and was very largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Ward.
The deceased was an old settler and a prominent member of St. Paul’s church. Rev. Ward in the course of his remarks paid the following tribute to the memory of the departed:
The unwelcome visitor has come, this time to claim one of the old settlers of our beloved city, one who is remembered with affection by a large circle of neighbors and friends, Mrs. Eleanor, wife of Dr. J.H. Camburn.
Mrs. Camburn’s well known characteristics were kindness, firmness, faithfulness and intelligent criticism. Her pleasure in the real, gave a stability of character approaching the rugged, which softened by sympathy and the spirit of Christ made her the heart of her home, an efficient factor in the church, a useful member of the community, a true friend and a womanly patriot. Except for the command of the lips now still not to be disobeyed, I would speak in detail of her service to St. Paul’s, the church of her choice, which she served most faithfully for the long period of thirty-seven years, of her kind ministrations to the suffering, especially the old settlers and of her devotion to the soldiers in the days of war for the preservation of the union.
Eleanor Blackmar was born near Buffalo, N.Y., July 3, 1826, and removed with her parents when between three and four years of age to southern Michigan. Her father, Jude Blackmar, was a local preacher, and together with all the relatives on both sides was faithful to the church in the days of Methodist frontier heroism.
Eleanor’s sincere nature responded to the calls of Christ and the needs of his cause and she dedicated her life to the master at the early age of sixteen years and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of which she remained a faithful member until her death, a period of 49 years. In 1848 Miss Blackmar was united in marriage to Dr. J. H. Camburn and removed with her husband and children to Cedar Rapids in 1854, where she resided until her death, the 21st inst. Mrs. Camburn leaves besides her bereaved husband, two sons who live here, James, single, and Myron, married and one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Martin of St. Louis.
The last moments of Mrs. Camburn were calm and fully rational. She gave as her parting message to her weeping family, “live right” assured them it was well with her, and quoting favorite passages from the Psalms and the gospels, passed peacefully away to the land of eternal bliss thus illustrating again the victory of those who believe upon the Son of God.
Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA) 24 Jul 1893, Fri, pg. 3