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(Dedicated to the Memory of Our Beloved Son and Brother HENRY JAMES
BLACKER)
Born at Scott Bar, Siskiyou County, California March 18th, 1858: Died
at Union, Union Co. Oregon, January 5th, 1879:
I
"He is not dead-he sleeps and he shall wake-
Wake to new joy, new triumph, and new power:
Wake to receive his birthright and his dower.
Soon will the everlasting morning break-
Soon will the mists and clouds his soul forsake
And There, mid leafy glad and sunny bower,
Shall live each tree and bloom each sweet, bright flower.
He lived on earth, his heart's home to re-make:
We weep; but when for him that sun shall rise,
We shall forget our grief and earth born pain,
And watach the dawn with glad expectant eyes
That shall restore our dead to life again;
As come bright birds along the summer skies,
As bloom bright flowers after the summer's rain.
II
I sing of joy, dear Father! all for thee.
No sob of mine shall mar the angel a song;
No tear of mine shall do thy spirit wrong.
Did'st thou not know of love's eternity?
Death hat but crowned thee, Death has set thee free!
Thou art thyself-theyself, freed, great and strong.
With all the powers which to thy soul belong>
And visions which no earthly eye can see,
We know thy truth; we knew thy heart of gold.
Rich with its wealth of love for all mankind;
Rich with its treasures of life manifold-
Those hidden treasures hard to seek and find.
In vain they tell me that that heart is cold;
In vain, in vain; that those dear eyes are blind.
III
We know "He giveth his beloved sleep,"
And that for them a place hath been prepared.
We who with thee our earthly love have shared
Know well that Heavens Love they soul will keep.
Rest, rest beloved one in sweet slumber deep.
The sleep of earth is not to be compared
With heavenly rest which hath thy spirit sharedl
And called the hence as Shepherd calls his sheep;
The pang of parting from thee lingers yet,
The joy of Meeting thee is yet to be;
Forgive me if mine eyes be sometimes wet,
Forgive me if these eyes be slow to see
When then dost come we shall all grief forget,
For Love, and life, and joy will come with thee!
IV
Thou host not left us, No! Christ did not leave
His loved ones lonely, surely He hath said:
"Wher two or three in me are gathered
Together, there am I, ye need not grieve,
The Comforter shall come, ye shall retrieve
Your losses; yea, and shall receive your dead."
And then who did step in his own footsteps tread
Shalt come again, we cannot but believe.
For thee we know that death hath had no sting.
No victory the grave, and blest art thou!
Therefore for thee no dirges will we sing,
But only lay red roses on they brow:
Had all sad shows of grief aside we fling-
Thou can'st not leave us, thou art with us now!
Mountain Sentinel, Saturday
January 10, 1880
Blacker-In Union, Oregon, Sunday, October 8, 1911, at 5 o'clock a. m., Lot A. Blacker, age 85 years. The funeral took place from the Blacker residence in South Union, at 2 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, October 10, Sermon by Rev. Cockrum, of the Presbyterian church.
Lot Abraham Blacker, a pioneer of 1862, was born in the state of Ohio, in 1826. He lived in that state until he was about 10 years old, and then he, with his parents, moved to the state of Iowa, where he lived until he was 25 years old. In 1851, during the gold excitement in California, he went to that state. In 1856 he was united in marriage to Mary E. Duignan, of California. To that union eight children were born. Five have passed to the Great Beyond, and three are living. The surviving children are: George W. Blacker, of Pine, Oregon, Robert m. Blacker, of Union, Oregon, and Schuyler C. Blacker, of Union, Oregon.
The sympathy of all is extended to the widow and other surviving relatives of the deceased in their bereavement.
This information donated by Larry Rader
Mary E. Blacker died November 19, 1920, at the home of her son Robert, in South union, at the age of 91 years. The funeral took place from the residence Sunday November 21, 1920 at 2 p.m. She was laid to rest by her husband, who preceded her to the Great Beyond 9 years ago.
Mary Elizabeth Duignan was born in Ireland in 1829. She came to this country at the age of nineteen years, settling in Philadelphia, where she spent three years with friends. She then left for San Francisco to join a brother who was living there. She journeyed by water to the Isthmus of Panama and crossed overland on mules to the Pacific; taking a steamer on to San Francisco. Later, while living in San Francisco, she met and married Lot A. Blacker. From here they moved to Scott's Bar, Siskiyou county, in northern California, then to Walla Walla, Washington, then to Auburn, Baker county, Oregon, and later to Union, Oregon, where she lived until her death.
She was resident of Oregon sixty-one years and of Union county forty-nine years. She was the mother of eight children, seven boys and one girl, three of whom are living-George W., of Pine, Oregon; Robert and Schuyler, both of Union. One child died at Auburn, Oregon, and four were taken by diphtheria during the diphtheria epidemic at Union in 1879. Her husband preceded her to the Great Beyond in 1911 at the age of eighty-five years.
Mrs. Blacker was an industrious and active woman until the time of her illness; three weeks before her death. Besides her immediate family, she leaves to mourn her loss, a host of friends and acquaintances.
Newspaper obit, 1920
This information donated by Larry Rader