"The stars and stripes floating at half-mast from the flag staff of the O.A.C. last Thursday morning announced the death at eight o'clock on the previous evening of Edward M. Belknap, chief instructor in the mechanical hall. His death was not unexpected as his disease was consumption, and for more than two weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral occurred on Friday afternoon, and in solemnity and attendance it was in keeping with the dead man's record as an honorable citizen during his life in this community. On account of his connection with the college, the students were dismissed for the day and the funeral services were held in the college chapel. Many potted plants and flowers from the green house were distributed about the stage, and at two o'clock friends and acquaintances of the deceased crowded the spacious room in such numbers as to force the reflection that those who knew him in life were not unmindful in death.
The services were under the the direction of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a veteran and ardent member. The sermon was conducted by Rev. Hiram Gould of the M. E. church, Mr. Belknap's pastor. The interment occurred in Crystal Lake cemetery under the beautiful rites of the Masonic order, conducted most impressively by W. T. Peet, master of Corvallis Lodge.
The deceased was born in Canada, June 26th, 1849, and in early childhood went with his parents to Michigan, from whence he came to Corvallis late in the autumn of 1879. Here with his brother, Stephen Belknap and E. M. Kitson, he established the Corvallis foundry in which he continued until called to a place in the college about two years ago. On December 2nd, 1881, in San Francisco, he met and married Miss Lizzie Hooper of Michigan, who with two young sons and a daughter, survive him." The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), April 4, 1894
The funeral occurred on Friday afternoon, and in solemnity and attendance it was in keeping with the dead man's record as an honorable citizen during his life in this community. On account of his connection with the college, the students were dismissed for the day and the funeral services were held in the college chapel. Many potted plants and flowers from the green house were distributed about the stage, and at two o'clock friends and acquaintances of the deceased crowded the spacious room in such numbers as to force the reflection that those who knew him in life were not unmindful in death.
The services were under the the direction of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a veteran and ardent member. The sermon was conducted by Rev. Hiram Gould of the M. E. church, Mr. Belknap's pastor. The interment occurred in Crystal Lake cemetery under the beautiful rites of the Masonic order, conducted most impressively by W. T. Peet, master of Corvallis Lodge.
The deceased was born in Canada, June 26th, 1849, and in early childhood went with his parents to Michigan, from whence he came to Corvallis late in the autumn of 1879. Here with his brother, Stephen Belknap and E. M. Kitson, he established the Corvallis foundry in which he continued until called to a place in the college about two years ago. On December 2nd, 1881, in San Francisco, he met and married Miss Lizzie Hooper of Michigan, who with two young sons and a daughter, survive him." The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), April 4, 1894
"The stars and stripes floating at half-mast from the flag staff of the O.A.C. last Thursday morning announced the death at eight o'clock on the previous evening of Edward M. Belknap, chief instructor in the mechanical hall. His death was not unexpected as his disease was consumption, and for more than two weeks he had been confined to his bed.
The funeral occurred on Friday afternoon, and in solemnity and attendance it was in keeping with the dead man's record as an honorable citizen during his life in this community. On account of his connection with the college, the students were dismissed for the day and the funeral services were held in the college chapel. Many potted plants and flowers from the green house were distributed about the stage, and at two o'clock friends and acquaintances of the deceased crowded the spacious room in such numbers as to force the reflection that those who knew him in life were not unmindful in death.
The services were under the the direction of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a veteran and ardent member. The sermon was conducted by Rev. Hiram Gould of the M. E. church, Mr. Belknap's pastor. The interment occurred in Crystal Lake cemetery under the beautiful rites of the Masonic order, conducted most impressively by W. T. Peet, master of Corvallis Lodge.
The deceased was born in Canada, June 26th, 1849, and in early childhood went with his parents to Michigan, from whence he came to Corvallis late in the autumn of 1879. Here with his brother, Stephen Belknap and E. M. Kitson, he established the Corvallis foundry in which he continued until called to a place in the college about two years ago. On December 2nd, 1881, in San Francisco, he met and married Miss Lizzie Hooper of Michigan, who with two young sons and a daughter, survive him." The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), April 4, 1894
The funeral occurred on Friday afternoon, and in solemnity and attendance it was in keeping with the dead man's record as an honorable citizen during his life in this community. On account of his connection with the college, the students were dismissed for the day and the funeral services were held in the college chapel. Many potted plants and flowers from the green house were distributed about the stage, and at two o'clock friends and acquaintances of the deceased crowded the spacious room in such numbers as to force the reflection that those who knew him in life were not unmindful in death.
The services were under the the direction of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a veteran and ardent member. The sermon was conducted by Rev. Hiram Gould of the M. E. church, Mr. Belknap's pastor. The interment occurred in Crystal Lake cemetery under the beautiful rites of the Masonic order, conducted most impressively by W. T. Peet, master of Corvallis Lodge.
The deceased was born in Canada, June 26th, 1849, and in early childhood went with his parents to Michigan, from whence he came to Corvallis late in the autumn of 1879. Here with his brother, Stephen Belknap and E. M. Kitson, he established the Corvallis foundry in which he continued until called to a place in the college about two years ago. On December 2nd, 1881, in San Francisco, he met and married Miss Lizzie Hooper of Michigan, who with two young sons and a daughter, survive him." The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Oregon), April 4, 1894
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