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Rev. Joseph Bl ackmore
Rev . Joseph
Blackmore was born in a log ho se
on his father's farm in Imlay township, Lapeer
County, Michi gan, on Feb. 22nd, 18?3.
His father was a
Civil war veteran, having
served at Gettysburg.
Joseph attended t he local district school,
Imlay City High Schoo l and later was a gradua te
of the Moody Bible Institute of Ch ipago.
He
spent f our y ears teach ing in the schools of Fap e er County .
He was a mason by trade an d spent
fifteen years building stone houses, churches
bridges , anc i n later y ears did
~uch
parsonage
and church repair work in l as ting cement and stone ;
nearly every charge where he served showi ng some
of h is handiwork.
Mr. Bl ackmore was converted while in
the early twenties duri ng the pas tora te of the
late Rev. B.F. l ew is, and joine d the Ar cadia M. E.
church near his home, which was the out appointmen t of the I mlay City charge.
During the pas t orate of the Re v. D. D. Magee
(now r e tired) h e felt the call t o the ministry
an d
ent e re d the
Mo ody Bible Institute in Chicago
to prep a re f or h is life wor k.
He was 38 years
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of a g e at t h is t ime.
Carrie
~e lissa
In 1912 he married Miss
Haine s o f the home church, who at -
tended school in Ch ic ago wi th h im.
Upon h is gradua ti on he jo ine d the Detro it
Confere nce and beg an p r eaching i n 1913 .
His
fir s t c ha r g e was Sandusky circuit wi th three
pre a ching p laces, one of them being i n a schoo l
h ouse whe re he ha d a bi g revival.
Seve n men,
heads of home, being a mo ng the conve rts.
His
Dist ric t Superint endent, Dr. ri . J . Balme r, had
t o l d h im"tbat a rev i va l dur i ng his first year in
the mi n istry would be p roof of his ca ll".
thus h ad f ul ly qualified .
He
Other wha r ge s we re
Ruby, W.elvin, El kt on , Oak Gr ove , Ha r tland,
Ar gyl e , "Nas h ing t on , Carsonville, Owe.rldale, P r e sco tt ,
and Rose Ui ty.
cha r ge .
'l 'h is l as t name d was his l as t
Faili ng h ealth compel l ed hi m to s upe r-
anu a te i n 1941 a t t he close of the con f erence
yea r.
He and his ever faithful and help fu l wife
sp ent 28 yea r s i n the
Bishop
~ ill iam
~ ini st ry.
Burt r ece ive d hi m into
fu l l membe r sh ip t n t he De t r o it Conference i n 191? .
Mr. Bl a ckmore wa s always evangelistic i n
h is mini stry , having reviva ls on eve ry char ge.
At the beg i nn ing of his mi n i sterial lif e he " burne d
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e ve ry bridg e behind him" and he became God 's
man i n r e a l earnes t.
Fol lowi ng his retireme nt he l oca te d i n
Imlay City near old friends, but h is hea lth
fail e d f as t and passed to the "Homeland of the
Soul" on Sep t embe r 19th 1941.
His last District Supe rint end ent, Dr.
J il l iam Pe llowe, had charge of the fune ral se rv ice held i n the lmlay Gity !ftet ..odist church .
Twenty mi nis t ers of t h e Conference
a ssi~ed
the s e rvice and acted as pall bearers .
wi th
He was
laid t o rest in the Imlay City cemetery t o
await the dawn of the new day.
His widow a nd one sister, Mrs Olive Smi th ,
a nd many f ri ends a re left t o mo urn hi s pass ing .
"Servant of God , well done , wel l done!
Thy g lorious war fare 's past;
The bat tle's f ought, the r ace is won,
And t hou a r t crowned a t las t " .
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