Emily C. (Parmelee) Belden
Marriages
David Douglass Belden - May 7, 1849
at Baltimore, Maryland
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle County Blade page 1 - March 20, 1902
MRS. D. D. BELDEN DEAD. A PIONEER LADY OF RED CLIFF MOURNED BY MANY FRIENDS.
The following from the Denver Republican of last Sunday morning will be of interest to many old residents of Eagle county. Judge D. D. BELDEN died a few years ago and in the early days of Red Cliff, with his estimable wife, were residents of Red Cliff:
The funeral of Mrs. D. D. BELDEN will be held from Unity church this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The services will undoubtedly be largely attended, for few women have taken a larger part in Denver's literary and charitable activities. She was one of the founders of the Orphans' home and the Old Ladies Relief home, and a long and active member of the Fortnightly club.
In Denver's early days public care and charity were scant and calls for private and personal aid were many. To these calls Mrs. BELDEN was always responsive and years of benevolence are in her record. In a former century ships nearing Sandy Hook took as a landmark two noble oaks on the Jersey shore, and by them steered safely into lower New York harbor. When these were gone the mariner was at such a loss that the government reared in their place a beacon for his guidance. Like those oaks were for 40 years Judge and Mrs. BELDEN in Denver. Their integrity and charity, their intelligence and discretion, their sympathy with all excellence made them a help directly to many and indirectly to all. Our pioneers at the head of Denver's historic and growing procession had through the years none who held their confidence and affection more than these whose place now becomes vacant but whose memory among us will long be fragrant.
