Eberle is buried in this cemetery but there is reportedly no marker for his grave.
Eberle was the brother of my gg grandfather, Proctor Mandeville Burns.
The obituary is recorded in the Bolivar Weekly Courier dated 04 July 1857. "It is our painful duty this week to announce the death of Eberle C., the son of Dr. W.H. and Lavina Burns, of this place, on Sunday evening last. The deceased, more than two months since, unfortunately thrust a broken steel pen into his larynx, suffering at the time with whooping cough, the diagnosis of the case was rendered extremely obscure, and consequently, the pen remained in his windpipe for nine days, when it was extracted by the operation of laryngotomy, performed in the most skillful manner, by Dr. H.T. Roberson, of Springfield.
The little patient slowly recovered until about two weeks since, when he visited the country, and caught a cold, producing a severe attack of croup, which resulted in ulceration of the larynx and death.
Post mortem examination revealed extensive ulceration of the parts where the points of the pen had rested, but the cicatrix was found complete and healthy, mournful evidence that had not the operation been delayed so long the childs life would have, probable, been saved.
The funeral ceremonies received additional solemnity by being conducted by the pale light of the moon, at 10 o'clock at night. The silence of the graveyard only broken by the tremulous accent of prayer offered up by the officiating minister -- the reflection of the moonbeams from the white gravestones -- the still, motionless figures of the friends in attendance, and the sable coffin lowered in the dismal open grave, all combined to make the scene one of the most melancholy, solemn, and awe-inspiring we have ever witnessed."
Eberle was the brother of my gg grandfather, Proctor Mandeville Burns.
The obituary is recorded in the Bolivar Weekly Courier dated 04 July 1857. "It is our painful duty this week to announce the death of Eberle C., the son of Dr. W.H. and Lavina Burns, of this place, on Sunday evening last. The deceased, more than two months since, unfortunately thrust a broken steel pen into his larynx, suffering at the time with whooping cough, the diagnosis of the case was rendered extremely obscure, and consequently, the pen remained in his windpipe for nine days, when it was extracted by the operation of laryngotomy, performed in the most skillful manner, by Dr. H.T. Roberson, of Springfield.
The little patient slowly recovered until about two weeks since, when he visited the country, and caught a cold, producing a severe attack of croup, which resulted in ulceration of the larynx and death.
Post mortem examination revealed extensive ulceration of the parts where the points of the pen had rested, but the cicatrix was found complete and healthy, mournful evidence that had not the operation been delayed so long the childs life would have, probable, been saved.
The funeral ceremonies received additional solemnity by being conducted by the pale light of the moon, at 10 o'clock at night. The silence of the graveyard only broken by the tremulous accent of prayer offered up by the officiating minister -- the reflection of the moonbeams from the white gravestones -- the still, motionless figures of the friends in attendance, and the sable coffin lowered in the dismal open grave, all combined to make the scene one of the most melancholy, solemn, and awe-inspiring we have ever witnessed."
Eberle is buried in this cemetery but there is reportedly no marker for his grave.
Eberle was the brother of my gg grandfather, Proctor Mandeville Burns.
The obituary is recorded in the Bolivar Weekly Courier dated 04 July 1857. "It is our painful duty this week to announce the death of Eberle C., the son of Dr. W.H. and Lavina Burns, of this place, on Sunday evening last. The deceased, more than two months since, unfortunately thrust a broken steel pen into his larynx, suffering at the time with whooping cough, the diagnosis of the case was rendered extremely obscure, and consequently, the pen remained in his windpipe for nine days, when it was extracted by the operation of laryngotomy, performed in the most skillful manner, by Dr. H.T. Roberson, of Springfield.
The little patient slowly recovered until about two weeks since, when he visited the country, and caught a cold, producing a severe attack of croup, which resulted in ulceration of the larynx and death.
Post mortem examination revealed extensive ulceration of the parts where the points of the pen had rested, but the cicatrix was found complete and healthy, mournful evidence that had not the operation been delayed so long the childs life would have, probable, been saved.
The funeral ceremonies received additional solemnity by being conducted by the pale light of the moon, at 10 o'clock at night. The silence of the graveyard only broken by the tremulous accent of prayer offered up by the officiating minister -- the reflection of the moonbeams from the white gravestones -- the still, motionless figures of the friends in attendance, and the sable coffin lowered in the dismal open grave, all combined to make the scene one of the most melancholy, solemn, and awe-inspiring we have ever witnessed."
Eberle was the brother of my gg grandfather, Proctor Mandeville Burns.
The obituary is recorded in the Bolivar Weekly Courier dated 04 July 1857. "It is our painful duty this week to announce the death of Eberle C., the son of Dr. W.H. and Lavina Burns, of this place, on Sunday evening last. The deceased, more than two months since, unfortunately thrust a broken steel pen into his larynx, suffering at the time with whooping cough, the diagnosis of the case was rendered extremely obscure, and consequently, the pen remained in his windpipe for nine days, when it was extracted by the operation of laryngotomy, performed in the most skillful manner, by Dr. H.T. Roberson, of Springfield.
The little patient slowly recovered until about two weeks since, when he visited the country, and caught a cold, producing a severe attack of croup, which resulted in ulceration of the larynx and death.
Post mortem examination revealed extensive ulceration of the parts where the points of the pen had rested, but the cicatrix was found complete and healthy, mournful evidence that had not the operation been delayed so long the childs life would have, probable, been saved.
The funeral ceremonies received additional solemnity by being conducted by the pale light of the moon, at 10 o'clock at night. The silence of the graveyard only broken by the tremulous accent of prayer offered up by the officiating minister -- the reflection of the moonbeams from the white gravestones -- the still, motionless figures of the friends in attendance, and the sable coffin lowered in the dismal open grave, all combined to make the scene one of the most melancholy, solemn, and awe-inspiring we have ever witnessed."
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