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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Martha M. Adair
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Martha M. Adair
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| LAST NAME: Adair
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FIRST NAME: Martha
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MIDDLE NAME: M.
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| MAIDEN NAME: Kemp
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 28 May 1836
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DIED: 20 May 1911
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BURIED: 22 May 1911
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Missouri
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| DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Mrs. E. C. Adair purchased Lot #209, 31 Aug. 1872 for $10. Adair appears on the Owners Map of 1966.
Name of father William Riley Kemp
Maiden name of mother Sarah Newbill Kemp (qv)
1860 CENSUS of Parkersville shows family of E. C. Adair age 30 b. Ohio, M. M. age 24, b. MO, and two daus. F. C. age 3 and J. V. age 1 both born in Oregon.
1870 CENSUS of North Salem pct., Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 66 #520, Martha M. Adair, age 35, b. Missouri.
1880 CENSUS of East Salem shows M. M. Adair, age 45, b. MO/VA/VA and a widow with a dau. Flora age 24, son Ward B. age 16 and a dau. Vena, age 12 -- all born in Oregon -- indicating that Martha came to Oregon prior to 1856.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Multnomah Co., 1911) #134: Martha Adair: housewife; widowed, b. May 22, 1836, d. 434 10th St., Portland, Oregon, (434 10th St.) at the age of 74 years, 11 months, 25 days, dau. of W. R. Kemp, b. Virginia; res. of Oregon 60 years, Informant: B. D. Sigler, 607 Madison St., [Portland, OR] E. Holman Co., burial in Salem, OR, May 22, 1911.
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OBITUARY:
MRS. MARTHA ADAIR DIES
Mother of Mrs. Sigler Was Early Pioneer of Oregon.
Mrs. Martha M. Adair, pioneer of 1852 and mother of Mrs. Bluford D. Sigler, wife of County Assessor Sigler, died at her home, 434 Tenth street, early Saturday morning. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Adair, whose maiden name was Kemp, was born in Missouri, crossing the plains to Oregon in 1852 and locating in Salem.
In 1854, while en route from Salem to Albany on the Steamer Gazelle, she was married to Dr. E. C. Adair, who was attracted to California from the East in the gold excitement of 1849, afterward removing to Salem. The ceremony was performed by Judge Perry [sic Terry]. Dr. Adair died in 1869 and Mrs. Adair came to Portland 11 years ago and made her home with her daughter, Miss Florence C. Adair. Of six children, only two survive the mother. They are Miss Adair and Mrs. Sigler, both of Portland. Lloyd C. Cherry, of Seattle, is a surviving grandson. Mrs. Adair's mother, Mrs. Sarah Kemp, died in 1906 at the advanced age of 102 years and two months.
Funeral services will be conducted at Holman's undertaking chapel at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Burial will take place tomorrow afternoon in the family plot in the Odd fellows' Cemetery at Salem.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 21 May 1911, 5:3
ADAIR -- Mrs. Martha M. Adair, an old pioneer of Oregon and a widow of Dr. Elias C. Adair, died at her home in Portland May 20. Had she lived until May 22 she would have been 75 yeas of age. She was for many years a resident of Salem and a lifelong member of the Congregational church. Two daughters are left to mourn her loss--Miss Florence C. Adair and Mrs. Bluford D. Sigler of Portland--and one grandchild, Lloyd C. Cherry of Seattle. The remains will be brought to Salem Monday, May 22 arriving on the Oregon Electric at 10:45 a.m., and will be taken direct to I.O.O.F. cemetery for interment.
Chapman Scrapbook
Oregon Statesman 21 May 1911 4:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Martha M.
His Wife
1836 - 1911
[shares West side of monument with husband Elias C. Adair; also on monument Ward, Florence, Henry, Hattie Adair and Ines Cherry]
Additional marker:
"Mother"
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SOURCES:
LD
OSBH DC (Multnomah Co., 1911) #134
S&H pg 36
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1860 Census of Parkersville, Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 300
1870 Census of North Salem pct., Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 66, #520
1880 Census of East Salem, Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 33-C
CMW pg 90
OS 21 May 1911 4:3
Oregonian 21 May 1911 5:3
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| LOT: 209
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SPACE: 2 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.214'
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LATITUDE: W123° 02.728'
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