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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Belden F. Cornell
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Belden F. Cornell
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| LAST NAME: Cornell
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FIRST NAME: Belden
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MIDDLE NAME: F.
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| BORN: 5 Jul 1862
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DIED: 5 May 1885
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BURIED: 6 May 1885
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| DEATH PLACE: Scio, Linn Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - Blenden [sic] Cornell, age 23, died near Salem of consumption.
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OBITUARY:
At the residence of his parents, near Scio, in Linn county, Oregon, on May 5th, at 2 a.m., Belden Cornell, aged 23 years, of consumption. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cornell, who formerly resided in Salem. The remains will be brought to this city on this afternoon’s train, and will be immediately taken to the M. E. Church, where the funeral services will be conducted. All are invited to attend. The Willamette University - of which Belden was a former student - will suspend studies today out of respect to his memory.
Oregon Statesman 8 May 1885 8:5
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INSCRIPTION:
Belden R.
Son of
H. & E. J. Cornell
Born
July 5, 1862
Died
May 5, 1885
GRAVEMARKERS BEARING STONECUTTER’S IDENTIFICATION
Pointed-arched marble tablet of Belden F. Cornell, son of H. and E.J. Cornell, 1862-1885. Signature of maker is on epitaph (west) face, lower right: “Harris & Gillet./Albany,/Or.” City directories were published in Albany in 1878, 1892, and 1905. The firm appears only in the classified listings of the 1892 directory under Marble Works as G.W. Harris. Individual listings in the 1892 directory include Willis E. Gilett [sic], “marble cutter” who works with “Geo. W. Harris.”
Aged
22 years, 10 months
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SOURCES:
IOOF Register of Burials
DAR pg 39
S&H pg 25
OS 8 May 1885 8:5
OS 10 Jan 1886 (Necrology)
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