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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James L. Folkes ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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James L. Folkes
LAST NAME: Folkes FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME: L. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: Mexican War
BORN: 24 May 1827 DIED: 8 Jan 1887 BURIED: 9 Jan 1887
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Saloon Keeper
BIRTH PLACE:  Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - James Folks, age 60 y's 9 m's 15 d's, died in Salem.
MARRIAGE - "James. L. Folkes, over 21 & Lillie Force, over 18, m 6 Dec 1874 at house of J. F. Burnes; Revd J. Bowersox, Wit: J. L. Williams & Alex Spong #1736 pg 16".
1880 OR CENSUS - Jas. L. Folks, husb., age 54, b. Ohio, occupation saloon keeper, is enumerated with wife Lillie W., age 24, b. Oregon along with daughter May E., age 4, b. Oregon, and son Henry, age 9 m's, b. Oregon.
PROBATE - "Folkes, James L., File #1009. Intestate.  Died 8 Jan 1887. 60 years of age 24 May 1886.  Heirs: Lillie V., 31, widow; Mary E., dtr, 11; Samuel H., ?dtr?, 7; May Adeline, dtr, 8 months.  He was a soldier in the Mexican War."
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
At his residence in this city, corner Front and Ferry streets, at 11:30 o'clock p.m., Saturday, January 8th, 1887, James Folkes. 
Oregon Statesman 9 Jan 1887 2:3.
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SOURCES: 
Marion Co., Marriage Records, 1874-79, Vol III, pg 2 
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, Pct., FA #40) 
Marion County Oregon Probate Records, Vol. 1, pg 85
OS 9 Jan 1887 2:3
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LOT: 177 SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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