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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Sarah A. Horr ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Sarah A. Horr
LAST NAME: Horr FIRST NAME: Sarah MIDDLE NAME: A. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Palmer AKA 1: Geer AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt 1844 DIED: 26 Dec 1916 BURIED: 28 Dec 1916
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Ashtabula Co, Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1850 OH CENSUS Sarah Palmer (6y, b Ohio) enumerated with Enoch P. (36y, b New Hampshire, farmer), Fanny (34y, b Pennsylvania), Elizabeth (8y, b Ohio), Almon H. (4y, b Ohio) and baby son [Eugene] (10m, b Ohio)

NOTE – Fanny Palmer remarried to William B. Geer. He married firstly 18 Feb 1846 in Ashtabula co, Ohio, to Delia Dunham [Ohio marriage records, Ancestry.com]. They appear in the 1850 census of Cherry Valley, Ashtabula co [family 2162] with several children, including Henry (12y, b Ohio) and Frederick (6y, b Ohio)

1860 AR CENSUS Sarah Geer (15y, b Ohio) enumerated with W.B. (54y, b New York, stockman), Fanny (43y, b Pennsylvania), Frederick (16y, b Ohio), Almon (14y, b Ohio) and Eugene (10y, b Ohio) [NOTE Frederick was William’s son by his first wife while Sarah, Almon and Eugene were Fanny’s children by her first husband]

1870 MO CENSUS Sarah Geer (26y, b Ohio) enumerated with Henry (32y, b Ohio, farmer) and Samuel Bird (4y, b Missouri) [NOTE Henry was son of William and thus Sarah’s step-brother]

2nd MARRIAGE Peter Horr (48y) and Sarah A. Geer (36) md 15 Apr 1880, McPherson co, Kansas

1880 KS CENSUS Sarah Horr (36y, b Ohio) enumerated with husband Peter (61y, b Ohio, farmer) and his two sons, Owen (25y, b Ohio) and Jasper P. (20y, b Ohio)

1900 OR CENSUS Mrs. Sarah Horr, b March 1841, Ohio, widowed, no children; living with her brother Almon Palmer (b Oct 1843, Ohio, widowed), his son William (b Apr 1874, Kan) and his daughter Alma A. (b Jan 1882, Kan)

Terwilliger Records: Sarah A. Horr, resided in Oregon State Hospital, funeral ordered for 27 Dec. 1916, charge to Eugene Palmer of Portland, Oregon.

NOTE: the brother Eugene Palmer of Portland appears in 1900 census of Fairmount precinct, Benton Co, Ore. Her brothers Almon and Eugene are in the 1880 census of Kansas. Almon and family in Reno County and Eugene and family in McPherson County.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #631: Mrs. Sarah Horr, widow, dau. of Enoch P. Parmer, d. Dec. 26, 1916, age 72 years, at the Oregon State Hospital, former residence Monmouth, Oregon, burial in I.O.O.F. cemetery, Dec. 28, 1916 by G. E. Terwilliger.

OBITUARY: 

AGED WOMAN SCALDED.
Mrs. Sarah Horr, 72, Inmate of State Hospital, Injured.
Sarah Horr, 72 years old, and inmate of the state hospital, sustained painful scalds about the lower limbs while alone in a bathroom at the institution for a few moments about 5 p.m. yesterday. Mrs. Horr was taken to the bath room by a nurse who was called to another part of the ward for a moment. While the nurse was gone Mrs. Horr stepped into a bathtub and turned on the hot water. The extent of the injuries could not be determined last night. She was resuced almost instantly and given medical attention. She has no relatives. Oregon Statesman 26 Dec 1916 5:4

SCALDED WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Sarah Horr Sucumbs to Shock Attending Injuries.
Mrs. Sarah Horr, aged 73 years, who was severely scalded at the state hospital Monday night, died from the shock early yesterday morning. She was committed to the instition about a year ago from Monmouth having first been sent to the Salem hospital for treatment. She has no relatives. E. Palmer of Portland, who was a friend, and who saw an account of her death in a Portland paper last night, notified Dr. Steiner that he will take charge of the body.
Oregon Statesman 27 Dec 1916 5:3

Former Monmouth Woman Scalds to Death in Salem
Mrs. Sarah Horr, a former resident of Monmouth, but who for the past year has been in the insane asylum in Salem, died this week. A Portland paper gives the following details of the incidents of her end:
Mrs Sarah Horr, 73 years old, a patient at the State Hospital for the Insane, was scalded at 5 o’clock Monday night and died at 6 o’clock Tuesday morning.
The patient had just been given a bath by a nurse and another patient. The nurse was called down the corridor. Mrs Horr, according to Superintendent Steiner, then returned to the bathtub and turned on the scalding water. She was scalded to the hips. She weighed 250 pounds.
Mrs. Horr was committed to the asylum from Monmouth last February. She has no known relatives. On the commitment card is a notation that she was a friend of Eugene Parmer [Palmer] of Portland.
Dr. Steiner called Coroner Clough, who made an investigation and absolved the asylum officials from all blame in the matter. Mr. Clough said he thought death was due more to shock than to actual burning.
Monmouth Herald, 29 Dec 1916, 1:1

Mrs. Sarah Horr, formerly of Monmouth and who died in the Salem Hospital Christmas day, was buried in the IOOF cemetery of that city by Eugene Palmer of Portland, brother of the deceased.
Monmouth Herald, 5 Jan 1917, 6:2



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LR
OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #631
Terwilliger, Vol C, #111

1850 OH CENSUS (Ashtabula co, Drset, FA#1833)

1860 AR CENSUS Benton co, Beatie, FA#460)

1870 MO CENSUS (Morgan co, Haugh Creek, FA#200)

Kansas Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1880 KS CENSUS (McPherson co, Little Valley, ED 261, FA#164)

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Monmouth, ED 177, FA# 170)

OS 26 Dec 1916 5:4
OS 27 Dec 1916 5:3
MH 29 Dec 1916, 1:1
MH 5 Jan 1917, 6:2

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LOT: 642 SPACE: 4 SE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.224' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.909'
 
 

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