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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ John S. Hawkins
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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John S. Hawkins
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| LAST NAME: Hawkins
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FIRST NAME: John
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MIDDLE NAME: S.
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| TITLE: Mr.
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GENDER: M
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| BORN: 1816
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DIED: 28 Sep 1890
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BURIED: 30 Sep 1890
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OCCUPATION: Surveyor, Property Manager, Carpenter, Piano maker, Janitor
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| BIRTH PLACE: New Hampshire
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF Register of Burials: age 73, d. Salem of old age, Janiter at opera House
1880 OR CENSUS - J. S. Hawkins, age 62, occupation carpenter, b. New Hamshire, enumerated with wife Elizabath Hawkins, age 62, b. New Hampshire, along with Charles, age 38, occupation stock raiser, b. New Hampshire, Isabel Hawkins, age 35, b. Massachusets, John Hawkins, age 32, occupation stock raiser, b. Massachusets, and William Hawkins, age 22, occupation stock raiser, b. Oregon.
PROBATE File # 1569 - "Intestate. Died Sept. 1890 in Salem. Adms: Mary I. Cooke, 26 Apr 1895; R. J. Fleming, 05 June 1895. Heirs: Charles E. Hawkins, 52; Mary I. Cooke, 48, [she died 23 May 1897]; John S. Hawkins, Jr., 45; William E. Hawkins, 36, - all of Salem; & Elizabeth Hawkins, widow [she died 18 April 1895 in Salem, intestate, only heirs being 4 above named. Buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem]."
BIOGRAPHICAL:
John Hawkins brought his family over the Oregon Trail 1852 (census 1853 Washington Co., Oregon Territory, pg. #30); In 1855 he was Surveyor of Rainier precinct, Columbia Co., Oregon Territory. He helped establish the Rainier Seminary for Education ; 1 Dec 1854 settled in the town of Rainier, Columbia Co.,. His occupation was piano maker in 1850 and that is why he was working at the Opera House in Salem. He was on Tax List 1854, Columbia County.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY:
On Sunday evening the 28th inst. at 9 o'clock, at his home in the city, after a protracted illness of many months, John S. Hawkins, aged 73 years. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the residence, corner Marion and 14h streets. The intement at I. O. O. F. cemetery. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
Evening Capital Journal 30 1890
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INSCRIPTION:
No marker found as of Sept 2002
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SOURCES:
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IOOF Register of Burials
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., East Salem Pct., FA #15)
Marion Co. Oregon Probate Records, Vol 2, H-Q, pg 113
ECJ 30 Sep 1890
OS 1 Jan 1891 (Necrological listing) Karen Childs
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| LOT: 295
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SPACE: S½
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.222'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.737'
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