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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Lewis Logan Lafore ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Lewis Logan Lafore
LAST NAME: Lafore FIRST NAME: Lewis MIDDLE NAME: Logan NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 22 Mar 1856 DIED: 11 Feb 1902 BURIED: 13 Feb 1902
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Blacksmith, proprietor of Livery Stable in Turner, Oregon
BIRTH PLACE:  Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Turner, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Age: 45 years, 10 months, 20 days; IOOF - L. L. Lafore died in Turner of heart failure, was a brother of Eber Lafore,
1880 Census emumerates L. L. Lafore, age 22, b. in Iowa, occupation blacksmith, with his brother-in-law J. C. Thompson and family; 
Married Sarah Jane Crockette and three children, Robert, Roland and Grace Lafore. Lewis Logan Lafore and Elizabeth Crout were parents of Lewis Logan Lafore (junior).
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
Woodmen Attention
Members of Salem Camp No. 118 are requested to meet at the hall at 10 o'clock sharp tomorrow morning, Thursday to attend the funeral of L. L. Lafore, a member of Yew Log Camp at Turner. 
As many as can conveniently do so are urged to attend
The Daily Journal 12 Feb 1902, 4:5


The remains of L. L. Lafore, who died at Turner Tuesday were brought to Salem today and taken to the residence of J. C. Thompson, on Chemeketa and High streets. The funeral will be held from this place at 10:30 Thursday morning and interment will be in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. The exercises will be in charge of the Woodmen of the World.
The relatives of Mr. Lafore here are his brother E. E. Lafore and Mesdames Thompson, Beckner and Folsom
The Daily Journal 12 Feb 1902, 4:5
INSCRIPTION: 
L. L. Lafore 
Born 
Mar. 22, 1856 
Died 
Feb. 11, 1902
"The angels called him" 
"Here rests a woodman of the World" 
"Weep not for me I am gone to rest"
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
DAR pg 81
1800 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., E. Salem Pct., FA #10)
DJ 12 Feb 1902, 4:5
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 548 SPACE:  LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.203' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.878'
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