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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Bertha C. McMahan
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Bertha C. McMahan
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| LAST NAME: McMahan
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FIRST NAME: Bertha
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MIDDLE NAME: C.
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| MAIDEN NAME: Byrd
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| BORN: 12 Dec 1873
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DIED: 26 Feb 1963
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BURIED: 1 Mar 1963
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OCCUPATION: Teacher; Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Fairview, Marion Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Lorenzo Dow Byrd
Maiden name of mother Martha Crawford Savage
1900 OR CENSUS - Bertha C. Byrd, age 26, single, occupation public school teacher, b. Dec 1873 in Oregon, is enumerated with father Lorenzo, age 77, occupation farmer, b. Dec 1822 in Arkansas, and his wife of 46 years, Martha, age 64, mother of 8 children, b. Dec 1835 in Missouri, along with Susan V., age 33, single, occupation bank clerk, b. Feb 1867 in Oregon, and Roy D., age 19, single, b. Mar 1891 in Oregon.
MARRIAGE - to Leonard Harl McMahan 30 Aug 1919 in Marion Co., Oregon
"L. H. McMAHON WINS BRIDE
Miss Bertha Bird [Byrd], of Salem, Married to Oregon Politician.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 30 -(Special) - L. H. McMahan, at one time candidate for governor of Oregon on the progressive ticket, and Miss Bertha Bird [Byrd], both of Salem, were married at the home of the bride's parents here tonight. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. W. C. Kanter. Only a few friends and relatives of the couple were present. Mr. McMahan has been active in Oregon politics for many years and is widely known in the state."
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 31 Aug 1919, pg 18
PHOTOGRAPH NOTES - Photograph of Bertha McMahan, courtesy of Salem (Oregon) Public Library Historic Photograph Collections. Description: "Judge and Mrs. L. H. McMahan (Bertha B.) and an unidentified woman on the left (possibly their daughter) posing in their garden."
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1963) #2186 - Bertha Byrd McMahan, female, widowed (Leonard Harl), housewife, b. 12 Dec 1873 at Fairfield, Oregon, d. 26 Feb 1963 at Salem, Oregon (Salem General Hospital) at the age of 89 years, name of father Lorenzo Austin Byrd, maiden name of mother Martha Crawford Savage, bur 1 Mar Pioneer Cemetery, informant Mrs. Roy Byrd, sister-in-law.
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OBITUARY:
Bertha Byrd McMahon
Late resident of 891 Front St. N. Feb. 26 in a local hospital.
Survived by daughter, Mrs. Margaret Barton, Seattle; son, Carl H. McMahan, Salem; 4 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Friday, March 1, 10:300 a.m. in the V. T. Golden Chapel, Rev. Carl Calhoun officiating. Interment in Pioneer Cemetery.
Capital Journal, Feb. 27, 1963, Sec. 3, pg. 16.
Services for Mrs. Bertha Byrd McMahan, who died Tuesday night in a Salem nursing home at the age of 89, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Virgil T. Golden chapel. Rev. Carl Calhoun will officiate. Interment will be at Pioneer Cemetery. She was born in the Fairfield community near Gervais, moving to Salem in 1890. She was married at Salem in 1919 to L. H. McMahan, editor who later became a state legislator and Marion County circuit Court Judge. He died in 1957. She taught school in Salem for 20 years, first at Central School, now the site of Meier & Frank Store, later at Garfield School. She was a member of First Congregational Church, Order of Eastern Star and Willamette White Shrine. Survivors include a [step]-son, Carl H. McMahan, Salem, [and a stepdaughter], Mrs. Margaret Barton, Seattle, four grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Oregon Statesman, Feb 28, 1963, 5:2
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INSCRIPTION:
Bertha Byrd
McMahan
1873 - 1963
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OSBH DC (Marion County 1963) #2186
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 128, sheet 1B)
Oreg 31 Aug 1919, pg 18
CJ 27 Feb 1963 Sec 3 pg 16
OS 28 Feb 1963 5:2
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