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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Amanda Melson
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Mary Amanda Melson
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| LAST NAME: Melson
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FIRST NAME: Mary
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MIDDLE NAME: Amanda
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| MAIDEN NAME: Gibson
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| BORN: 31 Oct 1860
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DIED: 13 Aug 1940
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BURIED: 15 Aug 1940
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Petersburg, Jackson Co., Illinois
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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1900 OR CENSUS - Mary A. Melson,, age 39, mother of 5 children 2 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Oct 1860 in Illinois, is enumerated with her husband of 20 years James A. age 56, occupation janitor, b. Jul 1843 in Missouri,along with Roy S., age 16, b. Dec 1883 in Oregon, and Ella M., age 13, b. Apr 1887 in Oregon.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1940) #693 - Mary Amanda Melson, female, widowed (James A.), Housewife, b. 31 Oct 1980 in St. Petersburg, Illinois, d. 13 Aug 1940 in Salem, Oregon (1555 Jefferson St.) at the age of 79 y's 9 m's 12 d's, in this state 65 yrs, in community 51 yrs, name of father Gibson, maiden name of mother (Marsh)) interment 15 Aug, undertaker: Clough-Barrick, informant: Roy S. Melson of Salem.
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OBITUARY:
MELSON--Mary Amanda Melson, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Etta M. Eyre, 1555 Jefferson street, at the age of 79 years. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Etta M. Eyre, and son, Roy S. Melson, both of Salem; also six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held Thursday, August 15, at 2 p.m. at Clough-Barrick chapel, with Dr. J. C. Harrison officiating. Concluding services will be in IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 14 Aug 1940 5:2
Mary A. Melson Dies at Age 79
Mary Amanda Melson, who was born October 31, 1860 at Petersburg, Ill., died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, MRs. Etta M. Eyre, at the age of 79 years. One son, Roy S. Melson, of Salem, also survives, as well as six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
At the age of 17 years, Mary A. Gibson came to Oregon with her brother, Joseph, to make her home with her aunt, Mary E. Marsh Cason, of Heppner, Oregon. Mrs. Caso was an eye witness to the Whitman massacre, when she was a girl of 11 years. Walter Marsh, father of Mrs. Cason, and grandfather of Mary Melson, was killed in the Whiman massacre. Mary Marsh, daughter of Walter Marsh, was taken prisoner, but later was ransomed by Governor Odgen of the Hudsons Bay company and brought down to The Dalles.
Mary Amanda Gibson and James Ashbury Melson were married in 1879.
To this union were born five children, the three oldest died in infancy. Mrs. Melson is survived by the two youngest children, Mrs. Etta M. Eyre and Roy S. Melson, both of Salem. With her husband Mrs. Melson came to Salem in 1889, and has resided here since that time. James A. Melson died in 1906.
Mrs. Melson was a member of the First Methodist church of Salem.
Funeral services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel at 2 p.m. today with Dr. J. C. Harrison officiating. Concluding services will be held at the Odd Fellows cemetery.
[newspaper clipping, not cited, contributed by Evelyn Melson Franz]
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INSCRIPTION:
Mary Amanda Melson
1860 - 1940
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1940) #693
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Englewood, ED 143, sheet 1B)
OS 14 Aug 1940 5:2
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| LOT: 242
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