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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Martha S. Morton ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Martha S. Morton
LAST NAME: Morton FIRST NAME: Martha MIDDLE NAME: S. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Houseman AKA 1: Outhouse AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 16 Sep 1857 DIED: 22 Dec 1916 BURIED: 26 Dec 1916
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1880 IL CENSUS - Martha Houseman, age 25, single, b. Illinois, is enumerated as a step-daughter in the the home of Oliver Outhouse, age 54, occupation farmer, b. Illinois, and his wife, Mary, age 45, b. [can't read], along with Albert Outhouse, age 18, occupation store clerk, b. Illinois, Orpha Outhouse, age 12, b. Illinois, Waldo Outhouse, age 9, b. Illinois, Clinton Outhouse, age 6, b. Illinois, and Raymond Outhouse, age 3, b. Illinois.
2nd MARRIAGE - to Charles Edward Morton, circa 1894
1900 OR CENSUS - Martha Morton, age 41, no children, b. Nov 1858 in Illinois, is enumerated with her husband of 5 years, C. E., age 44, occupation bookkeeper, b. Aug 1855 in New York, along with Ralph, age 7, b. Mar 1893 in Washington.
1910 OR CENSUS - Martha S. Morton, age 54 (her 2nd marriage) mother of 1 child not living at the time of the census, b. Illinois, is enumerated with her husban dof 16 years, Chas. E. Morton, (his 3rd marriage), age 59, occupation bookkeeper (lumber company), b. New York, along with Ralph C. Morton, age 18, b. Washington.

NOTE - Martha Houseman, in the 1880 Clinton Co., Illinois census, is listed as the step-daughter of Oliver Outhouse, so although her father is listed on the DC as Oliver Outhouse, he was not her birth father.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #734 - Martha S. Morton, female, married, housewife, b. 16 Sep 1957 in Illinois, d. 22 Dec 1916 in Marion Co., Oregon (2 miles NW of Marion) at the age of 59 y's 3 m's 6 d's, name of father Oliver Outhouse, interment 26 Dec, undertaker Rigdon-Richardson;
OBITUARY: 
At her home, two miles north of Marion, Friday, December 22, 1910, Mrs. Martha S. Mortan [sic], in her 59th year. She is survived by her husband, C. E. Mortan [sic]. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Rigdon and Richardson Tuesday, December 26, at 1 o’clock p.m. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows’ cemetery. 
Capital Journal 23 Dec 1916 5:3
INSCRIPTION: 
Martha S. Morton
1853 - 1916
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #734
Saucy/Norman Survey & Photographs 
1880 IL CENSUS (Clinton Co., Clement, ED 85, pg 544 C)
1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Mt. Tabor, ED 88, sheet 2B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 170, sheet 5B)
CJ 23 December 1916 5:3
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LOT: 766 SPACE: 3 NE N½ LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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