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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George Albert Peebles
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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George Albert Peebles
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| LAST NAME: Peebles
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FIRST NAME: George
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MIDDLE NAME: Albert
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| TITLE: Mr.
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| BORN: 2 Mar 1854
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DIED: 15 Nov 1908
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BURIED: 17 Nov 1908
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OCCUPATION: Educator
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| BIRTH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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A stone has been placed in Mt. Hope Cemetery and his granddaughter, Genevieve Oppen, indicated that he was actually buried in Mt. Hope and members of the IOOF took part in the funeral. Mr. Peebles’ wife (Virginia Griffith) and other family members are also interred at Mt. Hope. However, three different source, Rigdon, the Death Certificate, and IOOF Register of Burials, give place of burial as Pioneer. Was he moved?
IOOF - Geo. A. Peebles, age 54, died of gangrene, was an old school teacher;
OSBH DC (Marion County 1908) #8398 - Geo. Albert Peebles, male, married, occupation educator, b. 2 Mar 1854 in Marion Co., Oregon, d. 15 Nov 1908 in Macleay, Oregon (Griffith's Farm east of Salem) at the age of 54 y's 8 m's 13 d's, name of father John C. Peebles (b. West Moreland Co., Pennsylvania), maiden name of mother Eliza Mark (b. Kentucky), interment 17 Nov IOOF, undertaker Rigdon, informant Virginia G. Peebles of Macleay, Oregon;
Funeral ordered by Carl & J. Griffith
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OBITUARY:
Prof. Peebles Passes Away.
One of Leading Oregon Educators Dies in the Waldo Hills.
George A. Peebles, one of the best known of educators in western Oregon, for thirty years a prominent figure in school work in Salem and one of the most highly respected men in the community, died Sunday at the residence of L. D. Griffith in the Walso Hills. Born near Salem in 1854, educated at Willamette Universiyy, graduating from there in 1877, starting as principal in the Salem schools in 1879 and being admitted to the bar in 1881, he devoted the greater portion of his life to Salem and to her children. For 10 years he was principal in one of the schools here and for seven years city superintendent. For two terms he was county superintendent and from 1889 to 1892 was superintendent of the McMinnville schools. From 1899 to 1905 he was professor of English literature at Weston normal school. When he retired last June he was principal of the Grant school in Salem. In addition to the other many duties of his active career for over ten years he was a member of the state board of teachers’ examiners.
Mr. Peebles left a widow, Virginia Griffith Peebles, and two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Junk, of Berkeley, Cal. And Miss Alice Peebles, a teacher in the Portland schools. The funeral will be conducted from the First M.E. church in this city, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. under the auspices of the Order of Odd Fellows. Rev. P.S. Knight and Rev. W. M. Sellack will conduct the service. The remains will lie in state at the Rigdon undertaking parlors until 1 o’clock, where friends of the deceased can view them.
Oregon Statesman 17 Nov 1908 3:5-6
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IOOF Register of Burials
OSBH DC ( Marion County 1906) #8398
Rigdon, Vol 4, #30
1886 Salem Directory, pg.8, pg.75
Chapman
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