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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Riley Pratt
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Riley Pratt
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| LAST NAME: Pratt
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FIRST NAME: Riley
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| TITLE: Mr.
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| BORN: 1858
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DIED: 1 Feb 1912
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BURIED: 4 Feb 1912
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OCCUPATION: RR Watchman, engineer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Indiana
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Oregon Death Certificate: Riley Pratt, Watchman R. R. Co. Married, age 52 years. Son of John Pratt, b. Ohio and Julia Nickerson, b. Ohio. Informant: Alwilda Pratt, 437 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. Lehman & Clough Funeral Home.
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OBITUARY:
DIED-- At 437 North Commercial street, Salem, OR., Thursday Feb. 1, 1912, Wiley Pratt. The remains are at the undertaking parlors of Lehman & Clough, where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Davis Errett. The deceased was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge. Capital Journal, February 8, 1912, 3:8. Riley Pratt, aged 52 years, died Thursday, February 1, 1912, at the family home, 437 South Commercial street, after an illness of about a month, from Bright's disease. Mr. Pratt was an engineer for the Southern Pacific company. The family has resided in Salem about eight years. Mr. Pratt for some years was in the livery business. He leaves a wife and four daughters. He was a member of the Christian church and the Odd Fellows lodge, which conducted his funeral. Mr. Pratt was a loving father and a good neighbor, and his death removes one of the world's useful workers and most valued citizens.
Oregon Statesman 2 Feb 1912, 3:7.
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INSCRIPTION:
Riley Pratt
1858 - 1912
[photo available]
(dark grey marble, flat, 9" x 18" x 6")
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SOURCES:
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1912) #323
S&H pg 16
OS 2 Feb 1912 3:7
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| LOT: 927
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SPACE: 2 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.218'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 03.007'
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