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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Loretta Ross
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Loretta Ross
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| LAST NAME: Ross
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FIRST NAME: Loretta
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| MAIDEN NAME: Durbin
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AKA 1: Sheldon
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 17 Nov 1857
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DIED: 26 Dec 1914
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BURIED: 26 Dec 1914
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Isaac Durbin
Maiden name of mother Olive Kays
1st MARRIAGE - "Albert Sheldon, over 18 & Loretta Durbin, over 17, md 12 Sept 1875 at house of O. Sheldon; H. A. Sheldon, J. P. Wit: O. H. Sheldon & Laura Savage, Isaac Durbin consents #1816 pg 96".
2nd MARRIAGE - Duncan G. Ross, over 40 & Mrs. Lettie Sheldon, over 33, md 2 Oct 1889 at house of O. D. Hutton by J. Bowersox, M.G. Aff: J. D. Jordan, Wit: J. H. Cavanaugh & O. D. Hutton #3701 pg 177".
1900 OR CENSUS - Lauretta Ross, age 44, b. Nov. 1855 in Oregon, is enumerated with her husband of 10 years, Duncan Ross, age 55, b. Scotland.
DISCREPANCY: year of burial is given as 1914 in lot record and newspaper, and marker in lot diagram shows 1915
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1914) #3379 - Loretta Ross, female, married, housewife, b. Oregon, d. 26 Dec 1914 six miles NE of Salem, Oregon, at the age of 56 y's 1 m 9 d's, name of father: Isaac Durbin (b. Ohio), maiden name of mother: Olive Kays, informant: C. W. Sheldon of Salem Rt 9.
SEE ALSO:
Denise R. Ottoson ottoson422@earthlink.net RootsWeb.com's World Connect pages: Mary Ann Kays & Extended Family
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OBITUARY:
PIONEERS PASS - John H. Lewis and Mrs. Loretta Ross Called--Two of Marion County's Well Known People Will be Laid at Rest by Friends Monday Afternoon--Two Oregon pioneers passed away yesterday in this community.
One was John H. Lewis, well known Democrat, ex-constable, who died at the age of 78 years, at his home in Salem, 1125 Leslie street, at 1:15 p.m., and the other was Mrs. Loretta Ross at her home on the Silverton road last night at about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Ross' age was 57 years. Mrs. Ross was the wife of the late Duncan Ross, was born in this city, was a member of the Rebecca lodge and of the W. R. C., and was one of the well known women of the state. Besides her husband she is survived by three sons, W. Clifton Sheldon of Salem, Cress O. Sheldon of Amity, and Hal W. Sheldon of this city; her mother, Mrs. I. Durbin and two sisters, Mrs. L. Bechtel and Mrs. Lela Jerman, both of this city, as well, and two grandchildren, Mary and Russell Hal Sheldon. The funeral services will be held at the home of her mother, Mrs. I. Durbin, 312 Water street, on Monday at 1 p.m.
Oregon Statesman Dec. 26, 1914, 2:6.
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INSCRIPTION:
Loretta Durbin Ross
Nov. 17, 1857
Dec. 26, 1915
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SOURCES:
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J. Plant Register
Barrick records #237
OSBH DC (Marion County 1914) #3379
Marriage Records of Marion County Oregon, 1874 - 1879 Vol. II, p. 9
Marriage Records of Marion County Oregon, 1888 - 1891, Vol. VI, p. 15;
1900 CENSUS of Howell Prairie, Marion Co., OR ED #138, pg. 12-A
OS Dec. 26 1914 2:6
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| LOT: 063
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SPACE: 2 NW N½
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