Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Cora M. Arnold ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Cora M. Arnold
LAST NAME: Arnold FIRST NAME: Cora MIDDLE NAME: M. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Moss AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 15 Sept 1877 DIED: 16 Jul 1966 BURIED: 19 Jul 1966
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Hayesville, Clay Co., North Carolina
DEATH PLACE: West Salem, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents Elisha P. Moss (son of Howell and Lucinda Moss) and Sarah A.E. Smith (dau of E.G. and Rufina Smith) md 20 Jan 1877, Tusquittee, Clay co, North Carolina

1880 NC CENSUS Cora Moss (2y, b NC) enumerated with parents Elisha (25y, b NC, occupation farmer) and Elizabeth (20y, b NC) and sister Lula (8m, b NC)

1900 CO CENSUS Cora Moss (b Sept 1877, NC) and sister Lula Moss (b Sept 1877, NC) listed as nieces of Robert Smith (b Oct 1861, NC, married 15y, occupation farmer) along with Robert’s wife Julia (b Oct 1861, Indiana, mother of 2 children) and their 2 children Paul (b Dec 1890, Colorado) and Bruce (b June 1893, Colorado)

MARRIAGE Ira L. Arnold and Cora V. Mass md 29 Sept 1904, Gardner, Huerfano co, Colorado

1910 MO CENSUS Cora V. Arnold (31y, b NC, married 5y, mother of 3 children, 2 living at time of census) enumerated with husband Ira L. (46y, b Ohio, occupation farmer) and 2 children, Alice A. (3y, b Colorado) and George W. (8m, b Missouri)

1920 MO CENSUS Cora V. Arnold (42y, b NC) enumerated with husband Ira L. (55y, b Ohio, occupation farmer) and 5 children, Alice A. (13y, b Colorado), George W. (10y, b Missouri), Jessie M. (6y, b Missouri), Ira L. (5y, b Missouri) and Sylvia A. (2y11m, b Missouri)

1930 MO CENSUS Cora V. Arnold (51y, b NC, married at age 27y) enumerated with husband Ira L. (66y, b Ohio, first married at age 26y, occupation farmer) and 5 children, Alice A. (22y, b Colorado), George W. (20y, b Missouri), Jessie W. (17y, b Missouri), Louis I. (15y, b Missouri) and Sylvia A. (13y, b Missouri)

1940 OR CENSUS Cora M. Arnold (62y, b NC, widowed, living in Springfield, Greene co, Missouri in 1935) enumerated with 4 children, Alice (33y, b Colorado, living in Springfield, Greene co, Missouri in 1935), George W. (30y, b Missouri, occupation laborer in paper mill, living in same house in 1935), Jessie (26y, b Missouri, living in same house in 1935) and Louis I. (25y, b Missouri, occupation parking lot attendant, living in same house in 1935)

OBITUARY: 

Mrs. Cora Arnold, 88, 1111 Second St. NW, died at her home Saturday following a long illness. She had lived in Salem the last 31 years. She was born in Hayesville, N.C. Survivors include daughters Jessie Arnold, Alice Arnold, both of Salem, Sylvia Arnold of Tuba City, Ariz.; sons George and Lewis both of Salem; and five grandchildren. Services are pending at Barrick Funeral Home. 
Oregon Statesman, 17 Jul 1966 2-13:5

INSCRIPTION: 

Arnold
Cora M.
1877 - 1966
(shares marker with Ira)

SOURCES: 

LD

OSBH DC (1966 Polk Co) #11069

North Carolina Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1880 NC CENSUS (Clay co, Tusquittee, FA 62, FA#12)

1900 CO CENSUS (Huerfano co, Pct 12, ED 144, sheet 10A)

Colorado Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1910 MO CENSUS (Christian co, McCracken, ED 39, sheet 8B)

1920 MO CENSUS (Christian co, McCracken, ED 47, sheet 5B)

1930 MO CENSUS (Christian co, McCracken, ED 13, sheet 6A-B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk co, W. Salem, ED 27-44, sheet 3B-4A)

OS 17 Jul 1966 2-13:5

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