Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George W. Mothorn ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
George W. Mothorn
LAST NAME: Mothorn FIRST NAME: George MIDDLE NAME: W. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Jr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 5 Apr 1867 DIED: 18 Feb 1892 BURIED: 18 Feb 1892
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - George Mothorn, Jr., age 25, died south of Salem of lung fever, brother of James.
1880 CENSUS - George W. Mothorn, age 13, b. Iowa, is enumerated with father Geo. W., age 55, farmer b. Tennessee, and Elizabeth, age 55, b. N. Carolina, along with siblings Mary M., age 31, b. Indiana, James A., age 23, b. Iowa, and Maria, age 19, b. Iowa.
OBITUARY: 
THREE DEATHS IN ONE FAMILY. 
The Third Death from la Grippe in the Mothorn Family within One Week. 
George Mothorn died at the family home four miles south of Salem at 11:15 o'clock on the night of Thursday, Feb. 18, 1892, from la grippe and pneumonia. He had been sick about three weeks. His father and mother died from the same ailment only a few days ago and were buried at Salem, one on Thursday and the other on Saturday of last week. This is a well known family and the surviving members have the sincere sympathy of many friends in ther bereavement. George Mothorn was 25 years of age and was an Odd Fellow. He was known to many in Salem as an upright and honorable young man. 
Daily Oregon Statesman 20 Feb 1892, 4:4
INSCRIPTION: 
G. W. Mothorn, Jr. 
Died 
Feb. 18, 1892 
Aged 24 years, 10 months, 13 days
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
DAR pg 63 
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Turner Pct., FA #172) 
DOS 20 Feb 1892 4:4
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 736 SPACE: 4 NW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: