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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Elizabeth Brooks
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Mary "Mazie" Elizabeth Brooks
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LAST NAME: Brooks
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FIRST NAME: Mary
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MIDDLE NAME: Elizabeth
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NICKNAME: Mazie
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TITLE: Auntie
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GENDER: F
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BORN: Abt 1860
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DIED: 6 Mar 1947
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BURIED: 10 Mar 1947
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ETHNICITY: African American
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BIRTH PLACE: Pennsylvania
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES: Mazy (Auntie) Brooks shown in lot record.
1905 Marion Co. Census, p. 42, Samuel Brooks, 40, b. OR, Laborer, Pct. No. 5; wife, Mary E. age 45, b. PA
1910 Marion Co. Census, p. 67, Samuel Brooks, 39, b. OR. Salem Pct. No. 5; wife - M. E. age 50, b. PA.
NOTE - Salem Pioneer Cemetery Black Pioneer Omnibus dedicated by the Oregon Northwest Pioneers on 1 Feb 2007.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY: "AUNTIE" BROOKS DIES in SALEM
Mrs. Mazie (Auntie) Brooks, 87, well known Salem woman, died at her home, 1318 N. Commercial street, late last night. Funeral arrangement for the woman that has lived here for 56 years since her coming from Pennsylvania, will be announced by the W. T. Rigdon company. There are no known survivors.
Born in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Brooks had traveled thoughout the United States and spent one year in Alaska. She spent a year in the east after the death of her husband in 1926. A member of the Independent Order of Good Temperance, "Auntie" Brooks held, at different times all the offices of that organization. An active worker in the first world war, she was not able to participate in war work during world war II. Annually she placed flowers on the world war monument in the courthouse square.
Oregon Statesman, 7 Mar 1947, pg. 1
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INSCRIPTION: No individual marker - her name is included on the Memorial Black Pioneer Omnibus
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SOURCES: LR
OS 7 Mar 1947 pg 1
1905 Marion Co. Census, p. 42
1910 Marion Co. Census, p. 67
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LOT: 365
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SPACE: 1 NW N½
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