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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Roxanna Cranston
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Roxanna Cranston
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| LAST NAME: Cranston
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FIRST NAME: Roxanna
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| MAIDEN NAME: Sears
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 15 Nov 1807
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DIED: Sep 1882
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BURIED: 8 Sep 1882
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
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| DEATH PLACE: Dayton, Washington
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BIOGRAPHICAL:
"Ephraim Cranston was born in Rhode Island, 1800. In Champaign county, Illinois, June, 1825, he married Roxanna his wife. He settled on his donation claim in the Waldo Hills, November 15, 1851. Elizabeth Cranston married Quincy Brooks, a pioneer of 1857. Don Cert. No. 1389"
Downs, A History of the Silverton Country, p. 93
"My grandfather was born in Rhode Island in 1800, moved to Illinois, and in the spring of 1825 was married. My grandmother's name was Rosanna Cranston. My grandfather, Ephraim Cranston, and my grandmother, Roxanna Cranston, crossed the plains with my father."
Source - Lockley, Fred, Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man, Oregon Journal, 9 November 1931, interview with Charles Knox Cranston.
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INSCRIPTION:
No marker found as of June 2002
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SOURCES:
LR
IOOF Register: Mrs. Cranston, Sept 8, 1882, Lot #431
Downs, A History of the Silverton Country, p. 93
OJ 9 November 1931
Dave's Database at WorldConnect.com: http://wc.rootsweb.com/
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| LOT: 431
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.214'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.834'
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