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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Thomas Merton Crawford
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Thomas Merton Crawford
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LAST NAME: Crawford
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FIRST NAME: Thomas
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MIDDLE NAME: Merton
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GENDER: M
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BORN: 2 Mar 1868
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DIED: 31 Aug 1875
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BURIED: Sep 1875
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OCCUPATION: Child
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BIRTH PLACE: Portland, Oregon
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES: IOOF - Thos. Merton Crawford, born in Portland, died in Salem.
1870 CENSUS enumerates T. H. Crawford, teacher, age 30, b. Indiana, and Emily, age 23, born in Wisconsin, along with 3 children, Maud, (age 5), Merton (age 2) and Mary (age 1) - all children born in Oregon, Mary is probably "Mary Pearl".
3 children of T. H. & E. B. Crawford died from diphtheria, from Aug 24 to Sept. 1, 1875; Pearl, Thomas Merton, and Maud.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY: DIED--August 31st, at 8:30 o'clock p.m., of diptheria, Thomas Merton, son of T. H. and E. B. Crawford, aged 7 years and six months. Due notice will be given of time and place of funeral.
Daily Oregon Statesman 1 Sept. 1865 3:2
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INSCRIPTION: Thomas Merton
Died
Aug. 31, 1875
Aged 7 yrs. 5 mos. 20 d's
(East face of Crawford monument with Pearl and Maude)
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SOURCES: LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
DAR pg 55
Saucy
1870 OR CENSUS (Mult. Co., Portland, pg 243B)
DOS 1 Sep 1865 3:2
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LOT: 587
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SPACE: S½
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.173'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.894'
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