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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Percy Pope Dabney ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Percy Pope Dabney
LAST NAME: Dabney FIRST NAME: Percy MIDDLE NAME: Pope NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 25 Nov 1866 DIED: 18 Mar 1935 BURIED: Dec 1936
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Lawyer
BIRTH PLACE:  Mountpelier, Powhatan Co., Virginia
DEATH PLACE: Los Angeles, California
NOTES: 

Cremains

Marriage of Parents – William Pope Dabney (27y, b Powhatan co, Va, son of Robert K. Dabney) and Leila B. Madison (18y, b Orange co, Va, dau of Ambose Madison) md 23 Feb 1856, Madison co, Virginia

BIRTH – P. Pope Dabney born 25 Nov 1866, Powhatan co, Virginia, son of William & Lelia Dabney

1870 VA CENSUS – Percy Pope Dabney (3y, b Virginia) enumerated with William P. (40y, b Virginia, occupation lawyer), Lela M. (38y, b Virginia), R. Kelso (12y, b Virginia), Lela C. (7y, b Virginia), Julia B. (5y, b Virginia) and Champie (11m, b July 1869, Virginia); also with the family were 3 servants

1880 VA CENSUS – Percy P. Dabney (12y, b Virginia) enumerated with parents William P. (50y, b Virginia, occupation lawyer) and Leila M. (41y, b Virgina) and 6 siblings, all born in Virginia, Robert K. (22y), Leila M. (17y), Julia B. (15y), William C. (10y), Jos. M. (8y) and Ruby B. (6y)

MARRIAGE - to Ethel L. Crane 11 Sep 1895, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon

1900 OR CENSUS – P.P. Dabney (b Nov 1867, Virginia, married 5y, occupation attorney) enumerated with wife E.L.C. [Ethel] (b May 1874, Oregon, mother of 1 child), daughter A.N. [Alice] (b Oct 1896, Oregon) and female cousin E.F. McCulley (b Sept 1882, Oregon, age 8y)

1910 OR CENSUS – P.P. Dabney (42y, b Virginia, married 15y, occupation attorney) enumerated with wife Ethel C. (35y, b Oregon, mother of 1 child), daughter Alice M. (13y, b Oregon) and mother-in-law Alice M. Crane (57y, b Iowa, widowed, mother of 3 children)

1920 OR CENSUS - Percy P. Dabney, age 53, occupation lawyer, b. Virginia, is enumerated with wife Ethel C., age 45, b. Oregon, along with Alice M., age 23, occupation stenographer, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family are Jack Dabney, identified as nephew [of Percy], age 13, b. Texas, and Alice M. Crane, identified as mother-in-law [of Percy], age 67, widowed, b. Iowa.

1930 CA CENSUS – Percy P. Darney [sic] (63y, b Virginia, married at age 27y, occupation attorney) enumerated with wife Ethel C. (55y, b Oregon, married at age 21y) and mother-in-law Alice M. Crane (78y, b Iowa, married at age 19y, widowed)

DEATH – Percy P. Dabney died 18 Mar 1935, Los Angeles co, California, age 67y

BIOGRAPHICAL- Residence, 225 East Sixtieth street; office, Lewis building, Portland. Born in Powhatan, Virginia, November 25, 1866. Son of William Pope and Leila (Madison) Dabney. Married to Ethel Crane, September 11, 1895. Attended country schools in Virginia till sixteen years of age, then private study under supervision of father, who was Judge of County Court of Powhatan and Cumberland Counties, Virginia, followed by vacation summer course in law in 1887 under Professor John B. Minor at University of Virginia./ Admitted to bar in Virginia in 1888. Came to Oregon in 1890 and admitted to bar in Oregon in 1892. Not engaged in general practice, but making a specialty of land titles. Since 1890 associated with Title & Trust Company, of Portland, as counsel. Member of Sons of American Revolution and Portland Commercial Club. Democrat. -History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon (also portrait).

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 

Pope P. Dabney [sic]. NOTE: this is actually Percy Pope DABNEY. 
Pope P. Dabney,68, who practiced law in Portland for more than 25 years, died at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Survived by his widow Mrs. Ethel Crane Dabney, and daughter Alice Moores of Los Angeles [sic - Seattle]. 
Percy born in Virginia; associated with law firm of Williams, Wood and Linthicum, and later with Wood, Montague, Matthiesson and Rankin (land title lawyer with the latter firm for 20 years). Left Portland 1926 to practice law in CA; He had been ill about a week when he died. While in Portland, he had been active in Sons of the American Revolution.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 20 Mar 1935, pg 20

INSCRIPTION: 

Dabney
Percy Pope 
1866 - 1935 
[shares marker with Ethel Crane Dabney]

SOURCES: 

LR 
LD 
Saucy Survey & Photographs

Virginia Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

Powhatan Co, Virginia, Birth Records (Ancestry.com)

1870 VA CENSUS (Powhatan co, Spencer, FA#198)

1880 VA CENSUS (Powhatan co, Spencer, ED 186, FA#17)

Multnomah Co, Oregon, Marriage Records

1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Mt Tabor, ED 88, sheet 12A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 198, sheet 11B)

1930 CA CENSUS (Los Angeles co, Beverly Hills, ED 825, sheet 14A)

California Death Index (Ancestry.com)

HBB p. 119 
Oreg 20 Mar 1935 p.20

CONTACTS: 
LOT: 517 SPACE: 1 SE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.191' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.867'
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