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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Jonathan O'Donald ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Jonathan O'Donald
LAST NAME: O'Donald FIRST NAME: Jonathan MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Judge GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 6 Sep 1826 DIED: 1 Jan 1910 BURIED: 2 Jan 1910
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Carpenter and Stairbuilder, Judge
BIRTH PLACE:  Pennsylvania
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
 IOOF Lot owners book shows that J. O'Donald purchased Lot #27 for $10 which was "paid to the Trustees in Settlement of 1861" 
1860 CENSUS of South Salem shows J. O'Donald age 33, carpenter and wife C. age 30, b. Pennsylvania, along with children: W. H. (male) age 9 b. IA; twin daughters both age 4 and names beginning with E.; and a son ? Age 6 months -- last three children b. in Oregon 
1880 CENSUS of East Salem shows the family of Jonathan O'Donald, age 53 b. Pennsylvania (carpenter) and his wife Eliza age 44 b. Illinois and three children: Annie age 12, Frank age 10 and Harry age 8 -- all born in Oregon. William Perry, age 32, an iron moulder is living with the family. 
The 1881 Oregon State Directory shows: O'Donald, J., carpenter, High st., between Trade and Mill.

See Also:  An ILLUSTRATED HISTORY of the STATE of OREGON by Harvey K. Hines, pg. 935 
See Also:  HISTORY of the WILLAMETTE VALLEY by Herbert O. Lang, pg. 721
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1910) #162 - Johnathan O'Donald, d. Jan. 1, 1900, age 84 years, 3 months, 24 days, 13th & Hoyt, Salem, Oregon. Married, Stairbuilder, b. Penn., son of parents b. in Penn.; mother's maiden name Martin. Informant: Mrs. Eliza R. O'Donald, RFD #4, Salem, Oregon. Undertaker: W. T. Rigdon, burial in IOOF Cemetery, Jan. 2, 1910.
OBITUARY: 
O'DONALD -- Jonathan. 
Judge J. O'Donald, aged 83, died yesterday morning at his home Thirteenth and Hoyt streets, after a lingering illness that had extended over a period of two years. 
Judge O'Donald was born in the state of Pennsylvania. He crossed the plains in 1852, and settled in the vicinity of Salem, where he has resided ever since. 
He leaves to survive him a wife and two children, Mrs. A. C. Wyman of San Fransisco, and Frank O'Donald, of this city.
 The funeral services will be held at the chapel of the Rigdon undertaking parlors this afternoon, at 2 o'clock. They will be under the auspices of the Masonic lodge and interment will be had in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 2 Jan 1910, 5:7 

Masonic Funeral Notice -- Salem Lodge No. 4 will meet at the lodge rooms at 1:15 today (Sunday), to attend the funeral of the late brother, J. O'Donald. Visiting brethren are urged to attend. By order of Geo. Dunsford, W. M. 
Oregon Statesman, Jan 2, 1910, 5:6.
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SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1910) #162 
IOOF Lot Owners Vol. II 
1860 CENSUS of South Salem, OR, pg. 402, #3241 
1880 CENSUS of East Salem, Marion Co., OR, #28/#28 
1881 pg. 643. OS 2 Jan 1910 5:7 OS Jan 2, 1910, 5:6. 
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 027 SPACE: C LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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