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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Robert M. Forsythe
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Robert M. Forsythe
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LAST NAME: Forsythe
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FIRST NAME: Robert
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MIDDLE NAME: M.
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TITLE: Mr.
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: Civil War, 159th Ohio
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BORN: 23 Mar 1833
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DIED: 23 Jan 1897
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BURIED: 24 Jan 1897
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OCCUPATION: Engineer
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BIRTH PLACE: Muskingum Co., Ohio
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES: IOOF - Robert Fosythe, age 65, died at the corner of Front & State street, was an esteemed citizen.
1880 CENSUS - R. C. Forcythe [sic], age 47, b. Ohio, occupation laborer, is enumerated with his wife A., age 50, b. Ohio and son, Jas. M., age 24, b. Ohio, occupation painter.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY: AN OLD CITIZEN DEAD.
R. M. Forsythe Passes Away After a Lingering Illness.
He Was an Employe (sic) at the Capital Lumber Mill for Many Years.
R. M. Forsythe, one of Salem's well-known citizens, aged 63 years, passed from this life at 2 o'clock yesterday at his residence on the southwest corner of Court and Front streets.
Mr. Forsythe was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 23d day of March 1833. In 1854, while a resident of Guernsey county, that state, he was united in wedlock to Annie Sherrard and to them were born four children, namely: J. M., Mary J., Wm. and R. H., all but the latter being present at the sad ending yesterday.
Mr. Forsythe was a member of the 159th Ohio regiment and during the late war rendered efficient service for the preservation of the union. His occupation was that of an engineer, and shortly after arriving in Salem, in 1876, he secured a position with the Capital Lumbering Co., where he worked constantly until about five months ago when he was stricken with locomotor ataxia, and was compelled to forego all employment and remain at home. He was an honored member of Central lodge, No. 18, Knights of Pythias.
The funeral will be held at his late residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The services will be conducted by Rev. J. P. Farmer, under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
Oregon Statesman 24 January 1897 5:6
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INSCRIPTION: Robert Forsythe
K of P
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SOURCES: LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
S&H pg 76
Saucy marker photo
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, pg 9A)
OS 24 Jan 1897 5:6
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LOT: 904
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SPACE: 2 NW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.178'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 03.003'
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