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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Nellie May Lewis
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Nellie May Lewis
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| LAST NAME: Lewis
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FIRST NAME: Nellie
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MIDDLE NAME: May
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| TITLE: Miss
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 30 May 1874
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DIED: 18 Jan 1891
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BURIED: 20 Jan 1911
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OCCUPATION: Student
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| BIRTH PLACE: Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - Nellie May Lewis, age 16 y' 7 m's 18 d's, born in Oregon, died in Salem of typhoid meleria [sic] fever.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Mother, Mary E. "Lizzie" Wyatt, married first Wm H. Lewis (1867), father of Nellie, and second, Joshua Smith (1876).
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OBITUARY:
At 428 Liberty street in Salem, Sunday, Jan. 18, 1891, Nellie May Lewis, aged 16 years, 7 months, and 18 days.
Deceased was a step-daughter of Joshua Smith, and a daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Smith.
She had suffered for several weeks, having taken sick with fever before the new year. She was a child of much promise, just blosoming into womanhood, and her death is dadly mourned by the afflicted household and many sorrowing friends.
Nellie was a member of the Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church, which has taken charge of the funeral arrangements. The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning at the Christian church, thence to the I. O. O. F. cemetery. The schoolmates of the deceased, in Mis VanWagner's room in the High school building, will be dismissed today to attend the funeral.
Weekly Oregon Statesman 23 Jan 1891 12:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Nellie M. Lewis
May 30, 1874
Jan. 18, 1891
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
DAR pg 75
Saucy
WOS 23 Jan 1891 12:3
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| LOT: 891
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SPACE: 4 SW
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