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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William James Barker ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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William James Barker
LAST NAME: Barker FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: James NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 19 Aug 1848 DIED: 20 Nov 1940 BURIED: 23 Nov 1940
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Building contractor
BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father William S. Barker
Maiden name of mother Aurelia Davidson
1880 OR CENSUS - William J. Barker, age 29, occupation house contractor, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife Viola H., age 20, b. Oregon, along with daughter Bessie A., age 3, b. Oregon.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Multnomah Co., 1940) #3697 - William James Barker, male, divorced (Viola), Building Contractor, b. 19 Aug 1848 in Salem, Oregon, d. 20 Nov 1940 in Portland, Oregon (Stafford Rest Home - 8 years) at the age of 92 y's 3 m's 1 d, name of father William S. Barker (b. Salem, Mass.), maiden name of mother Aurelia Davidson (b. Salem, Mass.), interment 23 Nov, undertaker Miller & Tracy
OBITUARY: 

W. J. Barker, 92
Son of Pioneers
William James Barker, 92, thought to be the oldest native son of Salem, died Wednesday in Portland. He was born at Salem on August 19, 1848, son of William and Aurelia Ann Barker, natives of Massachusetts, who crossed the plains to Oregon in 1847.
Mr. Barker's father was a cabinet maker and established a furniture factory in Salem on the present site of the Marion hotel.
He is survived by one son, Harry L. Barker and a nephew, O. B. Coldwell, both of Portland.
Funeral services will be held at Salem Saturday at 2 P.M. and burial will be in the Barker family plot.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 22 Nov 1940 6:5
INSCRIPTION: 
William J. Barker
Aug. 19, 1848
Nov. 20, 1940
SOURCES: 
LR
LD
OSBH DC (Multnomah Co., 1940) #3697
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Turner, ED 86, pg 20D) 
Oreg 22 Nov 1940 6:5
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LOT: 410 SPACE: 1 SW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.180' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.830'
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