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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Edna Kinney
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Mary Edna Kinney
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| LAST NAME: Kinney
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FIRST NAME: Mary
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MIDDLE NAME: Edna
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| MAIDEN NAME: Strong
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 9 Apr 1859
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DIED: 17 Jun 1938
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BURIED: Jun 1938
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OCCUPATION: Teacher, Housewife, Legislator
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| BIRTH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Seaside, Clatsop Co., Oregon
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OSBH DC [Clatsop County 1938] #136 - Mary Edna Kinney, female, married (William S. Kinney), housewife, b. 9 Apr 1859 in Salem, Oregon, d. 17 Jun 1938 in Seaside, Oregon (234 S. Edgewood) at the age of 79 y's, name of father Elisha Strong (b. New York), maiden name of mother Pherne Brown (b. Missouri), interment 21 June IOOF, undertaker E. B. Hughes Mortuary, Astoria, informant Robt. C. Kinney of Gearhart, Oregon.
1880 CENSUS - M. E. Strong, age 21, Teacher, b. Oregon, is enumerated with father E. Strong, age 70, retired tanner, b. New York, mother P. Strong, age 51, b. Missouri, along A. Strong, age 25, occupation confectioner, b. Oregon.
MARRIAGE - William S. Kinney, over 21 & Mary E. Strong, over 18, m 13 Sept 1881 at house of E. Strong: John N. Denison, M. G. Wit: Dr. Augustus Kinney & Dr. Alfred Kinney. Aff: J. J. Shaw #2593 pg 245".
WOMAN ELECTED TO SEAT IN LEGISLATURE; Mrs. W. S. Kinney, former Salem girl who was elected without opposition to represent Clatsop county in the state legislature. Mrs. Kinney is a member of one of Oregon's best-known pioneer families, her grandmother having been the first principal of Pacific university of Forest Grove.
Mrs. Kinney has made her home for many years in Astoria, and has been an active participant in its business, civic and social life. Her family consists of four sons, Robert C., whose wife was formerly Miss Althea Moores of Salem; Alfred E., and William Kinney of Astoria and Kenneth W. Kinney of Washington, D.C.
Oregon Statesman 12 December 1920 3:2-3, photo accompanies article.
"Mrs Kinney Again Saves Woman Juror Bill From Death.
Mrs. William S. Kinney, the only woman representative in the house, has again saved the life of her bill giving jury service to women, and it has been re-referred to the committee on revision of laws. This was only accomplished after a spirited contest on the part of Mr. Kinney, when the committee reported adversely to the passage of the measure. Incidentally, the discussion developed one open supporter of the Kinney measure giving women the right to serve on juries. This was Representative Frank Davey of Marion county, who grew eloquent on the subject, telling of the demands the community makes on the women in various other lines of work, and who declared that he was perfectly willing to trust them with jury service. Representative Bennett of Coos county declared that Mrs. Kinney is trying to force on her sisters in Oregon duties the burdens of which she does not realize, and others urged that the provisions of the bill were unworkable. Mrs. Kinney insisted on a reference to the committee on revision of laws, stating that a second bill has been introduced that should be considered in connection with the first measure, and that she will insist upon the legislature going on record as to its attitude regarding the granting of women the right to serve on juries."
Capital Journal 2 Feb. 1919 7:8
See also: Biographical sketch of her father, Elisha Strong (Pioneer Cemetery database)
See also: THE BROWN FAMILY HISTORY II, rev. by Judith Young and Celista Platz. Pub. Newton, KS, Mennonite Press, 1992.
"My mother, Pherne Brown, was born in Missouri, July 9, 1829 - Died at Salem, Oregon, Feb. 1912. Married David Fawcett Bain about 1845 in Missouri. She came to Oregon with her husband in 1852 - and brother, Matthew. Mr. Bain died in 1853. Two children were born of this marriage: Nathaniel Manthano Bain, born in Missouri, March 1847. He married Ella V. Johns, 1866, lives at Oak Grove, Oregon; Calvin H. Bain, born about 1850. He married Edith Buell in 1882 (a grass widow). Lives at Newport, OR. Pherne Brown married second Elisha Strong, (my father) in 1854 at Salem, Oregon. He died at Salem, Aug. 9, 1889. My brother Amos was born Apr 5, 1855. Married Ada Westacott, Salem, 1886. He died while on a trip to Mexico (at Montezuma Mine, Nacazari) May 30, 1901. One child, Ama, born sept. 1887, married Fred Thielsen, 1905 Salem. Ama has 3 children, Henry Wesley, 13, Nancy 10 & Frederick 7. They live at Salem. Amos Strong's widow lives at Salem. I was born at Salem, April 9, 1859. Am youngest child of Pherne Brown and Elisha Strong. I was married in 1881. I would like to have names, birth, etc., of my grandfather's 14 children and their whereabouts. I am writing hurriedly now because I am to be away from home and busy for six weeks, serving as representative from my county in State Legislature convening Jan. 10. Have been a widow for twenty-two years. Have four sons - Robt. C., aged 38. Dr. Alfred E. 33, Dr. Kenneth W., 30., Wm. Strong age 23 -- all married. Had three in World War. Dr. Alfred E. Served in France and was gassed but lived, though not well."
Letter dated Jan. 4, 1921, Brown Family History II, p. 220-221
"Mrs. Mary E. Strong Kinney was born in Salem, Oregon in 1859 and died in Seaside, Oregon in 1938. She was truly a daughter of Western pioneers. After the death of her husband, she managed his Clatsop mill and raised her family of four children. She received both her AE and AM degrees from Willamette University. For a good many years she was active in women's organizations in Astoria, Oregon, and in 1921, served Clatsop County, Oregon in the lower house of the state legislature. In 1922 she was elected state senator and served during the 1923 and 1925 sessions. She was active in the equal suffrage movement, and in 1912, the year the principle was adopted in Oregon, was president of the Astoria Women's Suffrage Club. Few, if any, women have contributed more to cultural and social progress in Oregon. There are institutions that will always remain to which she made practical contributions, and at her death she left an example of life well spent and a grateful and lasting memory. On December 29, 1943, the Mary E. Kinney Liberty Ship built at Portland, Oregon, was launched on its maiden voyage into the Columbia River on its way to the Pacific Ocean. The ship was named in honour of the "Grande Dame of Oregon" as she was often affectionately called."
Brown, p. 143
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OBITUARY:
MRS. MARY KINNEY CALLED BY DEATH
Mary Kinney, who held an important role in women’s politics in this state in the middle ‘20s, being state senator from Clatsop county in 1923-25 and state representative from the county in 1921, died Thursday at her Seaside, Oregon, home after an illness of many months. The widow of William S. Kinney of Astoria, she was born in Salem April 9, 1859 and graduated from Willamette University in 1878.
She was the great granddaughter of Tabitha Moffet Brown, founder of Pacific university at Forest Grove.
Mrs. Kinney is survived by three sons, Robert C. Kinney of Gearhart, Dr. Kenneth W. Kinney of Roseburg and William S. Kinney of New York City, also by a foster daughter, Mrs. Chriss A. Bell of Portland. She is an aunt of Mrs. Fred D. Thielsen of this city. Services will be at the grave at 1 oÂ’clock Tuesday at IOOF cemetery, Salem
Oregon Statesman 19 June 1938 11:2
FORMER WOMAN SENATOR DIES
Mary Kinney died yesterday at her home in Seaside following an illness of several months. She was born in Salem April 9, 1859, graduated from Willamette university in 1878, widow of William S. Kinney of Astoria. She was the great granddaughter of Tabitha Moffet Brown, founder of Pacific university at Forest Grove. Mrs. Kinney held an important role in women's politics in the middle 20s. In 1921 she was state representative from Clatsop county and in 1923-25 served as state senator from her home county.
Mrs. Kinney is survived by three sons, Robert C. Kinney of Gearhart, Dr. Kenneth W. Kinney of Roseburg and William S. Kinney of New York city, also by a foster daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Bell of Portland. She is an aunt of Mrs. Fred D. Thielsen of this city. Services will be held at the grave at 1 o'clock Tuesday at Odd Fellows cemetery, Salem.
Capital Journal 18 June 1938 8:7
Few, if any women, have contributed more to cultural and social progress in Oregon. There are institutions that will always remain to which she made practical contributions and at her death she left an example of life well spent and a grateful and lasting memory. On December 29, 1943, the SS Mary E. Kinney Liberty Ship built in Portland, Oregon, was launched on her maiden voyage into the Columbia River on its way to the Pacific Ocean. The ship was named in honour of the "Grande Dame of Oregon" as she is often affectionately called. Brown Family History II, p.143
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INSCRIPTION:
Mary Strong Kinney
Wife of
Wm. S. Kinney
Apr 9, 1859 June 17, 1938
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OSBH DC (Clatsop County 1938) #136
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 78, pg 8C)
Marion Co. Oregon Marriage Records, 1879-84, Vol IV, pg 20
OS 12 December 1920 3:2-3
CJ 2 Feb. 1919 7:8
CJ 18 June 1938 8:7
OS 19 June 1938 11:2
Brown Family History II, p.143, 220-221
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SPACE: 3 NW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.195'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 03.002'
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