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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William A.K. Mellen
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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William A.K. Mellen
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| LAST NAME: Mellen
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FIRST NAME: William
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MIDDLE NAME: A.K.
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| TITLE: Mr.
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| BORN: 17 Nov 1829
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DIED: 1 Oct 1870
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BURIED: 2 Oct 1870
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OCCUPATION: U.S. Asst. Assessor of Internal Revenue
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| BIRTH PLACE: New Hampshire
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - Wm. A. K. Mellen, age 40 y's 10 m's 15 d's, died in Salem of typhoid fever, "US Revenue Collector". Marion Co. Deeds, Vol 13, pg 375, Nov. 10, 1879/Aug 7, 1871.
1870 OR CENSUS - W.A.K. Mellen, age 40, b. New Hampshire, is enumerated with wife Elizabeth, age 22, b. Oregon, along with Alice, age 6, b. Oregon, Nellie, age 4, b. Oregon, Wlliard, age 2, b.Oregon, and Clifford, age 6 months, b. Oregon.
PROBATE - "Mellen, Wm. A.K., File 409. Intestate. Died 1 Oct 1870. Adm. A.J. Monroe, 4 Oct 1870. Heirs: Elizabeth Ann, widow: Allie May Mellen, 6; Nellie Wilde Mellen, 4; Willard S. Mellen, 2; Austin Clifford Mellen, 8 months. Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lot 501."
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OBITUARY:
DIED--At his residence in Salem, Oct. 1st, 1870, W. A. K. Mellen, U.S. Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue. Funeral at 1 o'clock this afternoon from the Congregational Church. The pastors of various churches will confer a favor by making this announcement from their pulpits this morning. Death has again robbed all of a citizen we can ill spare, his friends of one long to be missed and mourned, and his family of a free and kind heart, that can never be forgotten.
Weekly Oregon Statesman 28 Sept. 1870 4:4
A LESSON - The sad and singular manner of the death of Mr. W. A. K. Mellen is one that conveys a warning and corrects a popular error regarding the treatment of the sick. It is a very common saying that if an invalid and especially a convalescent has a craving for any particular food it should be given him, for the desire is a prompting of nature for something which is needed. In this case the nurse had a quantity of candy which the sick man saw him him put away, and taking the opportunity when no one was present he managed to get out of bed and reach the candy. Eating the whole of it he went to bed and was speedily taken with the most alarming symptoms, which all the skill of his medical attendants could not relieve, and death ensued. Not the slightest blame could attach to any one, as the accident was evidently unavoidable as unforseen, but the lesson taught thereby may be of future benefit to others.
FUNERAL- The funeral of W. A. K. Mellen esq., which took place on Sunday, was quite an imposing procession. The Masons formed in order at their Lodge and marched to the residence and from thence with the bier to the Congregational Church. After the funeral sermons the hearse was followed by a long train of carriages and of citizens on foot besides the large line of Masons whose funeral ceremonies were observed at the grave.
Weekly Oregon Statesman 6 October 1870 3:1
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INSCRIPTION:
Wm. A. K. Mellen
Died Oct. 1, 1870
Aged 40 years, 10 months, 14 days
Amiable and beloved husband, farewell,
Thy years were few but thy virtues many.
They are recorded not on this perishing stone,
But on the Book of Life and In the Hearts of thy afflicted friends.
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SOURCES:
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IOOF Register of Burials
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Jefferson, FA #1856)
DAR pg 49
Saucy marker photo
Marion County Oregon Probate Recrods, Vol. 2, pg 171
WOS 28 Sept. 1870 4:4
WOS 6 Oct 1870 3:1
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| LOT: 501
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.184'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.861'
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