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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Isaac W. Miller
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Isaac W. Miller
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| LAST NAME: Miller
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FIRST NAME: Isaac
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MIDDLE NAME: W.
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| TITLE: Mr.
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| BORN: 2 Oct 1829
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DIED: 2 Sep 1901
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BURIED: 3 Sep 1901
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OCCUPATION: Bookeeper; Janitor at State House
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| BIRTH PLACE: Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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IOOF - Isaac W. Miller, age 71 y's 10 m's, born in England, died in the hospital, "deceased was a devoted Odd Fellow"
Funeral ordered by Lena Miller
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OBITUARY:
A PIONEER ODD FELLOW DEAD.
Isaac W. Miller Passed Away Early Yesterday Morning.
HE LEAVES ONE GROWN DAUGHTER.
The Funeral Will Be Held from the I. O. O. F. Temple Today Under the Lodges’ Auspices.
At the Salem Hospital, on Monday, September 2, 1901, Isaac W. Miller passed away, aged 71 years, 11 months.
Mr. Miller was a native of England, having been born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, on October 2, 1829, but he was a pioneer of the Pacific coast, to which he came about 1851, coming to Oregon in 1855 or ’56 and spending nearly all of his remaining years in this state. He lived in Curry and Clatsop counties at various times and held several places of trust in his younger days, being a competent bookkeeper and scribe.
Mr. Miller was married in December, 1881, and had one daughter, Miss Lena now 18 years old, to whose support and education the last years of his life were loyally devoted. Last winter she completed her preparatory studies, following a graduation from Salem public schools with honors the year before and in this spring obtained a certificate to teach school; being engaged at once for a Tillamook school for six months.
This happy culmination rounded out Mr. Miller’s ambition and the hard work at which he cheerfully plodded for years seemed to be more than he could longer bear. On May 12th, last, he was compelled to cease his labors as assistant janitor at the State House and has been an invalid since. The breakdown was complete, though his rugged frame and sturdy English constitution made wonderful resistance against final dissolution. A great source of comfort in his last days has been the presence of his daughter at his bedside the past two weeks.
Another source of consolation has been the fraternal devotion and care of his brother Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, who have provided the best possible care and treatment for him during his illness. Mr. Miller has been a member of Chemeketa lodge I. O. O. F., for thirty-six years and was one of the earliest members of the Knights in Oregon. In both orders he has passed through nearly all the degrees and received many of the high honors.
His death occurred at 3 o’clock yesterday morning and the remains were taken to the Rigdon & Clough undertaking parlors, prepared for burial and transferred to the Odd Fellows’ Temple where they will remain until the funeral, which will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, under the auspices of Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., and Central Lodge No. 18, K, of P. Rev. P. S. Knight will deliver the funeral sermon and a picked choir will furnish the music. Interment will be had in the Odd Fellows’ cemetery. Deceased was a veteran Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He joined Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, I.O.O.F., of this city, April 18, 1866, and in a few years passed the chairs and took his seat in the Grand Lodge of Oregon. He became a member of Willamette Encampment No. 2, January 18, 1867, and during the following year – December 31, 1868 – he became a Past Chief Patriarch and a member of the Grand Encampment of Oregon, in which he held continuous membership to his death. In 1892, while residing temporarily in Forest Grove, he joined Forest Rebekah Lodge No. 40, and held his membership there. In the later part of the 70’s he resided for a time in Astoria, where he became a charter member of Astor Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and upon his return to Salem a few years later, became a charter member of Central Lodge No. 18, of this city. He passed the chairs of this order, and was one of its most enthusiastic members. In 1895, when the Grand Lodge of Oregon, I. O. O. F. , was in session in this city, Mr. Miller was presented, by the then Grand Master, with a beautiful jewel, known as the Veteran Odd Fellows’ Jewel, prepared by the Sovereign Grand Lodge for members of the order who have held thirty years’ continuous membership in the order. Mr. Miller was justly proud of this record and wore the jewel constantly.
Among the effects of Mr. Miller was found yesterday, a diploma, given him by the Oregon State Fair in 1863, as a premium for a painting, exhibited in the Art Department at the Fair that year. Mr. Miller was a man of considerable culture and very wide knowledge, having been a close student of the best literature. He was scrupulously honest and true to his word, a loyal friend and a hater of hypocrisy. He was not allied to any church, but he was imbued with firm convictions of morality and a high sense of justice. One of his favorite invocations to the Great Jehovah was: Teach me to feel anothers’ woe. And hide the faults I see; The mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Daily Oregon Statesman 3 Sep 1901, 5:1-2
REMAINS LAID TO REST.
The Funeral of the Late I. W. Miller Held from the Odd Fellows’ Hall Yesterday. T
he funeral of the late Isaac W. Miller was held yesterday afternoon [missing lines] ket, which stood in the front of the principal chair, covered with beautiful floral pieces, and after all had taken a last look at the features of the deceased, the remains were taken in charge by the pall-bearers, representing the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and friends of the deceased, and conveyed to the Rural cemetery.
The pall-bearers were: Frank W. Power, Carey F. Martin, W. D. Claggett, Z. M. Parvin, F. T. Wrightman, Frank Davey. At the graveside the Knights of Pythias funeral services, brief but impressive, were conducted by Chancellor Commander Frank W. Tower and Prelate C. F. Martin, after which the remains were laid to rest in the tomb and the mound decorated with a wreath of flowers, brought by the friends and associates of the deceased, showing in what high estimation he was held by those who knew him best. Only one relative, his daughter, was present to follow him to his grave, but the friends of her dead father who surrounded her made up to her the absence of relatives, of which there are none on this coast. Miss Miller will be in Salem a few days before leaving for her home in Tillamook county, spending the time with her father’s and her own friends. Daily Oregon Statesman 4 Sep 1901
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INSCRIPTION:
I. W. Miller
K of P
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SOURCES:
LR
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IOOF Register of Burials
Rigdon #18
S&H pg 56
Saucy
DOS 3 Sep 1901 5:1-2
DOS 4 Sep 1901
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| LOT: 923
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SPACE: 3 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.207'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 03.006'
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