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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Eliza Eunice Pentland ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Eliza Eunice Pentland
LAST NAME: Pentland FIRST NAME: Eliza MIDDLE NAME: Eunice NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Atkins AKA 1: Reynolds AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 4 Jul 1840 DIED: 25 Apr 1916 BURIED: 27 Apr 1916
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Church worker
BIRTH PLACE:  Maine
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1st MARRIAGE - Dawson Reynolds
1870 OR CENSUS -  Eliza E. Reynolds, age 39, b. Maine, is enumerated with Dawson Reynolds, age 40, occupation farmer, b. Virginia, along with Edith M., age 4 months [sic], b. Oregon, and Florence J., age 6, b. Minnesota.
2nd MARRIAGE - Robert Pentland
1880 OR CENSUS - Eliza E. Pentland, age 39, b. Maine, is enumerated with Robert Pentland, age 59, occupation miller, b. England, along with Ervin C. Pentland, age 23, grist mill worker, b. Oregon, Edith M. Reynolds, age 14, b. Oregon, and Florence J. Reynolds, age 16, b. Minnesota.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #230 - Eliza Eunice Pentland, female, widowed, b. 4 Jul 1840 in Maine, d. 26 Apr 1916 in Salem, Oregon (Old People's Home) at the age of 75 y's 9 m's 22 d's, name of father Sinclair Atkins, maiden name of mother Maria Carr, interment 27 Apr IOOF, undertaker Rigdon-Richardson, informant not listed.
OBITUARY: 
BELOVED SALEM WOMAN IS DEAD. 
Mrs. E. E. Pentland’s Long Life of Usefulness Ended in 76th year. 
Was Faithful Worker in Church and Community -- 
Funeral will Be Held From Congregational Church at 3:30 this Afternoon. 
Mrs. E. E. Pentland, a resident in Salem for 27 years and prominent in church work, died yesterday morning at the Old People’s home at the age of 76 years. She came to Oregon via the Isthmus of Panama in 1866. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the First Congregational church. Rev. James Elvin will officiate, assisted by Rev. Richard N. Avison. The burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery by the side of a daughter, Mrs. William Bagley. Mrs. Pentland was born in Maine, her natal day being July 4. She was married in 1863 to D. L. Reynolds, in Illinois, who died in 1873. There were four children by the first union, only one of whom survives, Miss Florence Reynolds, now a member of the Old People’s home in this city. A second marriage took place in 1876 to Robert Pentland of The Dalles, who died at Scio in 1887. There were three children by the last union; all of whom are dead. Miss Mildred Bagley, a teacher in the Eugene high school, is the only surviving grandchild. Mrs. Pentland had been a member of the Old People’s home for six years. She was a most loveable character and always lent her influence for good. She was influential in the community as well as in her home, many going to her for counsel and advice. Mrs. Pentland had long been an active member of the Congregational church. 
Daily Oregon Statesman 27 Apr 1916 3:6-7.
INSCRIPTION: 
Eliza Eunice 
Wife of 
Robert Pentland 
Died 
Apr 25, 1916 
75 years 9 mo. 22 days
He giveth his beloved sleep
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #230
Rigdon Vol. 7 #285
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1870 OR CENSUS  (Wasco Co., W. Dalles, FA #152)  
1880 OR CENSUS (Linn Co., Scio, ED 72, sheet 374C)
S&H pg 70 
DOS 27 Apr 3:6-7
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LOT: 801 SPACE: 2 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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