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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Price
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Mary Price
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| LAST NAME: Price
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FIRST NAME: Mary
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| MAIDEN NAME: Arnold
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 20 Dec 1844
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DIED: 9 Aug 1891
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BURIED: 11 Aug 1891
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Henry County, Iowa
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - Mary A. Price, age 46 y's 8 m's, died in Salem of stomach trouble, wife of Henry Price.
MARRIAGE - Reuben Henry Price married Mary Arnold on Sep 18, 1859 in Umpqua Co., Oregon.
1870 OR CENSUS - Mary A. Price, age 26, b. Iowa, is enumerated with husband R. H., age 31, occupation hackman, b. Indiana, along with S. M., female, age 9, F. A., female, age 8, and L. M., female, age 3, all born in Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rennie, Sunday, August 9, 1891, Mrs. Mary A. Price, aged 47 years. Mrs. Price was born in Henry county, in December 1844. She came with her family across the plains to Oregon in 1852, and in 1859 was married to R. H. Price in Douglas county. In the spring of 1863 Mr. and Mrs. Price moved to Salem, where they have made their home ever since. Soon after her marriage she joined the Baptist church and remained a member until twelve years ago, when she joined the Methodist church. She remained through life a consistent Christian, and a faithful member of her church. She was the mother of six children, two sons and four daughters, three of the latter surviving her, Mrs. Sarah Crowell and Mrs. Flora A. Rennie of Salem and Mrs. Mary E. Hales of Adams, Oregon. They were all present at her last illness. She leaves a brother, Prof. J. C. Arnold, of Pendleton. The funeral will be held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Oregon Statesman 11 Aug 1891 4:4
Mary A. Arnold, wife of R. H. Price, at her home on State street, Salem, Or., Aug. 9, 1891, after an illness of three months, age 47 years.
Deceased was a pioneer, coming across the plains with her family in 1852. She was married to Mr. Price in 1859 and located at Salem in 1863. She was a member of the Baptist church, and more recently of the Methodist church where her funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. Wilson, P. E., officiating. Mrs. Price was the mother of six children, the survivors being Mrs. Sarah Crowell and Mrs. Flora A. Rennie of Salem, and Mrs. Mary E. Hales of Adams, Oregon, who were all present at the closing moments of her life. A devoted husband mourns the death of a faithful life partner and sympathizer in all his struggles from an early day when Oregon was a wilderness. Mrs. Price also leaves a brother, Prof. J. C. Arnold of Pendleton, Or., Her long suffering was endured with great patience and Christian fortitude, and the knowledge of duty faithfully done and an unswerving devotion to those near and dear enabled her to pass over to the other shore in peace and serenity. All the community laments with Capt. Price in his great loss.
Capital Journal 31 May 1892 3:5
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INSCRIPTION:
Mary A.
wife of
R. H. Price
Dec. 20, 1844
Aug. 9, 1891
(west face, along with Reuben Henry, of Price monument)
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
DAR pg 37
AZ, CO, NE, NM, OR, & WA, 1727-1900 Marriage Index
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., East Salem Pct., FA #324)
OS 11 Aug 1891 4:4
CJ 31 May 1892 3:5
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| LOT: 425
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.180'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.836'
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