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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George Sowers Reid
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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George Sowers Reid
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| LAST NAME: Reid
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FIRST NAME: George
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MIDDLE NAME: Sowers
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| BORN: 12 Jan 1870
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DIED: 26 Sep 1953
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BURIED: 30 Sep 1953
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OCCUPATION: Merchant; feed and seed stores
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| BIRTH PLACE: Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Robert Reid
Maiden name of mother Frances A. Sowers
1800 OR CENSUS - George S. Reid, age 9, b. Iowa, is enumerated with Robert, age 47, occupation farmer, b. Ohio, and Frances A., age 40, b. Ohio, along with Arthur N., age 19, b. Ohio, Enda L., age 17, b. Ohio, Jackson C., age 15, b. Iowa, Robert A., age 12, b. Iowa, Anna S., age 7, b. Oregon, Ralph R., age 3, b. Oregon, and C. Roy, age 4 months, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Charley, identified as servant, age 40, occupation cook, b. China.
1900 OR CENSUS - George S. Reid, age 29, occupation feed merchant, b. Iowa, is enumerated with his wife of 5 years, Linnie M., age 30, no children, b. Apr 1870 in Oregon, along with Robert, identified as father [of George], age 67, b. Jul 1842 in Ohio, and his wife of 37 years, Frances A., age 58, mother of 10 children 8 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Jan 1842 in Ohio.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1953) #11329 - George S. Reid, male, widowed, occupation feed and seed business, b. 12 Jan 1870 in Iowa, d. 26 Sep 1953 in Salem, Oregon (Oregon State Hospital) at the age of 83 years, name of father Robert Reid, maiden name of mother Sewers [Sowers?], undertaker V. Golden, informant hospital records.
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OBITUARY:
George S. Reid, at a local hospital, Sept. 26. Late resident of Salem Route 1. Survived by two brothers, Robert Reid, Portland, and Roy Reid, Palo Alto, Calif. Also survived by several nieces and nephews, including Byron Purvine, Salem, Walker Purvine, Glendale, Ore., and Margaret Purvine, Portland.
Announcement of services will be made later by the Virgil T. Golden Company.
Capital Journal 28 Sep 1953 15:7
REID SERVICES WEDNESDAY PM
Private funeral services will be held at the Virgil T. Golden company chapel, Wednesday afternoon for George S. Reid, former Salem businessman, who died Saturday at a local hospital. Rev. Brooks Moore will officiate at the service and interment will be in the Pioneer cemetery.
Born January 12, 1871, in Bedford, Iowa, Reid a year later moved to Salem with his parents. In 1893 he was married to Linnie N. Savage, who preceded him in death in 1939.
When in Salem Reid operated the Savage and Reid Feed and Seed store. Later he moved to Portland, where he was a partner in the Portland Feed and Seed company. It was about a year ago that he returned to Salem. Reid was a member of the Sunnyside Methodist church in Portland, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Oregon Consistory.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert Reid of Portland and Roy Reid of Palo Alto, Calif.; seven nieces and eight nephews.
Capital Journal 29 Sep 1953 15:8
George S. Reid, at a local hospital, Sept. 26. Late resident of Salem Route 1. Survived by two brothers, Robert Reid, Portland, and Roy Reid, Palo Alto, Calif. Also survived by several nieces and nephews, including Byron Purvine, Salem, Walker Purvine, Glendale, Ore., and Margaret Purvine, Portland. Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Virgil T. Golden Chapel with interment at Pioneer Cemetery. Dr. Brooks Moore officiating. Please omit flowers.
Capital Journal 29 Sep1953 15:8
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INSCRIPTION:
Reid Family
George S.
1871 - 1953
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1953) #11329
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Marion, ED 86, pg D4)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 131, sheet 2A)
CJ 28 Sep 1953 15:7
CJ 29 Sep 1953 15:8
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| LOT: 589
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SPACE: 4 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.176'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.896
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