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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ John P. Robertson
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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John P. Robertson
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| LAST NAME: Robertson
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FIRST NAME: John
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MIDDLE NAME: P.
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: Civil War
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| BORN: 1838
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DIED: 18 Jan 1923
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BURIED: 20 Jan 1923
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OCCUPATION: Lawyer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Indiana
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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OSBH DC (Marion County 1923) #40
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OBITUARY:
At the residence Jan. 18th, John P. Robertson, aged 84 years, father of Dr. C. H. Robertson, Mrs. Mildred Robertson Brooks and Miss Mabel Robertson, all of this city. Funeral services will be held from the Rigdon mortuary Saturday, Jan. 20th at 10 a.m. Concluding service IOOF cemetery.
Daily Oregon Statesman 19 Jan 1923; 3:5
PIONEER OF SALEM DIES--John P. Robertson Passes on After Fifty-Two Years of Residence Here.
John P. Robertson, an old and respected citizen of Salem, died Thursday evening after an illness of only three days. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the Rigdon parlors; interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Came Here in 1870--
That is a cold, colorless story of the end of one of the best known men of Salem. He came here in 1870 and for more than half a century has been known as a man of courage, of integrity, of far-seeing public enterprise and vision. He advocated prohibition and woman suffrage and other reforms that are today commonplaces, back in the days when they were considered dangerous to American freedom. He lived to see Salem grow out of the muddy village days into a city beautiful and good. To see the West gridironed with railroads and thickly set with happy homes.
Fought for Development--
Mr. Robertson fought for this development. He served for more than three years in the Union army. He was born in 1838 in Indiana. After the war he moved to Iowa where he took up the study of law, and he was married in 1866. His wife, who had been Miss Henrietta Hari, died here in Salem in 1916. They had three children, Dr. Charles H. Robertson, Mrs. Mildred Brooks, county recorder, and Miss Mabel Robertson, a teacher in the Salem schools. There are several grandchildren and great grand-children.
Oregon Statesman 19 Jan 1923 1:3
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INSCRIPTION:
John P. Robertson
Sgt Co B
26th Ind Inf
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SOURCES:
LR
S&H pg. 26
DOS 19 Jan 1923 3:5
OS 19 Jan 1923 1:3
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| LOT: 338
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SPACE: 1 SW S½
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