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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William Marion Sargeant
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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William Marion Sargeant
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| LAST NAME: Sargeant
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FIRST NAME: William
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MIDDLE NAME: Marion
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| TITLE: Mr.
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GENDER: M
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| BORN: 26 Nov 1848
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DIED: 26 Oct 1927
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BURIED: 29 Oct 1927
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Adams Co., Illinois
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| DEATH PLACE: Willamina, Yamhill Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
OSBH DC (Yamhill County 1927) #191 - William Marion Sargeant, male, married (Martha Harris Sargeant), retired farmer, b. 26 Nov 1848 in Adams Co., Illinois, d. 26 Oct 1927 in Willamina, Oregon at the age of 78 y's 11 m's, name of father Sargeant (b. Illinois), maiden name of mother Burden (b. Illinois), interment 29 Oct, undertaker: F. A. Newman of Sherman, Oregon, informant: Mrs. O. K. Edwards of Willamina;
1880 CENSUS - William Sargeant, age 31, farmer b. Illinois, is enumerated with wife Martha E., age 31, b. Illinois, along with Elizbieth [Elizabeth?], age 7, b. Oregon, and "Babe" Sargeant, male, 1 month, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is a farm hand named William Gray, age 26, b. Ireland;
1910 CENSUS - William M. Sargeant, age 61, farmer, b. Illinois, is enumerated with wife of 39 years, Martha E. Sargeant, age 61, b. Illinois, and an employee (farm laborer) named Oskar Fisher, age 24, b. Germany, year of immigration 1896;
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OBITUARY:
OLD TIME STAGE DRIVER PASSES
William Sargeant, a resident of Salem in the early eighties, one of the first mail carriers and stage drivers between Salem and Perrydale, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Orin Edwards at Willamina.
Sargeant was past eighty years old and well known among the older residents of Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. At one time he and his wife conducted a boarding home in Salem where the present city hall now stands. The only surviving relative is Mrs. Edwards (Nora Sargeant) his daughter. Funeral services will be held at the Newberg Friends’ church at ten o’clock Saturday morning and interment will take place about one o’clock at the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Salem.
Capital Journal, 28 October 1927 1:6
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INSCRIPTION:
Sargeant
William
1848 - 1927
(shares west face of monument with Martha)
2nd marker: FATHER
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OSBH DC (Yamhill County 1927) #191
1880 OR Census (Polk Co., Bethel, ED 102, pg 443-D)
1910 Oregon Census (Polk CO., Salt Lake Pct., ED 245, sheet 7-A)
CJ 28 October 1927 1:6
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| LOT: 901
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SPACE: 1 SW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.163'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 03.005'
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