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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William A. Benson ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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William A. Benson
LAST NAME: Benson FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: A. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 9 May 1858 DIED: 6 Jan 1913 BURIED: 11 Jan 1913
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Laborer/Carpenter
BIRTH PLACE:  Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father William A. Benson
Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Herriman
MARRIAGE - to Jeanette Jakes: W. A. Benson, over 21 & Nettie Jakes, over 18, md 2 Mar 1884 at house of & by Wm. S. Harrington, M.G. Wit: Mary E. Williamson & Emma Williams.
1900 OR CENSUS - William A. Benson, age 41, b. May 1859 in Illinois, is enumerated with wife Nettie, age 34, b. Mar 1865 in Nebraska, they've been married for 15 years and Nettie is the mother of 1 child, 0 still living, along with Gertrude Jakes, age 24, single, b. Feb 1876 in Nebraska, identified as "sister-in-law" [of William].
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1913) #186 - William A. Benson, male, widowed, b. 9 May 1858 in Illinois, d. 6 Jan 1913 in Salem, Oregon (Willamette Sanitarium) at the age of 54 y's 7 m's 28 d's, name of father William A. Benson, Sr. (b. Connecticut), maiden name of mother Elizabeth Herriman (b. Pennsylvania), interment IOOF 11 Jan, undertaker Ridgon-Rich, informant Mrs. Adeline Morris; Funeral ordered by Frank Lenon.
OBITUARY: 
At the Willamette sanitarium, Monday, January 6, 1913, at 5 p. m., William Benson, of pneumonia. The deceased had been ill for about a week. The body was taken to the Rigdon-Richardson undertaking parlors. Funeral announcement later. 
Daily Oregon Statesman 7 Jan 1913 5:7.
INSCRIPTION: 

No marker
SOURCES: 
LR 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1913) #186 
Rigdon records Vol. 6 #172 
Marion Co., Oregon Marriage Records, Vol. IV, 1879-1884, pg 49
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem Pct. #1, ED 128, pg 6A) 
DOS 7 Jan 1913 5:7.
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 371 SPACE: 1 NW N½ LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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