Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mabel Elizabeth Dowell ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Mabel Elizabeth Dowell
LAST NAME: Dowell FIRST NAME: Mabel MIDDLE NAME: Elizabeth NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Johnson AKA 1: Hoefs AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 1874 DIED: 1 Dec 1933 BURIED: 4 Dec 1933
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Attendant - OSIA
BIRTH PLACE:  Hanover, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents Jasper N. Johnson and Sarah M. Miller md 3 July 1866, Carroll Co, Illinois

1880 IL CENSUS Sarah E. Johnson (5y, b Illinois) enuemrated with parents Jasper N. (42y, b Illinois, farmer0 and Sarah M. (34y, b Illinois) and 4 siblings, all born in Illinois, Lilly G. (12y), Alice B. (10y), William S. (4y) and Florence J. (1y)

2nd MARRIAGE William Hoefs and Lizzie Johnson md 20 Dec 1899, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois

1910 IA CENSUS Sarah E. Hoefs (36y, b Illinois, married 11y, second marriage, mother of 4 children, 3 living at time of census) enuemrated with husband William (38y, b Wisconsin, first marriage, lumber yard foreman) and 3 children, all born in Illinois, William Jr (15y), Louis (10y) and Ada (4y) 

NOTE Sarah and William were divorced. William died 15 Mar 1959 in Los Angeles, California [California death index]

3rd MARRIAGE John F. Dowell (37y, b Canada, son of John J. Dowell and Hattie Emms) and Mabel E. Hoefs (37y, divorced, b Hanover, Illinois, dau of Jasper N. Johnson & Sarah M. Miller) md 29 Mar 1917, Forsyth, Rosebud Co, Montana

1920 MT CENSUS Mabel E. Dowell (41y, b Illinois) enuemrated with husband Frank J. (42y, b Canada, immigrated 1890, naturalized 1900, taxi driver). Also with family was boarder Frank E. Savage (34y, b Connecticut, laborer)
1930 OR CENSUS - Mabel E. Dowell, age 56, first married at age 16, occupation attendant at the Oregon State Insane Asylum, b. Illinois, is enumerated with her husband John F., age 50, occupation attendant at the Oregon State Insane Asylum, b. Canada, year of immigration 1891.
OBITUARY: 

Mabel E. Dowell, at the residence, Salem rural route, December 1, 1933, at the age of 59 years. 
Survived by husband, J. S. Dowell, Salem; two sisters, Mrs. L. Chaplin of California and Mrs. G. Spawnberg of Chicago; brother, William Johnson of Salem; daughter, Miss Ada Heffs of California; sons, Louis Heffs of California and William Heffs of Detroit, Mich. Funeral announcements later from Clough-Barrick company. 
Oregon Statesman 2 Dec 1933 3:1. 

Mabel E. Dowell, at the residence, Salem rural route, December 1, at the age of 59 years. Survived by widower, J. S. Dowell, Salem; two sisters, Mrs. L. Chaplin of California, and Mrs. G. Spawnberg of Chicago; brother, William Johnson of Salem; daughter, Miss Ada Heffs of California, sons, Louis Heffs of California, and William Heffs of Detroit, Mich. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 4 at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of Clough-Barrick company. Interment I. O. O. F. cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 5 Dec 1933 5:1.
INSCRIPTION: 

No marker
SOURCES: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1933) #866 

Illinois Satewide Marriage Index

1880 IL Census (Jo Daviess Co, Hanover, ED 57, FA#143)

1910 IA CENSUS (Cerro Gordo Co, Mason, ED 35, sheet 4A)

Montana Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1920 MT CENSUS (Rosebud Co, Forsyth, ED 123, sheet 5B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 66, sheet 2A)
OS 2 Dec 1933 3:1 
OS 5 Dec 1933 5:1
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