Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Olive Durbin ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Olive Durbin
LAST NAME: Durbin FIRST NAME: Olive MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Kays AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 17 Feb 1840 DIED: 9 Jan 1917 BURIED: 11 Jan 1917
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father John Kays
[buried at Eoff Cemetery - http://www.marioncountycemetery.com/]
1900 OR CENSUS - Olive Durbin, age 60, b. Feb 1840 in Illinois, is enumerated with her husband of 45 years, Isaac, age 68, occupation farmer, b. Jan 1832 in Ohio, along with their daughter Lela Jerman, widow, b. may 1867 in Oregon, and her 2 children, Edward, age 9, b. Dec 1890 in Oregon, and Paul Arthur, age 8, b. Jun 1884 in Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
DURBIN, Mrs. Isaac (Olive Kays) Mrs. Durbin Passes Away
Widow of Late Isaac Durbin Succumbs to Illness of More Than Year. 
Mrs. Olive Kays Durbin, long a Salem resident, died last night at 8:45 o'clock at the family residence, 312 North Water street, following an illness of over a year. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Durbin was the widow of Isaac Durbin, a brother of the late Soloman Durbin, who was a well known pioneer. Mrs. Durbin crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in 1852. She was born in Bloomington, Ill., in 1840. She has lived in Salem and vicinity continuously since coming here. In 1857 she was married to Isaac Durbin, who died about four years ago. Mrs. Durbin was a member of the Independent evangelical church. She is survived by two daughters are Mrs. Lela Jerman and Mrs. L. Bechtel. The funeral will be held from the home Thursday at 2 o'clock with burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Rev. F. G. Bowersox of Portland will conduct the services.  
Oregon Statesman 10 Jan 1917 5:5
INSCRIPTION: 
Olive Durbin
1840 - 1917
Mother
[shares monument with Isaac Durbin]
SOURCES: 
LR
LD
OSBH DC (Marion County 1917) #22
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Howell Pairie, ED 138, sheet 8-B) 
OS 10 Jan 1917 5:5
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 111 SPACE: 1 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: