MARRIAGE - "G. W. (J. W.) Fiddler, of Polk Co., & Cecelia Pettyjohn, m 8 Oct 1873 at house of Mr. Pettyjohn; H. M. Waller, Elder; Wit: G. W. Roland & G. Rains #1591 pg 72 & Bk 1 pg 144"

1870 OR CENSUS Celia Pettyjohn (14y, b Oregon) enumerated with L. [Lewis] (49y, b Tennessee, farmer), Sarah A. (42y, b Indiana) and Albert (17y, b Oregon)

1880 OR CENSUS - Cecelia Fidler, age 25, b. Oregon, is enumerated with husband James W., age 33, farmer, b. Missouri, along with children John J., age 5, Anna M., age 4, and Bliss D., age 2, all born in Oregon
1900 OR CENSUS - Cecelia Fidler, age 47, mother of 4 children, b. Dec 1852 in Oregon, is enumerated with husband of 27 years, J. W., age 53, farmer, b. Aug 1846 in Missouri, along with Julian, age 15, b. Jan 1885 in Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS Cecelia Fidler (55y, b Oregon, mother of 4 children, 4 living at time of census) ) enumerated with husband James W. (63y, b Missouri, married 37y, farmer

1920 OR CENSUS Cecelia Fiddler (65y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband James (73y, b Missouri, farmer)

Mrs. James Fidler, who is staying with her son in Bay City, is very low, Mrs. Fidler has been ill for some time and has been in very critical condition for two weeks.
Oregon Statesman 21 Mar 1930 3:7

Mrs. Cecilia Fidler, widow of the late J. W. Fidler, died at Bay City, Oregon, Friday, March 21 Age 76. Cecelia Pettyjohn was born at Ankeny Bottom, Oregon, in 1854, and was married to J. W. Fidler in 1873. Four children were born to them, all of whom survive: Mrs. Maud Blackwell of Jefferson, John F. Fidler of Bay City, B. D. Fidler of Salem, and J. C. Fidler of Airlie.
Funeral services will be held at the Christian church at Jefferson Sunday, March 23, at 1:30 o’clock. Interment was at Odd Fellows cemetery at Salem, at 3 o’clock that afternoon.
Mrs. Fidler was a member of the Rebekah lodge and of the Christian church at Jefferson, Ore.
Oregon Statesman 22 Mar 1930 5:3

Cecelia Pettyjohn Fidler was born on December 25, 1854 in Marion county, Oregon, and passed to her reward March 21, 1930 from the home of her son, John J. Fidler, at Bay City, Oregon, aged 78 years, 2 months and 20 days.
She was the daughter of Lewis Pettyjohn, who came to the Willamette valley in 1847, and her whole life was spent in this vicinity.
On October 8, 1873 she was married to J. W. Fidler, who died November 8, 1924. From this union four children were born, all of whom survive her. They are John J. Fidler, Bay city; Mrs. Maud Blackwell, of Jefferson; B. D. Fidler, Salem and Julian C., of Airlie. Four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and of the Christian church of Jefferson. Through the over-hanging clouds of sorrow the bereaved family finds consolation in the interposition of a kindly providence, which permitted her to rally from a semi-stupor which has prevailed for many days during her lingering illness. During this interval she called to her bedside each of her children and grandchildren, bid them all farewell, and made all her own funeral arrangements.
The end came as peacefully as the dawn, thus closing the earthly career of another of those sturdy pioneer Christian characters who have contributed so unselfishly to the upbuilding of the west.
Capital Journal 25 Mar 1930 9:7, 8

Fidler
Cecelia
1854 - 1930
[shares marker with James]

LR
LD
OSBH DC (Tillamook County 1930) #26
S&H pg 48
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Marion County Oregon Marriage Records 1871-74, Vol. II, pg 16
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion co, South Salem, FA#650)

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bethel Pct., FA #28)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., S. Salem, ED 144, sheet 8B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Liberty, ED 214, sheet 12A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Dallas, ED 381, sheet 2A)

OS 21 Mar 1930 3:7
OS 22 Mar 1930 5:3
CJ 25 Mar 1930 9:7, 8