Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ William McKinley Forbis ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
William McKinley Forbis
LAST NAME: Forbis FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: McKinley NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: WWI
BORN: 3 Jan 1897 DIED: 20 Sep 1956 BURIED: 24 Sep 1956
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Lumber Mill laborer
BIRTH PLACE:  Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Sam Forbis
Maiden name of mother Carrie Allen
WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION - William McKinley Forbis, age 21, of 2440 N. Commercia St., Salem, b. January 3, 1897 in Woodburn, Oregon, father b. Illinois, employed by Wittenbur King Co., of N. Front St., nearest relative, Samuel Forbis, tall, slender, gray eyes, light brown hair.
MARRIAGE - William McKinley Forbis md Orpha Brown 11 May 1920 in Marion Co., Oregon  
1930 WA CENSUS - William Forbis, age 33, occupation lumber mill laborer, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Orpha, age 25, b. Wisconsin, along with Ray, age 9, b. Oregon, Carrol, age 7, b. Oregon, and Shirley, age 1, b. Washington. Also enumerated with Homer Brown, age 36, single, identified as brother-in-law [of William], occupation lumber mill laborer, b. Wisconsin.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Forbis
[stamped into curb]
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Washington County 1956) #11293
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Oregon Marriages, 1906-20
1930 WA CENSUS (Grays Harbor Co., Aberdeen, ED 10, sheet 10B)
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LOT: 868 SPACE: 2 NE LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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