Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Miriam Gilliam ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Miriam Gilliam
LAST NAME: Gilliam FIRST NAME: Miriam MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Bridger AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt 1818 DIED: 20 Mar 1898 BURIED: 22 Mar 1898
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Sussex, England
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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MARRIAGE - Mariam Bridger md John Gilliam 8 Oct 1840 in Warren Co., Illinois.  
[Source - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900]
Miriam Gilliam is the mother-in-law to Silas Rosen Foster also buried in Lot #756 - Husb. John Gilliam b. abt 1814 Virginia, d. 19 Jan 1857 Iowa; 78 years old.
1860 IL CENSUS - Miriam Gillem [Gilliam], age 42, b. England, is enumerated with William, age 49, occupation laborer, b. Illinois, along with John, age 16, b. Illiniois, Lovina, age 11, b. Illinois, and Albert, age 5, b. Illinois.
OBITUARY: 
DIED--In North Salem, at the residence of her son, corner of 5th and Shipping street, at 11:30 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 1898, Mrs. Miriam Gilliam, nearly 79 years old. Deceased was born in Sussex, Eng. Oregon Statesman 25 March 1898
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SOURCES: 
LR 
IOOF Register of Burials
1860 IL CENSUS (Mercer Co., FA #952)
WOS 25 March 1898
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 756 SPACE: N½ LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: