Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Thomas King
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Thomas King
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LAST NAME: King
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FIRST NAME: Thomas
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GENDER: M
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BORN: 1838
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DIED: 27 Jun 1910
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BURIED: 29 Jun 1910
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OCCUPATION: Engineer at the State Prison
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BIRTH PLACE: England
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES: Name of father William King
Maiden name of mother Jane Wallace
1880 OR CENSUS - Thos. King, age 42, b. Scotland, occupation machinist, is enumerated with wife Margaret A. King, age 29, b. Ohio, along with John W., age 11, b. Iowa, Wm. D., age 9, b. Iowa, Frank G. age 7, b. Iowa, and Thomas R., age 2, b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - 1880 Census gives place of birth as Scotland, DC gives place of birth as England
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OBITUARY: DIED -- KING -- At the home of his niece, Mrs. D. D. Tompkins, 551 North Summer street, Salem, Oregon, Thomas King, of heart failure, aged 72 years 2 months and 2 days. Deceased leaves five sons -- William, John, Jerry, Frank and George. His wife died about nineteen years ago. He was an uncle of A. L. Brown and Mrs. D. C. Minto. He was an engineer at the state prison for many years and had long been a resident of Oregon.
Chapman Scrapbook, pg. 136. [newspaper not named or dated]
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INSCRIPTION: King
Thomas
1838 - 1910
Father
[shares marker with Angeline P.]
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SOURCES: LR
LD
OSBH DC (Marion County 1910) #1763
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, pg 1B)
Saucy Surcey & Photographs
Chapman Scrapbook pg 136 [newspaper not named or dated]
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LOT: 683
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SPACE: 3NW
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.202'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.925'
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