Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ James O'Keeffe ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
James O'Keeffe
LAST NAME: O'Keeffe FIRST NAME: James MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: Abt 1868 DIED: 19 Apr 1896 BURIED: 20 Apr 1896
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Hostler
BIRTH PLACE:  Ireland
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - James O. Keiffy [sic], age 28, b. in Ireland, died in Salem of chronic diarrhea; 1895 - James O'Keeffe, b. IA, 5'8'', 135 lbs, light, hostler, Catholic, voter, age 28; Marion Co. burial;
OBITUARY: 
O’KIEFFE - At the residence of Mrs. S. E. Ford, No. 3 Chemeketa Street, at 9:15 p.m., Sunday, April 19, 1896, of consumption, James O’Kieffe, aged 28 years. Deceased had been a resident of Marion county for thirteen years or more, a portion of which he spent as an inmate of the county poor farm. He came to Mrs. Ford’s home about December last, being ill with consumption and continued to make that his abiding place up to the time of his demise. His parents reside in Ireland and he has a brother in California. The remains were interred yesterday afternoon at 3:o’clock. Oregon Statesman 21 April 1896 5:5
INSCRIPTION: 
No marker found as of Sept 2002
SOURCES: 
LR IOOF Register of Burials Rigdon #19 1895 Oregon Marion Co. 1895 Census, Vol 1, pg, 47 (WVGS, 1993) OS 21 April 1896 5:5
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 288 SPACE:  LONGITUDE: N 44 ° 55.234' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.721'