Elmyra Needham LAST NAME: Needham FIRST NAME: Elmyra MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME: Blackford AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY:  BORN: 17 Jul 1827 DIED: 23 Dec 1912 BURIED: 26 Dec 1912 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife BIRTH PLACE:  Ohio DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  OSBH (Marion County 1912) #3732 - Elmyra Needham, female, widow, b. Ohio, d. 23 Dec 1912 in Salem, Oregon (1707 N. 4th) at the age of 85 y's 5 m's 6 d's, name of father John Blackford, interment IOOF 26 Dec, undertaker Lehman & clough, informant Walter Needham of Salem. 1870 MO CENSUS - Elmyra Needham, age 40, b. Ohio, is enumerated with John M., age 42, occupation boot and shoemaker, b. Pennsylvania, along with Walter S., age 14, b. Illinois, Albert E., age 10, b. Illinois, and Samuel R., age 4, b. Missouri. OBITUARY:  At her home in this city, Monday, December 23, 1912, at 2:15 p.m., Mrs. Elmyra Needham, aged 85 years, five months and six days. The deceased leaves two sons, Walter Needham of this city and Rueben Needham of Los Angeles, California. The funeral services will be held Thursday, December 26, at 11 o’clock at the residence, 1707 North Fourth street. The remains will be buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery beside the body of her husband, who preceded her two years.  Daily Oregon Statesman 25 Dec 1912 5:4. INSCRIPTION:  No marker SOURCES:  LR  OSBH (Marion County 1912) #3732  1870 MO CENSUS (Greene Co., Robberson, FA #16) DOS 25 Dec 1912 5:4 CONTACTS:  LOT: 565 SPACE: 2 SW N½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.212' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.818'