Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mariam Newton ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Mariam Newton
LAST NAME: Newton FIRST NAME: Mariam MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Miss GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 1857 DIED: 16 Oct 1890 BURIED: Oct 1890
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Teacher
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Seattle, King Co., Washington
NOTES: 
IOOF - Mira Newton, age 33, died in South Salem [sic] of consumption
1880 OR CENSUS - Mirim [sic?] Newton, age 22, b. Oregon, occupation school teacher, is enumerated in the home of David W. Craig, age 47, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, and his wife Wealthy, age 44, b. Michigan, and Sumpter Craig, age 17, b. Oregon;
OBITUARY: 
At Seattle, Wash., Thursday, Oct 16, 1890, at 5 a.m., of consumption, Miss Miraim Newton, aged 33 years. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton, of No. 3 Church street. She went to Seattle in the early part of the summer in hopes of benefiting her failing health. She is well known in this city and also Marion county, having taught school in different sections. Her remains will be brought to Salem this morning at 11 o'clock for burial, the funeral to be held at the family residence. Friends of the family are invited. Albany paper please copy. 
Daily Oregon Statesman 16 Oct 1890 4:3.
INSCRIPTION: 
NEWTON Mariam 1857 - 1890 
[shares marker with several other Newtons and Smiths]: 
Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was and the spirit shall Return unto God who gave it.
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Mehama, pg 158B) 
S&H pg 41 
DAR pg 79 
DOS 16 Oct 1890 4:3 
OS 1 Jan 1891 (Necrological listing)
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 535 SPACE: NE LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: