Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Olivia Paxton ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Olivia "Olive" Paxton
LAST NAME: Paxton FIRST NAME: Olivia MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: Olive
MAIDEN NAME: Plank AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 19 Mar 1878 DIED: 16 Jun 1938 BURIED: 18 Jun 1938
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Mineral Point, Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1938) #573. Olive Plank Paxton was born 19 March 1878 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin to parents Adam Plank, b. Pennsylvania and Oliva Ayers, b. Wisconsin. She resided with her husband, E. M. Paxton, at 730 N. 15th St., Salem, Oregon. Clough Barrick Co., undertakers, buried IOOF 18 June 1938.
1880 WI CENSUS - Olivia Plank, age 2, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with father Adam, age 56, farmer, b. Wertemberg, and Olivian, age 36, b. England, along with Clara, age 15, Charlott, age 13, George, age 11, Emily, age 9, William, age 8, Christopher, age 7, Elizabeth, age 5, and Rosena, age 3, all born in Wisconsin. 
MARRIAGE - Erastus [Erasmus] M. Paxton md Olive Plank 23 Oct 1918 in Polk Co., Oregon.
1920 OR CENSUS - Olive Paxton, age 40, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with husband Erasmus, age 60, farmer, b. Wisconsin.
OBITUARY: 
Olive Plank Paxton, 59, at the residence, 720 North 15th street, June 16. Survived by husband, E. M. Paxton; sisters, Mrs. Ross Gage of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. James Mitchell of Dodgeville, Wis.; brothers, John E. Plank of Martinsdale, Mont., Sylvester Plank of Greenwood, Wis., and Will Plank of Harlan, Mont. Services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel Saturday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Weston officiating. Interment IOOF cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 18 June 1938 3:2
INSCRIPTION: 
Paxton
Olive P.
1879 - 1938
(shares marker with Erasmus)
SOURCES: 
LR
LD 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1938) #573 
Saucy
1880 WI CENSUS (Iowa Co., Mineral Point, ED 155, pg 143C) 
Oregon Marriages, 1906-1920
1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Brush College, ED 365, sheet 5A) 
OS 18 June 1938 3:2
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LOT: 788 SPACE: 4 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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