Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Emma Karr ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Emma Karr
LAST NAME: Karr FIRST NAME: Emma MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Williams AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 27 Nov 1860 DIED: 17 Nov 1924 BURIED: 20 Nov 1924
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Russellville, Logan Co., Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

MARRIAGE Wesley B. Karr and Emma C. Williams md 4 May 1879, Warren Co, Iowa

1880 NE CENSUS Emma Karr (19y, b Kentucky) enumerated with husband Wesley B. (30y, b Iowa, occupation carpenter)

1900 IA CENSUS Emma Carr [sic] (b Nov 1860, Kentucky, divorced, occupation housekeeper) enumerated with Fred (b Nov 1882, Nebraska, occupation stenographer); they were boarders with the Fred Racon family

1910 OR CENSUS Emma C. Karr (49, b Kentucky, widowed, mother of 3 children, 1 living at time of census) enumerated with son Fred W. (27y, b Nebraska, occupation assistant superintendent, steel company)

1920 OR CENSUS Emma Karr (59y, b Kentucky, widowed) enumerated with son Fred W. (37y, b Nebraska, occupation traffic manager, steel company) and his wife Marion (37y, b Utah)
OBITUARY: 

Mrs. Emma Karr, age 64. Died at a local hospital. She is survived by one son, Fred W. Karr, of this city. Remains are in care of the Terwilliger home. Funeral announcement later.
Oregon Statesman 18 November 1924 5:3

The funeral of the late Emma Karr will be from the Terwilliger home, 770 Chemeketa street, on Thursday, 2 p.m., Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick officiating. Committal services at IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 19 November 1924 5:3
INSCRIPTION: 

Emma Karr
1860 - 1924
SOURCES: 

LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
Terwilliger Vol 5 #1421
S&H pg 36

OSBH DC (Marion County 1924) #786

Iowa Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1880 NE CENSUS (Butler Co, David City, ED 157, FA#3)

1900 IA CENSUS (Polk Co, Lee, ED 91, sheet 6A)

1910 IA CENSUS (Polk Co, Des Moines, ED 161, sheet 3B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Portland, ED 10, sheet 4B-5A)

OS 18 November 1924 5:3
OS 19 November 1924 5:3
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LOT: 208 SPACE: 4 SE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.209' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.725'
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