Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Truman Edgar Kelso ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Truman Edgar Kelso
LAST NAME: Kelso FIRST NAME: Truman MIDDLE NAME: Edgar NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 18 Mar 1875 DIED: 11 May 1941 BURIED: 13 May 1941
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Janitor
BIRTH PLACE:  Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of parents Joseph C. Kelso & Arminda A. Lucas md 10 Feb 1870, Logan co, Illinois

1880 MO CENSUS Truman E. Kelso (5y, b Kansas) enumerated with parents Joseph (33y, b Illinois, farmer) and Arminda A. (27y, b Illinois) and 3 brothers, James W. (9y, b Illinois), John H. (2y, b Kansas) and Bertie L. (8m, b Kansas)

MARRIAGE Truman E. Kelso & Eliza E. Keegan md 20 Jan 1897, Panama, Vernon co, Missouri

1900 MO CENSUS Truman Kelso (b Mar 1875, Kansas, married 4y, coal miner) enumerated with wife Eliza (b Apr 1879, Nebraska, mother of 2 children) and 2 children, William (b Nov 1897, Missouri) and Joseph (b Dec 1899, Missouri)

1910 MO CENSUS Truman E. Kelso (35y, b Kansas, married 13y, coal miner) enumerated with wife Dollie (32y, b Nebraska, mother of 6 children) and 6 children, all born in Missouri, James W. (12y), Joseph L. (10y), Truman E. (8y), Margaret A. (6y), John F. (3y) and Haden E. (7m)

1920 MO CENSUS Truman E. Kelso (43y, b Illinois, miner) enumerated with wife Eliza E. (41y, b Nebraska) and 7 children, Joseph L. (20y, b Missouri, miner), Truman E. (17y, b Missouri, farmer), Margaret A. (16y, b Missouri), Hayden E. (10y, b Missouri), Etta P. (8y, b Kansas), Marvin R. (5y, b Missouri) and Velma A. (3y, b Missouri)

1930 OR CENSUS - Truman E. Kelso, age 54, married at age 21, occupation mill laborer, b. Kansas, is enumerated with Eliza E., age 51, b. Nebraska, along with Haden E., age 20, b. Missouri, Etta P., age 18, b. Kansas, Marvin R., age 16, b. Missouri, Delma M., age 13, b. Missouri, Richard L., age 10, b. Missouri, George W., age 7, b. Missouri,m and Ivah W., age 6, b. Missouri.

1940 OR CENSUS Truman E. Kelso (65y, b Kansas, clean up man at paper mill) enumerated with wife Eliza E. (61y, b Nebraska) and 3 children, all born in Missouri, Richard L. (20y, auto mechanic), George W. (17y) and Iva W. (16y); family was living in same house in 1935

OBITUARY: 

Truman E. Kelso, late resident of 1091 Elm street, at a local hospital, Sunday, May 11, aged 66 years. Survived by widow, Mrs. Eliza Kelso of Salem; daughters, Mrs. Etta Blanton, Miss Velma N. Toycen, and Miss Ivah W. Kelso, all of Salem, Mrs. Margaret Ann Knox of St. Louis, Mo.; sons, James W., Haden E., and George, all of Salem, Joseph L. of Newark, N. J., Truman E., Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., and Richard G. of Seattle; brothers, William and John, both in Iowa, Bert in Washington, Harry and Haden, both in Missouri; also survived by nine grandchildren. Services will be held Tuesday, May 13, at 1:30 p. m., from the Clough-Barrick chapel, with concluding services at Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum [sic]. Rev. W. Irvin Williams will officiate. 
Oregon Statesman 13 May 1941 ?:3

INSCRIPTION: 

Truman E. Kelso 
1875 - 1941

SOURCES: 

LD 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1941) #427 
Saucy

Illinois Marriage Index

1880 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Coal, ED 216, FA#164)

Missouri Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 136, sheet 3B)

1910 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 155, sheet 5B)

1920 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 178, sheet 1B-2A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., West Salem, ED 20, sheet 3B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, West Salem, ED 27-44, sheet 5B)
OS 13 May 1941

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