Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Emma Lois Beardsley ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Emma Lois Beardsley
LAST NAME: Beardsley FIRST NAME: Emma MIDDLE NAME: Lois NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Gorsline AKA 1: Jones AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 8 Aug 1853 DIED: 5 Nov 1935 BURIED: 7 Nov 1935
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
DEATH PLACE: Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1860 NY CENSUS - Emma L. Gorsline, age 6, b. New York, is enumerated with William , age 31, occupation farmer, b. New York, and Catherine, age 26, b. New York, along with Harriet A., age 9, Allice C., age 4, Delmer D., age 3, and Orris E., age 1, all born in New York.
1st MARRIAGE - to Delos E. Jones, 9 Feb 1875, in Courtland Co., NY
[Delos Jones died 1877, and is buried in same lot: PROBATE - Jones, Delos E., File #624. Intestate. Died 21 May 1877. Adms: Emma L. Jones & W. M. Gorsline. Emma L. Jones, wife, 23, only heir, married 9 Feb 1875 at Courtland Co., NY.
Marion County Or Probate Records, Vo. 2, pg 134]
2nd MARRIAGE - James Oscar Beardsley in 1878
DISCREPANCY - Biography of husband James Oscar gives her maiden name as Emma Gorsline, DC gives her father's name as Gorcelon, obituary of husband James Oscar gives her maiden name as Emma Jones.
OBITUARY: 
In Klamath Falls on November 5, Emma Beardsley, wife of J. O. Beardsley of Klamath Falls; mother of Mrs. Mary Poole and Harry Beardsley, both of Klamath Falls, Mrs. Effie Morgan of Salem, Walter Beardsley of Medford, Arthur Beardsley of Albany, and Elmer Beardsley of Chicago. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 8, at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of W. T. Rigdon Co., with Dr. E. W. Petticord officiating. Interment will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Oregon Statesman, 8 Nov 1935, 5:2
INSCRIPTION: 
Beardsley 
Emma L. 
1853 - 1935 
[shares marker with J. Oscar]
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
OSBH DC (Klamath Co., 1935) #271
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1860 NY CENSUS (Cortland Co., Taylor, FA #31)
OS 8 Nov 1935, 5:2
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 663 SPACE: 2 NW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.167' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.917'
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