William B. Mewhirter LAST NAME: Mewhirter FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: B. NICKNAME:  MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3:  TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY:  BORN: 24 Feb 1860 DIED: 20 Aug 1941 BURIED: 23 Aug 1941 ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer BIRTH PLACE:  Griswold, Iowa DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  1880 Census - William B. Mewhirter, age 21, single, b. Iowa, is enumerated with father William Mewhirter, age 52, farmer, b. Ohio, along with siblings Francis M., age 29, farmer, b. Ohio, Mary E., age 18, b. Iowa, Margaret Bell, age 15, b. Iowa, Melia May, age 12, b. Iowa, Julia Ann, age 10, b. Iowa, and Andrew A., age 14, b. Iowa. Also enumerated with the family is George Boyer, age 73, b. Germay, identified as the father-in-law of the head of the household, William; 1930 Census - William Mewhirter, age 71, divorced, fruit farmer, b. Iowa, is enumerated with his brother, Francis, age 76, widowed, b. Ohio; OBITUARY:  William B. Mewhirter, late resident of Gervais, at a local hospital Wednesday, August 20, at the age of 81 years. Survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Brace and Mrs. Ethel Linn of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Brown of Camas, Wash., and Mrs. Amelia Chittenden of Portland. Services will be held Saturday, August 23, at 1 p.m. from the Clough-Bariick chapel, with ritualistic services by Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, IOOF, of Salem. Concluding services in IOOF cemetery. Oregon Statesman 22 Aug 1941 7:1 INSCRIPTION:  SOURCES:  OSBH DC (Marion County 1942) #733 1880 Iowa Census (Pottawattamie Co., Waveland Pct., pg 141B) 1930 Oregon Census (Marion Co., Fairfield Pct., ED 24-30, sheet 1B) OS 22 Aug 1941 7:1 CONTACTS:  LOT: ? SPACE:  LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: