Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Harley Ellison Davenport ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Harley Ellison Davenport
LAST NAME: Davenport FIRST NAME: Harley MIDDLE NAME: Ellison NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: US Navy - WWII & Korean Conflict
BORN: 30 Jul 1925 DIED: 27 Aug 2003 BURIED: 3 Oct 2003
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Lyons, Linn Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Jesse Abraham Davenport
Maiden name of mother Viola Thomas


1940 OR CENSUS - Harley E. Davenport, age 14, b. Oregon, is enumerated in the home of his grandmother, Elizabeth Thomas, age 59, b. Oregon, along with his father Jesse A., age 43, widowed, occupation road construction truck driver, b. Oregon. Also enumerated are his siblings, Jesse L., age 18, b. Oregon, Elizabeth, age 11, b. Oregon, and Clifford, age 9, b. Oregon.

MILITARY SERVICE - US Dept of Veteran's Affairs BIRLS Death File  b. 30 Jul 1925, d. 27 Aug 2003. Enlistment date 1  - 24 Jul 1943; Release date 1 - 2 Aug 1946.  Enlistment date 2 - 15 Sep 1950; Release date 2 - 7 Dec 1951.

DISCREPANCY - SSDI, Obit, and Military records give death date as 27 Aug, but marker gives death date as 26 Aug

OBITUARY: 

Harley E. Davenport
July 30, 1925 - August 27, 2003
SALEM - Private family services were held. 
Statesman Journal 4 Sep 2003

INSCRIPTION: 

Harley E. Davenport
ETM3 US Navy
World War II Korea
Jul 30, 1925 - Aug. 26, 2003
[shares marker with Marjorie]

SOURCES: 

Authorization for burial #01307
1940 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 37-201, sheet 11B)
SSDI
US Dept of Veteran's Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com)
SJ 4 Sep 2003

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