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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Historic Salem #12: City View Cemetery

690 Hoyt Street S

City View Cemetery on September 17, 2006

The City View Cemetery was incorporated in 1893. Salem's first outdoor mausoleum was constructed here in 1969.

City View Cemetery on September 17, 2006

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Historic Salem #6: Salem Pioneer Cemetery

Commercial Street S at Hoyt Street S

Salem Pioneer Cemetery on September 17, 2006

Salem Pioneer Cemetery dates back to the family burial ground established by Reverend David Leslie on his donation land claim in February 1841.

Salem Pioneer Cemetery on September 17, 2006

Chemeketa Lodge No. 1 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows purchased 11 acres for a cemetery here in 1853.

Salem Pioneer Cemetery on September 17, 2006

The City of Salem has maintained the cemetery since 1966, and it was deeded to the city in 1985.

Salem Pioneer Cemetery on September 17, 2006

Salem Pioneer Cemetery Lich-Gate on September 17, 2006

The Lich-Gate was presented to the City of Salem in May 1988 by the Willamette Christmas Association, the Capitol Arrangers Guild, the Fircrest Garden Club, the Four Seasons Garden Club, the Grow & Show Garden Club, the Little Garden Club of Salem Heights, the Men's Garden Club, the Salem Begonia Society, the Salem Rose Society & the Wilark Park Garden Club.

Salem Pioneer Cemetery Lich-Gate on September 17, 2006

Salem Pioneer Cemetery Plaque on September 17, 2006

Additional Links:
David Leslie at Salem Online History
Pioneer Cemetery at Salem Online History
Pioneer Cemetery at Salem Historical Quarterly
Pioneer Cemetery at Discover-Neighborhood-History

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Historic Salem #5 (continued): Large Monuments at the Lee Mission Cemetery

Some of the larger monuments at the Lee Mission Cemetery stood out to me, though they did not have informational signs, so I do not know much about some of them, but I have included them here. In the case of the Cornells, a large marker was placed next the graves describing their lives.

William Cornell
Emily B. Castle Cornell

Tombstone of William Cornell and Emily B. Castle Cornell

William Cornell was born August 8, 1812 in Licking County, Ohio. In 1838 he married Emily B. Castle, who was born on August 11, 1820 in Vermont and came to Ohio with her family. William came to Oregon overland in 1852, and Emily and their children joined him in 1854 via Panama. They took a donation land claim northwest of Portland, in what is now Cedar Mill. Cornell Road is named for them. The Cornells had a total of six children: Samantha Almira Cornell McAlister (1839-1896), Wilbur Fisk Cornell (1841-1911), William Edward Cornell (1842-1904), Orlando Castle Cornell (1846-1848), Emma Julia Cornell Royal (1850-1940), Mary Celestia Cornell Gardiner (1852-1890) & Holly Austin Cornell (1857-1911). William represented Multnomah County in the Oregon State Legislature. Later in life, the Cornells moved to Salem. Emily died on April 10, 1888, and William married Mrs. Caroline Babbs Collier of Delaware, Ohio before his death on December 20, 1891.

Tombstone of William Cornell

William and Emily share a large monument in the cemetery; his side carries the inscription "He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet he shall live," and her side carries the inscription "I am the resurrection and the life."

Tombstone of Emily B. Cornell

Plaque about William Cornell and Emily Castle Cornell

Rev. Erastus O. Haven D.D. LL.D.

Tombstone of Reverend Erastus O. Haven

Erastus O. Haven was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 1, 1820. According to his marker, he served on the Massachusetts Board of Education and was one of the creators of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Board of Education. He presided over the University of Michigan, Northwestern University and Syracuse University, and was 35th Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in Salem, Oregon on August 2, 1881.

Tombstone of Reverend Erastus O. Haven

In addition to listing his accomplishments, this marker also bears the inscription "His life was beautiful. His death triumphant. His work abiding."

Tombstone of Reverend Erastus O. Haven

Martin Woodcock

Tombstone of Martin Woodcock

Martin Woodcock was born on July 20, 1824 and died on March 22, 1884. The large monument caught my eye. Woodcock was apparently a businessman in Benton County who moved to a farm near Salem in his later years. His story can be found here.

James Menzies
Lucy O. Menzies

Tombstone of James Menzies and Lucy O. Menzies

James Menzies was born on July 25, 1820 and died on September 14, 1883. His wife Lucy O. Menzies was born May 20, 1827 and died May 25, 1904.

Tombstone of James Menzies

They share a large monument in the cemetery. His side includes the inscription "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."

Tombstone of Lucy O. Menzies

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Historic Salem #5 (continued): More Notable Graves at the Lee Mission Cemetery

Throughout the cemetery, the graves of some of Salem's prominent citizens are marked with informational signs describing their lives. Here are the ones I found.

James Harvey Wilbur, D.D.
Lucretia A. Stevens

James Harvey Wilbur

James Harvey Wilbur was born on September 11, 1811 in Louville, New York. He was married to Lucretia A. Stevens, who was born on April 9, 1812 and died on September 30, 1887. Reverend Wilbur was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church on January 4, 1842. He and Reverend William Roberts emigrated to Oregon in 1847 with their families. In the West, Wilbur helped build nine church buildings and seven parsonages, including the first churches in Salem, Portland and Oregon City, the Portland Seminary and the Umpqua Academy in Southern Oregon which he founded. He also founded the Portland Female Academy, and spent 20 years of his life as educational agent for the Columbia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Indian agent and instructor at an Indian training school at Fort Simcoe near Yakima, Washington from 1861 to 1882, when he moved to Walla Walla, Washington in 1882. He died on October 27, 1887 in Walla Walla, Washington.

Tombstone of James Harvey Wilbur and Lucretia A. Stevens

Reverend Wilbur gave half of his lot in the Lee Mission Cemetery to Reverend William Roberts, believing that as they had come to Oregon together and worked together for many years they should be buried side by side, and thus they share a large monument. Wilbur’s side of the monument bears the inscription "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."

Tombstone of James Harvey Wilbur and Lucretia A. Stevens

Rev. William Roberts
Hannah W. Roberts

Tombstone of Reverend William Roberts and Hannah W. Roberts

William Roberts was born in Burlington, New Jersey on March 28, 1812. He was a prominent minister in Philadelphia when he met and married Pennsylvania native Hannah Webster. In 1946, Reverend Roberts was selected by the Bishops to succeed George Gary as the third Superintendent of the Oregon Mission. He and his family sailed from New York on November 27, 1846 with Reverend Wilbur and his family. They arrived in Portland on June 27, 1847. Two years later, Reverend Roberts organized the Oregon and California Mission Conference and served as Superintendent, or Presiding Elder, of the churches in Oregon. Roberts was one of the original incorporators of Willamette University. He died in Dayton, Oregon on August 22, 1888, having served in the Methodist ministry for 55 years, 41 of these years in the Pacific Northwest. He shares a large monument with Reverend James Wilbur, who gave half his lot in the cemetery to Roberts. His side of the monument bears the inscription "I have fought the good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith." Hannah Webster Roberts died on December 29, 1901.

Tombstone of Reverend William Roberts and Hannah W. Roberts

Jesse Quinn Thornton

Jesse Quinn Thornton

Jesse Quinn Thornton was born on March 24, 1810 in Point Pleasant, Virginia. He studied law at the University of Virginia and was admitted to practice before to Missouri in 1835 and settling in Palmyra in Marion County. He married Mrs. Nancy M. Logue (born in 1911) on February 8, 1838 and they moved to Quincy, Illinois. They started their journey to Oregon in the spring of 1846. Thornton held a position on the bench of Oregon's provisional government and served a term as a representative in the state legislature from 1864-1865. He lived the last 16 years of his life in Salem. He died on February 5, 1888. His wife Nancy died the following year.

Tombstone of Jesse Quinn Thornton and Nancy M. Thornton

Historical Photos:
Portrait of J. Quinn Thornton, 1848 (Salem Public Library)

Dr. Eugene R. Fiske
Charlotte S. Fiske

Tombstone of Dr. Eugene Fiske, Charlotte Fiske & Ernest Fiske

Dr. Eugene R. Fiske was born on June 4, 1817 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and of the Harvard University Medical College. He came to Oregon in 1849. He met and married Charlotte S. Grubbe of Roseburg (born 1840) in 1861. They moved to Salem in 1864. Dr. Fiske was a founder of Willamette University's Medical Department and held the chair of Theory & Practice for eight years. He was also principal editor of the Oregon Medical & Surgical Reporter, a founder and president of both the Salem Academy of Medicine and the Marion County Medical Society (which was merged into the Third Judicial District Medical Society, in which he also served as president) and was a founder of the State Medical Society of Oregon. Dr. Fiske died on August 27, 1877. His wife Charlotte lived until 1929. Also buried here is a baby named Ernest W., who was born in 1863 and died July 9, 1864. A small piece of Ernest's original headstone remains here, with the inscription "And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in their midst."

Part of Original Tombstone of Ernest W. Fiske

Rev. Isaac D. Driver

Reverend Isaac D. Driver

Isaac D. Driver was born on August 27, 1824 in Fort Defiance, Ohio to Thomas and Thankful Travis Driver as the seventh of their twelve children. Isaac first married Rebecca Crumley in 1848, but she passed away the following year. He married Mary Hardenbrook in 1852. That same year, they began a journey to Oregon, spending the winter in Iowa and arriving in Oregon in the spring of 1853. They settled in Douglas County, where Isaac raised livestock for four years before deciding to join the ministry. He joined the Oregon Conference in 1858 and first served as pastor in Jacksonville, later serving in Eugene, Corvallis, The Dalles and Oregon City. He was appointed as agent of the American Bible Society for Oregon, Washington, Montana & Idaho. His wife Mary died in 1868. In 1871 he married Leanna Iles, but she died shortly after their marriage, and Isaac married Anna Northrup that same year. Anna died in 1875. Reverend Driver served a Presiding Elder of the Salem District. He was assigned to Monroe, Oregon in 1876. In 1877, Isaac married his final wife, Mary E. Williams. From 1882, Reverend Driver served as Presiding Elder of the Eugene District, and then of the Portland District. While serving in Portland he was appointed as general agent to build the Portland Hospital. In 1906, he purchased a farm in Tangent, where he lived until his death on October 30, 1907.

Driver family plot at the Lee Mission Cemetery. The marker shaped like an open Bible is that of Reverend Isaac D. Driver.

Benjamin Franklin Bonham

Benjamin Franklin Bonham

Benjamin Franklin Bonham was born in October 8, 1828 in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended the Delaware County Seminary in Muncie, Indiana before emigrating to Oregon in 1853. He taught school in French Prairie and Salem while studying law, and held offices of auditor, librarian and superintendent of schools in the territorial government. After being admitted to the bar in 1856, he served on the last territorial and first state legislature. He married Mildred A. Baker in Salem in 1858. After returning to the private practice of law, he was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1870, and served as Chief Justice from 1874 to 1876. He left the court and returned to private practice in partnership with Judge W. M. Ramsey until 1885, when he was appointed to the consul generalship of British India and represented the United States in Calcutta. He returned to Oregon in August, 1890 and returned to practicing law in partnership with W. H. Holmes. He served as Salem postmaster from 1894 to 1898, then returned to the practice of law in 1899 in partnership with Carey F. Martin. He also served as president of the Marion County Bar Association for eight years. Bonham died on June 2, 1906.

Tombstone of Benjamin Franklin Bonham

William Holman Odell
Carrie Bright Taylor Odell
Elisabeth McClench Thurston

Tombstones of William Holman Odell, Carrie Bright Taylor Odell, and Elisabeth McClench Thurston

William Holman Odell was born on December 25, 1830 in Carrol County, Indiana to John and Sarah Holman Odell, one of their eleven children. The family moved to Oregon in 1851 and settled near Dayton. Odell married Elisabeth McClench Thurston (born December 23, 1816), widow of Samuel Thurston, Oregon's first delegate to Congress. Odell studied civil engineering at the Oregon Institute. He was deputy United States surveyor in Eugene from 1863 to 1871, when he was appointed surveyor-general of Oregon, a position he held until 1877, when he purchased the Statesman newspaper. Odell was proprietor and editor of the paper, as well as state printer, until he sold the paper in 1884. He was appointed Salem postmaster until 1889. In 1891, he started working for the Indian department, surveying and allotting lands to Indians on the Siletz Reservation. He retired in 1899. His wife Elisabeth died on March 31, 1890. Her marker carries the inscriptions "He giveth his beloved sleep " and "Memoria in aeterna."

Tombstone of Elisabeth McClench Thurston

In 1894, Odell married Mrs. Carrie Bright Taylor, widow of Dr. Gynem Taylor. She died on July 4, 1919. Her marker bears the inscription "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Odell served on the Willamette University Board of Trustees for over 40 years, and had been president of the board for many years. He was a member emeritus of the board when he died. Before his death, he furnished two rooms in Willamette University's new Lausanne Hall, as memorials for each of his wives. He died on April 26, 1922. His marker carries the inscription "He grew for service strong."

Tombstones of William Holman Odell & Carrie Bright Taylor Odell

Rev. Isaac Dillon D.D.

Tombstone of Reverend Isaac Dillon

Isaac Dillon was born on October 28, 1823 in Zanesville, Ohio to John and Edith Hussy Dillon. After moving to Oregon, he met Quebec native Marie Clarrisse Plamondon (born April 18, 1823) and they married in May, 1853. Dillon served as a Methodist minister for 58 years, and was a member of the Oregon Conference from 1852 to 1884. He was elected to serve as editor of the Portland-published Pacific Christian Advocate in 1868 and 1871. His wife died in Seattle on April 7, 1883. While serving as Presiding Elder in Washington, on June 6, 1902 he was lost and presumed drowned while traveling to Newhall on Orcas Island. They share a large monument in the cemetery. His side bears the inscription "He adored the gospel of the grace of God by a holy and upright life."

Tombstone of Reverend Isaac Dillon

Her side of the monument bears the inscription "All for Jesus, none for self."

Tombstone of Marie Clarrisse Dillon

John H. Roork

Tombstone of John H. Roork

John H. Roork was born on January 20, 1826 in Tennessee. He married Latitia Witten in 1847, but she died in 1849, and Roork moved to California. There he met and married Eveline Herrick, and they moved to Salem in the fall of 1861. Reverend Roork was the principal fund-raiser for the 1870 construction of the South Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, and he served a term as agent at the Klamath Indian Reservation. Eveline Roork died in April 1884. John Roork married Mrs. Betsy Levar of Coos County on August 3, 1890. In 1893 and 1894, Roork served as financial agent for Willamette University, and was responsible for the construction of the university's gymnasium. He was an early member of Salem Lodge #4 of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and he presided as chaplain for the order at the 1895 funeral of former Governor Stephen Fowler Chadwick. Roork died on February 18, 1895. His marker carries the inscription "He hath entered into rest."

Rev. George Minor Booth

Tombstone of Reverend George Minor Booth

George Minor Booth was born on January 2, 1852 in Iowa to Reverend Robert and Mary Minor Booth. Later that year, the family emigrated to Oregon, where Reverend Robert Booth served as a pioneer minister and circuit rider and was a member of the Oregon Conference from 1855 to 1917 (the Circuit Rider statue on the grounds of the Oregon State Capitol was placed in his memory by another son). George followed in his fathers footsteps, becoming a Methodist minister himself. He married Clara Ellen Staats in 1878 in Monmouth in Polk County, Oregon. At the time of his death on July 14, 1905, he had been serving as Presiding Elder of The Dalles District of the Methodist Episcopal Church for three years. His marker carries the inscription "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. They rest from their labors, and their works do follow them."

Samuel Arnold Randle
Ellen T. Randle

Tombstone of Samuel Arnold Randle and Ellen T. Randle

Samuel Arnold Randle was born on November 29, 1839 in Alton, Illinois and grew up on a farm near Shipman, Illinois. He taught rural school and was studying for the ministry when the Civil War started. He enlisted in the 122^nd Illinois infantry in 1862. After the war, he taught school and attended Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana. On August 26, 1874, Samuel married Ellen Taggart of Shipman, Illinois (born in 1857) and that fall they moved to Salem. Samuel continued teaching and attended Willamette University, graduating in 1881 and later receiving an A.M. degree. He was principal of La Creole Academy in Dallas from 1880 to 1885, Salem first city school superintendent from 1885 to 1889 and was principal of Santiam Academy in Lebanon from 1892 to 1902 after Ellen's death in 1891. Samuel spent time in eastern Washington before moving to Portland in 1917 for the rest of his life. He died on December 28, 1933.

Aldine M. Clough
Adelia Clough

Tombstone of Aldine M. Clough and Adelia Clough

Aldine M. Clough was born on September 4, 1850 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the son of Gardner and Laura Joslyn Clough. He married Illinois native Adelia Ryder (born 1856) on May 25, 1873. They came to Salem in May 1876, and Aldine Clough entered the cabinet-making business in partnership with F. J. Babcock, where he remained for 12 years. After Babcock's death, he was elected coroner. He became the senior mortician in the state, and served as Marion County Coroner for 26 and a half years. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and the Woodmen of the World. He died on April 27, 1932. His wife Adelia died in 1934.

Professor Edwin Sherwood
Elizabeth Ellen Sherwood

Tombstone of Professor Edwin Sherwood

Edwin Sherwood was born on November 8, 1867. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University at the age of 16, receiving his A.B. degree in 1890 and his master's degree a year later. He then attended the Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, receiving a degree in 1894. During that time he received a foreign fellowship and studied in Leipsic, Germany for a year. He made his way to Oregon and became a pastor. In 1907 he was offered the chair of Ancient Languages at Willamette University, which he held for two years before taking the chair of Biblical Interpretation at the Kimball School of Theology, where he also served as secretary and treasurer. He received his D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan in 1913. Dr. Sherwood died on February 13, 1921. His marker indicates that he was a Methodist minister for thirty years.

Tombstone of Elizabeth Ellen Sherwood

Dr. Sherwood's wife, Elizabeth Ellen Sherwood, was born in 1867 and died in 1943. Her marker carries the inscription "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills."

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Historic Salem #5 (continued): Diamond Square & Waller Vault at Lee Mission Cemetery

Diamond Square at Lee Mission Cemetery on August 12, 2007

Diamond Square included some of the earliest graves in the Lee Mission Cemetery, including some of Salem's early pioneers, including Reverend Jason Lee, his first wife, Anna Marie Pittman, Alanson Beers and Reverend Josiah L. Parrish.

Reverend Jason Lee

Tombstone of Reverend Jason Lee at Lee Mission Cemetery

Reverend Jason Lee died at his family home in Stanstead, Canada on March 12, 1845 at the age of 41. In 1906, his remains were reinterred here. The marker identifies him as the first missionary in Oregon, a colonizer from 1834 to 1843 and founder of Willamette University.

Tombstone of Reverend Jason Lee at Lee Mission Cemetery

Additional Links:
Jason Lee's Gravestone at Salem Online History

Historical Photos:
Jason Lee Gravestone (Oregon State Library)

Anna Maria Pittman Lee

Tombstone of Anna Maria Pittman Lee at Lee Mission Cemetery

Anna Maria Pittman was the first wife of Reverend Jason Lee. She sailed from New York in July 1836, landing in Oregon in June 1837. She married Jason Lee on July 16, 1837. She died June 26, 1838 at the age of 35, shortly after giving birth to a son, who also died. The two were interred together. The marker identifies the grave as the first sod "ever broken in Oregon for the reception of a white mother and child."

Tombstone of Anna Maria Pittman Lee at Lee Mission Cemetery

Historical Photos:
Anna Marie Pittman Lee Gravestone (Oregon State Library)

Alanson Beers

Tombstone of Alanson Beers at Lee Mission Cemetery

Alanson Beers was born in 1804. He was involved in the founding of Oregon's provisional government at Champoeg on May 2, 1843. He was also involved in the early construction of Salem and Willamette University, and later went into the mill business with George Abernethy in Oregon City. He died in 1853. The current marker includes a plaque placed by the Multnomah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in May, 1931.

Rev. Josiah L. Parrish

Tombstone of Rev. Josiah L. Parrish at Lee Mission Cemetery

Reverend Josiah L. Parrish was born in 1806 and died in 1895. His marker states that he left New York in 1839, coming with Jason Lee around Cape Horn on the Lausanne, arriving in 1840. He was a missionary to the Indians, who called him "the man of peace." He was also involved in the in the founding of Oregon's provisional government at Champoeg on May 2, 1843, and the marker includes a plaque placed by the Multnomah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in May, 1931.

Tombstone of Rev. Josiah L. Parrish at Lee Mission Cemetery