[or-roots] Historic Cemeteries

[W David Samuelsen]

in order to find who might have been buried in this cemetery or any
other cemeteries, somebody will have to travel to Salem, to
the State Archives in order to do a manual searching of death
certificates, checking each one for the county in question.

This is how I was able to learn and identify more burials in
several historic cemeteries in Baker County, the locals had no
knowledge of in first place.

And also, check with funeral homes for their older records (they
are required to keep them, as well as the records of the funeral
homes they acquired.) The records show where burials were.

And if you have access to present and defunct newspapers of the
county in question, search for information about deceased persons.
They usually mention the cemetery.

David Samuelsen

The Strong Family wrote:
> There was a very nice article in the Bend Bulletin on Sunday (9/5) 
> regarding the work Deschutes County is doing to restore the Paulina 
> Prairie Cemetery near LaPine.  A local high school student and Eagle 
> Scout candidate has taken on a lot of the work and involved local 
> businesses and volunteers to help.  The unfortunate thing is that there 
> are a number of graves that are no longer identifiable due to theft of 
> markers, or time taking care of wooden memorials.  Old photos show that 
> there were more tombstones in the past. 
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> Would anyone on the list have records of folks that may have been buried 
> in this cemetery?  I'd be happy to pass the information on to the County 
> Associate Planner who's in charge of the project...it sounds like she's 
> doing this thoughtfully and respectfully. She's trying (by state 
> mandate) to catalog any known historical gravesites in the county - the 
> state considers a historical cemetery any burial that took place before 
> Feb. 14, 1909, the 50th anniversary of Oregon's statehood.
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> Here are the names mentioned in the article as identified 
> gravesites (there are at least 8 people buried here):
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> Emma Deedon - died 1915 due to complications of pregnancy
> George Guy Rease - "Born April 25, 1879 in Walla Walla, Washington. Died 
> of smallpox on Caldwell Ranch on May 2, 1903", age 24
> Addie Laura Caldwell - died 1918 of influenza, age 9
> William Henry Caldwell - died 1910, age 69, after being kicked in the 
> abdomen during a cattle drive
> Melvin Raper - 1892-1914, "died in a tent of tuberculosis"
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> Thanks!
> Riki in Bend
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