MARTHA WILSON DIED MONDAY -- Salem Pioneer.
Mrs. Martha E. Wilson, 96, one of the first white children to be born in the Salem area, died Monday. Mrs. Wilson was born in the old Jason Lee house in Salem near the present address of 960 Broadway street and was the daughter of Henry and Mary Croisan, early pioneers who migrated across the plains in 1846. During her childhood Mrs. Wilson attended Sacred Heart academy and later opened a millinery shop on Commercial street.
In 1867 she married A. H. Wilson in a log house on the Croisan farm south of Salem. Mrs. Wilson later went to Princeton, Illinois, where she resided for ten years before returning to Salem where she spent the rest of her life. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Bushnell and Mrs. Clara Farmer; one brother, E. M. Croisan, and one granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Wilson of Monterey, California.
- Oregon Statesman 7 July 1943
Mrs. Martha E. Wilson, 96, one of the first white children to be born in the Salem area, died Monday. Mrs. Wilson was born in the old Jason Lee house in Salem near the present address of 960 Broadway street and was the daughter of Henry and Mary Croisan, early pioneers who migrated across the plains in 1846. During her childhood Mrs. Wilson attended Sacred Heart academy and later opened a millinery shop on Commercial street.
In 1867 she married A. H. Wilson in a log house on the Croisan farm south of Salem. Mrs. Wilson later went to Princeton, Illinois, where she resided for ten years before returning to Salem where she spent the rest of her life. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Bushnell and Mrs. Clara Farmer; one brother, E. M. Croisan, and one granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Wilson of Monterey, California.
- Oregon Statesman 7 July 1943
MARTHA WILSON DIED MONDAY -- Salem Pioneer.
Mrs. Martha E. Wilson, 96, one of the first white children to be born in the Salem area, died Monday. Mrs. Wilson was born in the old Jason Lee house in Salem near the present address of 960 Broadway street and was the daughter of Henry and Mary Croisan, early pioneers who migrated across the plains in 1846. During her childhood Mrs. Wilson attended Sacred Heart academy and later opened a millinery shop on Commercial street.
In 1867 she married A. H. Wilson in a log house on the Croisan farm south of Salem. Mrs. Wilson later went to Princeton, Illinois, where she resided for ten years before returning to Salem where she spent the rest of her life. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Bushnell and Mrs. Clara Farmer; one brother, E. M. Croisan, and one granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Wilson of Monterey, California.
- Oregon Statesman 7 July 1943
Mrs. Martha E. Wilson, 96, one of the first white children to be born in the Salem area, died Monday. Mrs. Wilson was born in the old Jason Lee house in Salem near the present address of 960 Broadway street and was the daughter of Henry and Mary Croisan, early pioneers who migrated across the plains in 1846. During her childhood Mrs. Wilson attended Sacred Heart academy and later opened a millinery shop on Commercial street.
In 1867 she married A. H. Wilson in a log house on the Croisan farm south of Salem. Mrs. Wilson later went to Princeton, Illinois, where she resided for ten years before returning to Salem where she spent the rest of her life. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Bushnell and Mrs. Clara Farmer; one brother, E. M. Croisan, and one granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Wilson of Monterey, California.
- Oregon Statesman 7 July 1943
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