The Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
Sunday, 3 January 1915
Page 6, Column 6
ONE OF EARLY SETTLERS OF
SAUVIE'S ISLAND PASSES AWAY
AS NEW YEAR DAWNS
Jackson Abel, one of the early settlers of Sauvie's Island, whose residence there dated back to 1853, died on the island at 4 o'clock Friday morning after an illness of a week. For the past four years he had lived at the home of a niece, Mrs. L. W. Bonser. Captain Orin Abel, until recently master of the steamer America and a well known river man, is an adopted son.
Mr. Abel was born in Indiana February 3, 1834, and on crossing the plains he headed for Sauvie's Island and settled there. Mr. Abel remained a bachelor. He controlled considerable land and was fairly well established. Nieces and nephews surviving include Paul S. Reeder and Mary C. Cromley, of Portland; Mrs. Josephine B. L. McCann, of Felida, Wash; D. S. Reeder of Ellensburg, Wash.; J. L. Reeder, F. B. Reeder, Mrs. Eveline W. Bonser and Mrs. Dollie E. Akins, of Sauvie's Island. The funeral is to be held at 12 o'clock today at the East Side undertaking parlors. Interment being at Greenwood.
Portland, Oregon
Sunday, 3 January 1915
Page 6, Column 6
ONE OF EARLY SETTLERS OF
SAUVIE'S ISLAND PASSES AWAY
AS NEW YEAR DAWNS
Jackson Abel, one of the early settlers of Sauvie's Island, whose residence there dated back to 1853, died on the island at 4 o'clock Friday morning after an illness of a week. For the past four years he had lived at the home of a niece, Mrs. L. W. Bonser. Captain Orin Abel, until recently master of the steamer America and a well known river man, is an adopted son.
Mr. Abel was born in Indiana February 3, 1834, and on crossing the plains he headed for Sauvie's Island and settled there. Mr. Abel remained a bachelor. He controlled considerable land and was fairly well established. Nieces and nephews surviving include Paul S. Reeder and Mary C. Cromley, of Portland; Mrs. Josephine B. L. McCann, of Felida, Wash; D. S. Reeder of Ellensburg, Wash.; J. L. Reeder, F. B. Reeder, Mrs. Eveline W. Bonser and Mrs. Dollie E. Akins, of Sauvie's Island. The funeral is to be held at 12 o'clock today at the East Side undertaking parlors. Interment being at Greenwood.
The Sunday Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
Sunday, 3 January 1915
Page 6, Column 6
ONE OF EARLY SETTLERS OF
SAUVIE'S ISLAND PASSES AWAY
AS NEW YEAR DAWNS
Jackson Abel, one of the early settlers of Sauvie's Island, whose residence there dated back to 1853, died on the island at 4 o'clock Friday morning after an illness of a week. For the past four years he had lived at the home of a niece, Mrs. L. W. Bonser. Captain Orin Abel, until recently master of the steamer America and a well known river man, is an adopted son.
Mr. Abel was born in Indiana February 3, 1834, and on crossing the plains he headed for Sauvie's Island and settled there. Mr. Abel remained a bachelor. He controlled considerable land and was fairly well established. Nieces and nephews surviving include Paul S. Reeder and Mary C. Cromley, of Portland; Mrs. Josephine B. L. McCann, of Felida, Wash; D. S. Reeder of Ellensburg, Wash.; J. L. Reeder, F. B. Reeder, Mrs. Eveline W. Bonser and Mrs. Dollie E. Akins, of Sauvie's Island. The funeral is to be held at 12 o'clock today at the East Side undertaking parlors. Interment being at Greenwood.
Portland, Oregon
Sunday, 3 January 1915
Page 6, Column 6
ONE OF EARLY SETTLERS OF
SAUVIE'S ISLAND PASSES AWAY
AS NEW YEAR DAWNS
Jackson Abel, one of the early settlers of Sauvie's Island, whose residence there dated back to 1853, died on the island at 4 o'clock Friday morning after an illness of a week. For the past four years he had lived at the home of a niece, Mrs. L. W. Bonser. Captain Orin Abel, until recently master of the steamer America and a well known river man, is an adopted son.
Mr. Abel was born in Indiana February 3, 1834, and on crossing the plains he headed for Sauvie's Island and settled there. Mr. Abel remained a bachelor. He controlled considerable land and was fairly well established. Nieces and nephews surviving include Paul S. Reeder and Mary C. Cromley, of Portland; Mrs. Josephine B. L. McCann, of Felida, Wash; D. S. Reeder of Ellensburg, Wash.; J. L. Reeder, F. B. Reeder, Mrs. Eveline W. Bonser and Mrs. Dollie E. Akins, of Sauvie's Island. The funeral is to be held at 12 o'clock today at the East Side undertaking parlors. Interment being at Greenwood.
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