Find A Grave - Marion County

Blanchet, Francis Norbert b. September 3, 1795 d. June 18, 1883
Religious Figure. Oregon's first Catholic priest and Archbishop. He arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1838, to Fort Vancouver, then run by the Hudson Bay Company. In 1839 Blanchet began living at St. Paul, Oregon where he founded St. Joseph's College in 1843. Later in 1843 Blanchet received the appointment of vicar-apostolic and was given the title of Bishop of Philadelphia. The next year he traveled to Canada and to Rome, where Pope Pius IV subsequently made Oregon an ecclesiastical province...[Read More] (Bio by: RB)
Saint Paul Catholic Cemetery, Saint Paul, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Brown, Tabitha Moffatt b. May 1, 1790 d. May 4, 1858
Social Reformer, Educator. Officially named as the “Mother Figure of Oregon” by the Oregon Legislator. Her son participated in the Great Migration of 1843. He talked his mother into emigrated to Oregon in 1864, as an elderly widow. Witnessing the suffering of children whose parents died on the trail, she was inspired to start an orphanage in Oregon in 1848. After a few years it became Pacific University, a liberal arts college that today has a national reputation for its psychology and...[Read More]
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Brudos, Jerome 'Jerry' b. January 31, 1939 d. March 29, 2006
Criminal. Known as 'The Shoe Fetish Killer.' A native of Webster, South Dakota, he was a former electrician, who became serial kiler, and later one of Oregon's most notorious inmates. Born to Henry Brudos and his wife Eileen, his troubles began when he was very young. He began a weird obsession with women's shoes and clothing, he was beaten by his parents, and he was always sick including measles, violent headaches, and infections. In his later years Brudos went to high school at the North...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Oregon State Penitentiary Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Bush II., Asahel b. June 4, 1824 d. December 23, 1913
Came to Oregon in 1850 to start the Oregon Statesman newspaper, at the request of the Democratic party. Still published today as the Statesmen Journal. (Bio by: RB)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Cartwright, Florence Byrne b. December 27, 1863 d. September 22, 1944
Poet. Her first rondeau was published in the "Californian" in 1882, and her first sestina in the "Overland" in November 1883. A sestina appeared in "Harper's Magazine" in May 1884, and has been published many times. (Bio by: Laurie)
Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Chadwick, Stephen Fowler b. December 25, 1825 d. January 15, 1895
Oregon Governor. Arrived in Oregon in 1851 to set up a law practice and became a postmaster. One of the original directors of the Oregon Central Railroad Company, which subsequently became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad, he was elected Secretary of State in 1870 and 1874, and succeeded to the office of governor of Oregon after the resignation of Governor LaFayette Grover (who had been elected to the US Senate).
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Cromwell, Dean b. September 20, 1879 d. August 2, 1962
Nicknamed "Maker of Champions." Head coach at U. of Southern California for 39 years, from 1909 to 1948. Most famous for his role as track coach, his teams won 12 national collegiate titles. During his tenure, USC won 33 national collegiate titles, 38 AOAU crowns. He coached 10 Olympic gold medal winners, and 36 Olympic team members. (Bio by: RB)
Twin Oaks Cemetery, Turner, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Davenport, Homer Calvin b. March 8, 1867 d. 1912
Son of Oregon Pioneers. Political cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner in 1892 - 85 and New York Journal starting in 1895. Author of "The Country Boy" and "My Quest of the Arabian Horse". First horse breeder to bring Arabian horses to the United States. William Randolph Hearst had his body shipped back to Silverton for burial next to Davenport’s father. The stone reads "Erected by his friends to the memory of Oregon's world renouned cartoonist." (Bio by: RB)
Silverton Cemetery, Silverton, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Gaines, John Pollard b. September 22, 1795 d. December 9, 1857
Served in the War of 1812; member of Kentucky State legislator; Served in the Mexican War, US Representative from Kentucky, and Governor of the Oregon Territory from 1850 - 1853.
Stone reads: "Let me Go, for the Day Breaketh. Born in Verginia Sept 22, 1795. Served in the War of 1812. Major of Kentucky Calvery in the Mexican War of 1846. Member of congress from Kentucky from 1847 - 1849. Governor of Oregon from Nov 1849 until May 1853. Died Sept 9, 1857 Aged 62 years. An ardent...[Read More] (Bio by: RB)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Hardin, Timothy 'Tim' b. December 23, 1941 d. December 29, 1980
Singer and composer of such hits as "If I Were a Carpenter," "Reason to Believe," "Hang On to a Dream," "Misty Roses," and "Tippy-Toein'." (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Heroin Overdose
Twin Oaks Cemetery, Turner, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Hawley, Willis Chatman b. May 5, 1864 d. July 24, 1941
US Congressional Representative from Oregon 1907 - 1933. Past President of Willamette University. (Bio by: RB)
City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Jackson, Hancock Lee b. May 12, 1796 d. March 19, 1876
Delegate to the Missouri State Constitutional Convention 1845 - 46. Lt. Governor of Missouri 1857 - 1861. Governor of Missouri 1857.
Stone reads: "May his rest be the rest of the just". Historical marker was added to recognize his role in Missouri politics. Headstone is shared with his wife "Ursley", Ursula D Oldham Jackson. (Bio by: RB)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Kinney, Mary b. April 9, 1859 d. June 17, 1938
Oregon Legislator 1921 - 1925 and sufferaget. (Bio by: RB)
Salem Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Plot: lot 907, space 3W
Lee, Rev. Jason b. June 28, 1803 d. March 12, 1845
Jason Lee was a Canadian born, Methodist missionary who is remembered as the first missionary to bring Christianity to the Indians of the Pacific Northwest. He was a leader in the first permanent American settlement in the Oregon region of Salem, Oregon. The Lee Mission is now a historical site in Salem. (Bio by: RB)
Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Lord, William Paine b. July 20, 1838 d. February 17, 1911
Oregon Governor He was born in Dover, Delaware in 1838. After graduating law school in 1860 he enlisted in the Union Army serving for Delaware. After the war, he again served in the military in California, Washington and Alaska. When Alaska was purchased in 1867 it was William Lord who led the Army to Sitka to take formal possession. In 1868 Lord moved to Oregon to practice law and politics. He served as Oregon Supreme Court Justice, as State Senator, and Governor of Oregon from 1895 -...[Read More] (Bio by: RB)
Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
McKay, Douglas James b. June 24, 1893 d. July 22, 1959
Oregon Governor, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in World War I. From 1934 to 1943 served in the Oregon Senate, then re-enlisted for World War II, and was discharged as a Major. Served Governor of Oregon from 1949 to 1952, during which time he supported conservation of land and forest. He left the position of Governor in 1952 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him Secretary of the Interior, a position he held until 1956. (Bio by: RB)
Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
McNary, Charles Linza b. June 12, 1874 d. February 25, 1944
United States Senator from Oregon 1917 - 1944. Died in office February 25 1944. Republican candidate for Vice President in 1940. He and Wendell Willkie were defeated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Henry Wallace, (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Moody, Zenas Ferry b. May 27, 1832 d. March 14, 1917
7th Oregon Governor. Sailed from New York to Oregon on the steamer "Empire City" in 1851. Returned to Oregon after the Civil War, and became a merchant serving the gold mining districts of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. He then became a deputy surveyor involved in public land surveying in the States of Oregon, Washington, and California. Prominent business man who ran a steamboat from The Dalles to Portland for many years. Elected as Governor of Oregon, serving from 1882 to 1887. Declining to...[Read More]
City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Plot: Block 19, lot 2, space 1
Mott, James Wheaton b. November 12, 1883 d. November 12, 1945
US Congressman. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 until his death, as a representative of Oregon's 1st Congressional District. A graduate of Columbia University and the Willamette University School of Law, he served in the United States Navy as a seaman during the First World War. Prior to being elected to Congress, he was a member of the Oregon State Legislature from 1922 to 1928, and from 1930 to 1932. He also served as city attorney for Astoria, Oregon and as...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Norblad Jr., Albin Walter b. September 12, 1908 d. September 20, 1964
US Congressman. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1946 until his death, as a representative of Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Son of former Oregon Governor Albin Walter Norblad, Sr., he was appointed to the House following the death of Congressman James Wheaton Mott. A graduate of the University of Oregon and...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lone Oak Cemetery, Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, USA

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