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Jeremiah Boone “Jerry B” DeSpain

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Jeremiah Boone “Jerry B” DeSpain

Birth
Lane County, Oregon, USA
Death
5 Mar 1911 (aged 51)
Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 6 Lot 107 Grave 3
Memorial ID
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"Jerry B."
Son of James T. DeSpain and Hannah Skinner. Husband of Leah Jane Hurt.

Taken from the Daily East Oregonian, Pendleton, Oregon, Monday, March 6, 1911.

J. B. DESPAIN

Jerry B. DeSpain, the well known merchant, passed away at 3:10 yesterday afternoon, the immediate cause of death erysipelas, from which he had been suffering for the past week. Prior to that, however, he had been afflicted with a chronic ailment and had just recently returned from California, where he had been in search of relief. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Church.

J.B. DeSpain was born July 4, 1859, in Lane county, Oregon, near Eugene. In 1875 he moved to Umatilla county and with the exception of three years, the remainder of his life was spent as an active businessman of this county.

He was married in Lane county on July 11, 1880 to Miss Leah J. Hurt, a native of that county. To their union have been born nine children. C. Jay, Isabella I., wife of Raymon Harpole of Portland, Ore.; Leora L., wife of Frank Griggs of Pendleton, Ore.; Charles D., Grover D., Ralph W., Joseph R., Glenn R., Edgar M.

His wife and all of his children survive him to mourn his departure. Outside of his immediate family he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Viola J. Tuttle, and Mrs. Susie I. Robbins of Spokane, and two brothers, W. F. DeSpain of Ritzville, Wash., and Charles A. of Dunn, Wash.; and a host of friends.

The pall bearers will be Mr. Lee Teutsch, George H. Clark, F.E. Livengood, T.J. Maloney, Joe Stockman, Kenneth McRae.
"Jerry B."
Son of James T. DeSpain and Hannah Skinner. Husband of Leah Jane Hurt.

Taken from the Daily East Oregonian, Pendleton, Oregon, Monday, March 6, 1911.

J. B. DESPAIN

Jerry B. DeSpain, the well known merchant, passed away at 3:10 yesterday afternoon, the immediate cause of death erysipelas, from which he had been suffering for the past week. Prior to that, however, he had been afflicted with a chronic ailment and had just recently returned from California, where he had been in search of relief. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Church.

J.B. DeSpain was born July 4, 1859, in Lane county, Oregon, near Eugene. In 1875 he moved to Umatilla county and with the exception of three years, the remainder of his life was spent as an active businessman of this county.

He was married in Lane county on July 11, 1880 to Miss Leah J. Hurt, a native of that county. To their union have been born nine children. C. Jay, Isabella I., wife of Raymon Harpole of Portland, Ore.; Leora L., wife of Frank Griggs of Pendleton, Ore.; Charles D., Grover D., Ralph W., Joseph R., Glenn R., Edgar M.

His wife and all of his children survive him to mourn his departure. Outside of his immediate family he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Viola J. Tuttle, and Mrs. Susie I. Robbins of Spokane, and two brothers, W. F. DeSpain of Ritzville, Wash., and Charles A. of Dunn, Wash.; and a host of friends.

The pall bearers will be Mr. Lee Teutsch, George H. Clark, F.E. Livengood, T.J. Maloney, Joe Stockman, Kenneth McRae.


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