Lane County, Oregon
Sunday, March 27, 1966; Page One
Fannie McAlister, Daughter Of Pioneers, Dies at 89
Fannie McAlister, the last of the 11 children of pioneers Charles Walker Young and his wife, died in Eugene Saturday.
Mrs. McAlister would have been 90 on May 12. She was born in 1876 on a site now occupied by the Oakway Golf Course in Eugene.
Her brother, Cal Young, who died in 1957, lived in Eugene all of his life and was for years prominent in community affairs.
Her husband, F.M. [Frank N.] McAlister, was an early-day banker in the Eugene area. He died in 1935.
Mrs. McAlister's parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon in 1852, shortly after their marriage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Jacob Gillespie, for whom many places in the Eugene area are named, led the train from Independence, Mo.
Gillespie was the first Presbyterian minister in Lane County. He was a circuit rider.
Mrs. McAlister died at Sunset Nursing Home in Eugene. Funeral arrangements are pending at England Funeral Home.
She is survived by six nieces and a nephew. The nieces are Mary (Mrs. Clyde) Wright, 2117 Olive Street, Eugene; Helen Gerlinger, Dallas, Ore., Ruth Webb, Dawson Creek, British Columbia; LaVelle Gilbert, Hamden, Conn. [sister-in-law of A.C. Gilbert, inventor of the toy Erector Set]; Nellie Allen, Bellingham, Wash.; and Mrs. Russell Southworth, Duluth, Minn. The nephew is Ford Young, Belize, British Honduras.
Register-Guard
Monday, March 28, 1966
OBITUARIES; Page 13B
McALISTER – Fannie McAlister of 724 Pearl passed away March 26, 1966. She was born May 12, 1876 on the C.W. Young Donation Land Claim near Eugene. She married Frank McAlister in 1902. He preceded her in death in 1934. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Mildred Folts. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Ladies of the Elks. Survived by several nieces and a nephew. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 30, 1966 at 1:30 p.m. in the ENGLAND FUNERAL HOME, Pearl at 18th. Reverend Walter Gray officiating with interment West Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
Lane County, Oregon
Sunday, March 27, 1966; Page One
Fannie McAlister, Daughter Of Pioneers, Dies at 89
Fannie McAlister, the last of the 11 children of pioneers Charles Walker Young and his wife, died in Eugene Saturday.
Mrs. McAlister would have been 90 on May 12. She was born in 1876 on a site now occupied by the Oakway Golf Course in Eugene.
Her brother, Cal Young, who died in 1957, lived in Eugene all of his life and was for years prominent in community affairs.
Her husband, F.M. [Frank N.] McAlister, was an early-day banker in the Eugene area. He died in 1935.
Mrs. McAlister's parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon in 1852, shortly after their marriage. Her grandfather, the Rev. Jacob Gillespie, for whom many places in the Eugene area are named, led the train from Independence, Mo.
Gillespie was the first Presbyterian minister in Lane County. He was a circuit rider.
Mrs. McAlister died at Sunset Nursing Home in Eugene. Funeral arrangements are pending at England Funeral Home.
She is survived by six nieces and a nephew. The nieces are Mary (Mrs. Clyde) Wright, 2117 Olive Street, Eugene; Helen Gerlinger, Dallas, Ore., Ruth Webb, Dawson Creek, British Columbia; LaVelle Gilbert, Hamden, Conn. [sister-in-law of A.C. Gilbert, inventor of the toy Erector Set]; Nellie Allen, Bellingham, Wash.; and Mrs. Russell Southworth, Duluth, Minn. The nephew is Ford Young, Belize, British Honduras.
Register-Guard
Monday, March 28, 1966
OBITUARIES; Page 13B
McALISTER – Fannie McAlister of 724 Pearl passed away March 26, 1966. She was born May 12, 1876 on the C.W. Young Donation Land Claim near Eugene. She married Frank McAlister in 1902. He preceded her in death in 1934. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Mildred Folts. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Ladies of the Elks. Survived by several nieces and a nephew. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 30, 1966 at 1:30 p.m. in the ENGLAND FUNERAL HOME, Pearl at 18th. Reverend Walter Gray officiating with interment West Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
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Alcester Elizabeth Young VanDuyn
1853–1930
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Amelia A. Young Kirk
1855–1876
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James Baxter "Baxter" Young
1857–1948
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William Benson "Benson" Young
1859–1892
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Nellie Graham Young Hanson Shields
1862–1930
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Mary Wade Young Rose
1863–1916
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Julia Clark Young Hayes Wallace
1866–1923
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Floria B. "Flora" Young Copple
1869–1954
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Cal Marcellus Young
1871–1957
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Effie Agnes Young Caufield
1873–1894
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