Department of Transportation 1978 Cemetery Survey
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OREGON CEMETERY SURVEY CHAPTER 715 AN ACT [SB 5981 Relating to cemeteries; and appropriating money. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. In addition to any other duties of the Department of Trans rtation, the department shall prepare a report on a1P" cemeteries in the State of Oregon. The report shall indicate the location, the approximate size, the a pmximate number of inter- ments, the physical cond?tion and the person responsi- ble for o ration for every cemetery in the State of Ore on. Eedepartment shall submit the report to the Eixtieth Legislative Assembly. SECTION 2. In addition to any other duties of the Department of Trans rtation, the derment may apply for, accept an expend, use or of moneys and roperty receivedr from the Beral Government &r the purpose of establishing any program of restoration, care, maintenance and preservation of cemeteries. The department shall administer any funds received ursuant to this section in accordance with the conxtions established by the Federal Government. SECIlON 3. In carrying out the provisions of sections 1and 2 of this Act the Dementof Trans- portation may contract or consult ivith an nonprofit corporation established for the -purpose - o? ~romotin~ - cemetery care and maintenance. SECTION 4. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is a mpriated to the Department of Transportation, %r the biennium beginning July 1, 1977, out of the General Fund, the sum of $50,000 for the purpose of this Act. Appmved by the Governor July 26,1977. Filed in the office Seaetary of State July 26,1977. A CEMETERY SURVEY FOR THE STATE OF OREGON This cemetery survey was developed by the Oregon Pieces of unusual information about burial practices were Department of Transportation, under the provisions of Senate discovered as the survey was being made. In the hope that Bill 598, which became law after the 1977 legislative session. they may be of interest or value, they are included in the The survey method and plan was developed by Robert survey. Gormsen, who was assisted by Irene Hammer. The graphics The largest cemetery in the State is Willamette National in were developed by Ken Ireland. Dean Byrd helped with Portland. It was opened in 1952 and contains more than geographic names. All are employees of the Department of 45,000 graves. There are more than 190 acres in this Transportation. A survey of this kind by its nature contains cemetery. some errors, and some omissions. As this survey is being used the user may have information which is superior to that The Bureau of Vital Statistics records indicate that about which appears in the survey. In that case the Department 20,000 people per year die in Oregon. of Transportation will accept the superior information, and hold it for possible future publication. The last 3 sheets in The size of an average cemetery plot is approximately 5 by the survey are information gathering pages and they can be 10 feet. easily removed. Information should be sent to Robert The Secretary of State's office lists more than 50 municipal Gormsen, 108 Transportation Building, Salem, OR 97310. corporations which have established a perpetual care cemetery. (378-6504.) The survey is a public record and is not copyrighted and may be freely copied or duplicated in any Jason Lee and his wife are buried in the Jason Lee Cemetery way. in Salem, Oregon. December 15, 1978 Salem, Oregon Desecration or abuse of a grave or corpse is an illegal act by virtue of Oregon Revised Statutes 164.345 thru 164.365; 166.075; 166.085 and 97.745. Such an act is treated as a Class A or Class C Misdemeanor or a Class C Felony, with penalty ranging from 30 days to a five-year imprisonment COVER PHOTO: McLoughlin gravesite at Oregon City and fines ranging from $250.00 to $2,500.00. / HOW TO USE THIS PUBLICATION Information for each of the 36 counties of Oregon is The maps used are standard Highway Maps. The scale has grouped together. Counties appear alphabetically beginning been photographically related to the map. The scale on each with Baker and ending with Yamhill. The name of each map is different. In using any map in this survey first county appears at the upper right corner of each page. Each check the scale on that map. The Township and Range county section begins with a map of the county. numbers appear along the 4 sides of each County map. Those numbers along the top or bottom side are RANGE NUMBERS. Those numbers which appear on the right or left side of each map are TOWNSHIP NUMBERS. .- 7OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CEMETERY SURVEY Z z COUNTY Lake - CC I NAME OF CEMETERY d",S PERSON IN CHARGE YEAR LOCATION khC ESTAB- KNliWN ii' TWO NIIIALS 5U-W 80T13 ? m u F rnii iiYi NAME, aonness 0. nmwL or DFRSDN i~ CHAPDL. LISHED T I R I S Fort Rock 7 N. of the town of Fort Rock at the W. base of Fort Rock 1910 255 14E 29 Edwin A. Eskelin, Star Route, Silver Lake, OR 97638 IOOF D 25 4 On "J" St. N. of Lakeview on Hwy. 395 James Snider (also John Richardson) I Each line of information is The name of the person in charge of the cemetery i,~ T R S means Township, Range read from left to right. The included wherever it is available. Phone numbers are and Section. It is a method or name of the cemetery included where possible. The column ')ear established" system which describes and appears at the far left. If is usually the date found on the earliest gravestone. locates parcels of land any place in the cemetery is known by the State. another name the letters The number of interments or burials is shown by the aka (also known as) appears letter A B C D or E. Each letter designation appears at Ifi using the suwe~' to locate a before the second name. the bottom of that column. The size of the cenzeterv is cemetery by Township, Range and Section, first find the name of the expressed in acres. A iJery small tract is designated as .1 cemetery Then follow the line of acre. The condition of the cemeterv is described bv the information across the page and number 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 or 7 An explanation of these note the T, R and S numbers. By numbers is found ut the bottom of the column on each relating these numbers to the page. proper County map the location I I 1)5E LETTER: CI 100500 USE NIIMBLR: 51 OVtnCI1OWN of the cemetery in the county can A1 025 D1 IOD1OOD 3) FULLY TGNDEU 61 OENSELI OV+RCROWN el 25.l"" El OVER ZCi I) hl""tllr\,lLY TENDED 71 nBI\N"nNL" TO NATURE be determined. 1 TOWNSHIPS I RANGES TOWNSHIPS ARE NUMBERED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BASE LINE. RANGES ARE NUMBERED EAST AND WEST OF A PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. THE EXAMPLE WOULD READ, "TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH. RANGE 45 EAST". RANGES W-E 3 SECTIONS EACH TOWNSHIP ONE SECTION CONTAINS MEASURES 6 MILES ON 640 ACRES WHICH CAN BE EACH SIDE. THEY ARE SUBDIVIDED INTO DIVIDED INTO 36 SMALLER TRACTS. SECTIONS. EACH SECTION IS 1 MILE SQUARE. SECTIONS ARE NUMBERED 1 TO 36 IN THE ORDER Sect ion 36 OLDER OREGON CEMETERIES The date found on the earliest grave is an indication of the age of the cemetery. Some of the earliest dates found were: BENTON 1 CURRY I JOSEPHINE I MARION I ~nr.K * ---- Alpine Tichenor Placer 1850's Lone Fir 1852 Smith Bellfountain Pioneer Cemetery Deer Creek 1852 Looney 1850 Spring Valley Crystal Lake Foster Creek Bar Flat, Old Kirby 1859 Miller 1852 Pedee Gingles Thrift Ranch Sloan 1853 Mt. Hope 1858 Whitaker Irwin Winkle Bulte Thomas Creek Bridge LINN Aurora 1856 Ball Family Kings Valley (Isaac) DOUGLAS Mansfield 1851 Brooks 1855 Lewis Lock Burnett Masonic 1853 Pleasant Grove 1855 Marks Farm Miller-Coon Burt McHargue 1852 Sacred Heart 1834 Blair Monroe Cox Michael 1859 Salem Pioneer 1841 William Brown Mt. Union Fair Oaks Miller 1853 S ilverton 1852 George Brown Pleasant Valley Kellog Umphlet 1850 Simmons 1852 Buena Vista Reevies (Edwards) McGuire West Point 1853 St. Louis 1858 Burch Family Wren Melrose White 1847 St. Paul 1839---. Chamberlain IOOF, Cowallis Oak Creek Wisner 1847 Stipp 1849 Davidson CLACKAMAS Patterson Wigle 1853 Waldo 1850 English Gribble Reed-Hill Alford 1853 Belle Passi 1852 Etna Hazelwood Wilbur Alford-Masonic 1851 Bethany Pioneer 1842 Edwards Irwin Willis Creek Allphin 1848 Butteville 1858 Fir Crest Klinger Wimberly Bellinger 1854 Champoeg 1853 Hart Adams Winchester Blaine 1855 Claggett 1841 TILLAMOOK Bailow Metz Hill Brattain 1854 Cloverdale 1855 O'Hare Beaver Creek Jones Brownsville 1851 Cox 1849 IOOF Bay City Carus Scottsberg Central Christian 1856 Eoff 1852 UMATILLA Clackamas Coles Valley Cochran 1854 Gibson 1850 Koontz Dibble or Jackson Lavadour Crawfordsville 1852 Hayesville 1858 St. Andrew Forrester GRANT Fern Ridge 1854 Hobson-Whitnev" ---.1853 Soldiers Graves Geer Pioneer Valley View Finley 1857 Howell 1843 YAMHILL Milwaukie JOSEPHINE Fox Valley 1854 Hunt 1859 Lafayette Masonic Oswego Catholic Antelope Franklin Butte 1859 IOOF-Turner 1851 Masonic McMinnville Pendleton (Private) Brownsboro Fry 1856 Jefferson 1836 McBride Rock Creek Griffin Creek Gaines 1853 1 Jory 1854--- - Pike Sawtell Hagardine Gilliland 1854 ! Kimsev 18.54 Taylor St. Peter Congregation Hays and Gall Prondevee Baptist 1856 Lee ~rssion 1838 Yokum of 10 o'clock Hill Dunn Pugh 1853 MULTNOMAH IOOF-Pioneer Viola Jacksonville Riverside 1847 Gresham Pioneer 1851 Hussey City of Oregon City Myers sandbridge 1858 Beth Israel 1858 Rogers-Fendall McLoughlin Phoenix Oakeville 1853 Pleasant Home 1837 Hembree CLATSOP Stearns Orlean 1855 Lone Fir 1855 Ewing Young Clatsop Plains Pioneer Sterlinwille Pine Grove 1853 Loomis 1854 Amity Columbia Waldo " Pioneer-Lebanon 1850 McQuinn 1854 Hopewell Old Masomc Wolf Creek Halsey 1855 Powell Grove 1848 Brookside COOS Croxton Milton Hale 1850 POLK Deer Creek Norway Dog Creek Houston 1851 Montgomery 1854 Gibbs Clarno Springs Lower Wolf Creek Knox Butte 1853 Pleasant Hill 1852 Goodrich Yoakam Family Grave Creek MALHEUR Salt Creek 1851 St.