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Burch Family Cemetery ~ Leonard Williams
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Williams, Leonard
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LAST NAME: Williams
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FIRST NAME: Leonard
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GENDER: M
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BORN: 1810
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DIED: 20 Mar 1856
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BURIED: ~ Burch Family Cemetery
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DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co, Oregon
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NOTES: DISCREPANCY - Obit gives year of death as 1856 while tombstone gives year of death as 1857.
BIOGRAPHICAL
(Source - Historically Speaking, Vol. 1, PCHS, pg 8):
"Independence: Post office established April 3, 1852, with Leonard Williams as first P.M."
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY: Died in Independence, Polk county, on the 20th March, Mr Leonard Williams, aged 46.
Oregon Satesman 29 Apr 1856, 3:2
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INSCRIPTION: Father
Leonard Williams
1810 - 1857
(shares marker with Emily)
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SOURCES: Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Historically Speaking, Vol. 1, pg 8
OS 29 Apr 1856, 3:2
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