Montgomery Cemetery ~ Lewis Henry Atwater ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Atwater, Lewis Henry
LAST: Atwater FIRST: Lewis MID: Henry
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 22 Mar 1850 DIED: 14 Apr 1927 BURIED: 15 Apr 1927 (Montgomery Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Fulton Co, Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Toledo, Lincoln Co., Oregon
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MARRIAGE - L.H. Atwater & C.M. Zumwalt m 3 Jan 1882 at residence of W.H. Parsons by J. James, MG. Wit: Charles Farley & C.N. Zumwalt
1900 OR CENSUS - Lewis H. Atwater, age 50, occuaption stockman, b. Mar 1850 in Illinois, is enumerated with his wife of 18 years, Katherine, age 50, mother of 2 children, b. Aug 1849 in Oregon, along with Charley, age 14, b. Oct 1885 in Oregon, and John M., age 11, b. Mar 1888 in Oregon.
1920 OR CENSUS - Lewis H. Atwater, age 69, b. Illinois, is enumerated with wife Malinda, age 69, b. Oregon, along with son Charley, age 34, single, occupation shoemaker, b. Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
Lewis Henry Atwater died at the home of his son John in Toledo on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held in the Montgomery cemetery, Lewisville, Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m. Dr H.C. Dunsmore will officiate and Funeral Director A. L. Keeney is in charge of arrangements. 
Mr. Atwater was born in Fuller county, Illinois, March 22, 1850 and came to Oregon when a young man. He was married to Malinda Catherine Zumwalt, of a pioneer family, January 3, 1883. The ceremony took place in Dallas. They lived for many years in the vicinity of Lewisville but came to Monmouth to reside about ten years ago. Mrs. Atwater died about two years ago and her husband declined in health steadily since that time. He is survived by two sons, Charles M. of Monmouth and John M. of Toledo. He also has a sister living, Mrs Emma Hollister of Portland. 
Monmouth Herald, Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, 1:1
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Father
Lew H. Atwater
1850 - 1927

SOURCES: 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Lincoln County 1927) #17
Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1879-1888, page 11
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute, ED 176, sheet 4B)
1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., W. Luckiamute, ED 371, sheet 3B)
MH 14 Apr 1927, 1:1
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