Smith Cemetery ~ Oliver Clinton Hedgepeth ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Hedgepeth, Oliver Clinton
LAST: Hedgepeth FIRST: Oliver MID: Clinton
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 25 Dec 1906 DIED: 17 Sept 1981 BURIED: 22 Sept 1981 (Smith Cemetery)
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BIRTH PLACE:  Ephrata, Grant Co, Washington
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon
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1920 OR CENSUS - Clinton Hedgepeth (13y, b Washington) enumerated with parents Thomas (59y, b Illinois, occupation farmer) and Laura (49y, b California) and 3 siblings, Ernest (22y, b California), Vivian (16y, b Washington) and Donald (14y, b Washington)
MARRIAGE - Oliver Clinton Hedgepeth & Gula Elzina Elder md 10 Aug 1930, Josephine Co, Oregon
1940 CA CENSUS - Oliver C. Hedgepeth (33y, b Washington, occupation farm laborer) enumerated with wife Gula (31y, b Washington) and 2 daughters, Joan (8y, b Oregon) and Olive (2y, b Oregon); family was living at same place in 1935; also in the family was maid Elsa Meneice (27y, b Canada, living in Elmore Co, Idaho in 1935)
OBITUARY: 
O.C. “Clint” Hedgepeth, 74, of 6402 Ganon St SE died Thursday at the University of Oregon Health Science Center, Portland. Born in Ephrata, Wash, he moved to Salem from Madras in 1975. He was a retired rancher. He was a member of the Friends Church of Metolius. He had been a part-time instructor in lapidary adult education classes at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. Survivors include his wife Gula, Salem; daughters, Joan Galbraith, Salem, Bunny Quinn, Madras; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be at 10:30 am Tuesday at Virgil T. Golden mortuary with interment following in Smith Cemetery near Independence. The family suggests contributions to the Christian Children’s Fund or the American Friends Service Committee, in care of the mortuary. Statesman Journal, Saturday, September 19, 1981, 2B:2
INSCRIPTION: 
Hedgepeth
O. Clint
1906-1981
Married
Aug. 10, 1930
The Lord Is My Shepherd

[shares marker with Gula E. Hedgepeth]
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1920 OR CENSUS (Klamath Co, Merrill, ED 97, sheet 6A)
Oregon Marriage Index
1940 CA CENSUS (Siskiyou Co, Tule Lake, ED 47-33, sheet 9A)
Statesman Journal, 19 Sept 1981, 2B:2
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