Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Melissa Jane Pike ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

Pike, Melissa Jane

LAST: Pike		FIRST: Melissa	MID: Jane

GENDER: F	MAIDEN NAME: Baxter		TITLE:

BORN: 1854	DIED: 19 Apr 1878	BURIED: (Spring Valley Cemetery)

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BIRTH PLACE: Bethel, Polk Co., Oregon

DEATH PLACE: Polk Co, Oregon

NOTES: Name of Father: William T. Baxter Maiden Name of Mother: Margaret Hicklin 1860 OR CENSUS – M.J. Banister [sic; Baxter] (6y, b Oregon) enumerated with W.T. [William] (28y, b Indiana, occupation farmer), Margaret (25y, b Indiana), M.E. [Martha] (4y, b Oregon) and J.A. [James] (2y, b Oregon) MARRIAGE - W. A Pike & M. J. Baxter md 27 May 1870 at house of Wm. J. Baxter; E. E. Cooper, M. G. Wit: A. H. Denny & John E. Phillips. 1870 OR CENSUS - Melissa Pike, age 16, b. Oregon, is enumerated with William Pike, age 27, occupation farmer, b. England. Also enumerated in the home are Wm. Smith, age 15, b. Oregon, and Geo. Philips, age 21, b. Oregon.

OBITUARY: Died Friday morning, April 19, 1878, near Zena, Mrs Wm Pike. She leaves a husband and a family of six children. Itemizer, Friday, April 26, 1878, as transcribed by Clara Foster and Justine Jones

INSCRIPTION: Pike Melissa J. 1854 - 1878 [shares marker with William]

SOURCES: Janssen Compilation Saucy Survey & Photographs 1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#263) Polk Co., Oregon Marriage Records 1849-1879, pg 49 1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Lincoln, pg 48) 1878 Itemizer Newspaper Extracts, by Clara Foster & Justine Jones, page 23

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