Pioneer Woman Called By Death – Mrs. Rockey P.Earhart in State Since 1845. – Illinois Place Of Birth
Portlander Learned to Walk on Trip With Parents Across Plains by Ox Team.
Mrs. Rockey P. Earhart, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died yesterday at her home, 1705 Southwest Twelfth Avenue, where she had lived since 1887.
Mrs. Earhart was born in Sangamon, Illinois on February 1, 1844, to Job "Joe" Burden, b. 10 SEP 1796 in Harrison, Charles, VA. ~ d. 27 DEC 1866 in Yamhill, Yamhill, OR.
and Temperance (Cherry) Burden, b. 11 SEP 1800 in Edgecombe, NC. ~ d. 19 OCT 1851 in Polk, Oregon, USA
and crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in an emigrant train of covered wagons the following year. She learned to walk on the trip.
Her parents were Job Burden of Ohio and Temperance Cherry Burden of North Carolina. The Burdens were Methodists, but Mrs. Earhart was a member of the First Congregational church of Portland, which she joined on her arrival here.
Her husband, Rockey P. Earhart, was Oregon's secretary of state for five years under Governor Moody, the seventh governor of the state. He was one of the first Masons in Oregon to attain the 33rd degree. Mr. Earhart died some 40 years ago.
Of four daughters, Mrs. Eva T. Alliston and Mrs. Clara E. Koehler, who have made their home with Mrs. Earhart, are the only survivors. Other relatives surviving are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Raymond B. Walker, pastor of the First Congregational church, from the late residence at 10 A.M. tomorrow. Commitment at Riverview Cemetery in the family plot will be private.
The Oregonian, 10 Jan 1934, p10; w/photo
Portlander Learned to Walk on Trip With Parents Across Plains by Ox Team.
Mrs. Rockey P. Earhart, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died yesterday at her home, 1705 Southwest Twelfth Avenue, where she had lived since 1887.
Mrs. Earhart was born in Sangamon, Illinois on February 1, 1844, to Job "Joe" Burden, b. 10 SEP 1796 in Harrison, Charles, VA. ~ d. 27 DEC 1866 in Yamhill, Yamhill, OR.
and Temperance (Cherry) Burden, b. 11 SEP 1800 in Edgecombe, NC. ~ d. 19 OCT 1851 in Polk, Oregon, USA
and crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in an emigrant train of covered wagons the following year. She learned to walk on the trip.
Her parents were Job Burden of Ohio and Temperance Cherry Burden of North Carolina. The Burdens were Methodists, but Mrs. Earhart was a member of the First Congregational church of Portland, which she joined on her arrival here.
Her husband, Rockey P. Earhart, was Oregon's secretary of state for five years under Governor Moody, the seventh governor of the state. He was one of the first Masons in Oregon to attain the 33rd degree. Mr. Earhart died some 40 years ago.
Of four daughters, Mrs. Eva T. Alliston and Mrs. Clara E. Koehler, who have made their home with Mrs. Earhart, are the only survivors. Other relatives surviving are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Raymond B. Walker, pastor of the First Congregational church, from the late residence at 10 A.M. tomorrow. Commitment at Riverview Cemetery in the family plot will be private.
The Oregonian, 10 Jan 1934, p10; w/photo
Pioneer Woman Called By Death – Mrs. Rockey P.Earhart in State Since 1845. – Illinois Place Of Birth
Portlander Learned to Walk on Trip With Parents Across Plains by Ox Team.
Mrs. Rockey P. Earhart, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died yesterday at her home, 1705 Southwest Twelfth Avenue, where she had lived since 1887.
Mrs. Earhart was born in Sangamon, Illinois on February 1, 1844, to Job "Joe" Burden, b. 10 SEP 1796 in Harrison, Charles, VA. ~ d. 27 DEC 1866 in Yamhill, Yamhill, OR.
and Temperance (Cherry) Burden, b. 11 SEP 1800 in Edgecombe, NC. ~ d. 19 OCT 1851 in Polk, Oregon, USA
and crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in an emigrant train of covered wagons the following year. She learned to walk on the trip.
Her parents were Job Burden of Ohio and Temperance Cherry Burden of North Carolina. The Burdens were Methodists, but Mrs. Earhart was a member of the First Congregational church of Portland, which she joined on her arrival here.
Her husband, Rockey P. Earhart, was Oregon's secretary of state for five years under Governor Moody, the seventh governor of the state. He was one of the first Masons in Oregon to attain the 33rd degree. Mr. Earhart died some 40 years ago.
Of four daughters, Mrs. Eva T. Alliston and Mrs. Clara E. Koehler, who have made their home with Mrs. Earhart, are the only survivors. Other relatives surviving are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Raymond B. Walker, pastor of the First Congregational church, from the late residence at 10 A.M. tomorrow. Commitment at Riverview Cemetery in the family plot will be private.
The Oregonian, 10 Jan 1934, p10; w/photo
Portlander Learned to Walk on Trip With Parents Across Plains by Ox Team.
Mrs. Rockey P. Earhart, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died yesterday at her home, 1705 Southwest Twelfth Avenue, where she had lived since 1887.
Mrs. Earhart was born in Sangamon, Illinois on February 1, 1844, to Job "Joe" Burden, b. 10 SEP 1796 in Harrison, Charles, VA. ~ d. 27 DEC 1866 in Yamhill, Yamhill, OR.
and Temperance (Cherry) Burden, b. 11 SEP 1800 in Edgecombe, NC. ~ d. 19 OCT 1851 in Polk, Oregon, USA
and crossed the plains to Oregon with her parents in an emigrant train of covered wagons the following year. She learned to walk on the trip.
Her parents were Job Burden of Ohio and Temperance Cherry Burden of North Carolina. The Burdens were Methodists, but Mrs. Earhart was a member of the First Congregational church of Portland, which she joined on her arrival here.
Her husband, Rockey P. Earhart, was Oregon's secretary of state for five years under Governor Moody, the seventh governor of the state. He was one of the first Masons in Oregon to attain the 33rd degree. Mr. Earhart died some 40 years ago.
Of four daughters, Mrs. Eva T. Alliston and Mrs. Clara E. Koehler, who have made their home with Mrs. Earhart, are the only survivors. Other relatives surviving are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Raymond B. Walker, pastor of the First Congregational church, from the late residence at 10 A.M. tomorrow. Commitment at Riverview Cemetery in the family plot will be private.
The Oregonian, 10 Jan 1934, p10; w/photo
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