WM ABERNETHY
SEPT. 16, 1831
DEC. 30, 1916
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William Abernethy, aged 85 years, son of Oregon's first Governor and himself a pioneer of 1840, died at home in this city last Saturday.
Born in New York City in 1831 and when nine years old, came to Oregon with his parents who were members of a Methodist Missionary company of 50 people. On June 14, 1863 he married Miss Sarah Fidelia Gray at The Dalles. The family came to this city from Southern Oregon in 1904.
Survived by a widow and the following children: Mrs. Anna M Starr, Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Caroline A Burgess, Seattle, Washington; William Abernnethy, Tacoma; Edward P S, of McKinley, Oregon; Mrs. Violet Swanton, Marshfield, Oregon; Miss Daisey Hahn, Multnomah, Oregon; Miss Camilla D Abernethy, Forest Grove; Mrs. Mizpah I Waterman, Welches, Oregon.
[Forest Grove Express, January 4, 1917]
WM ABERNETHY
SEPT. 16, 1831
DEC. 30, 1916
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William Abernethy, aged 85 years, son of Oregon's first Governor and himself a pioneer of 1840, died at home in this city last Saturday.
Born in New York City in 1831 and when nine years old, came to Oregon with his parents who were members of a Methodist Missionary company of 50 people. On June 14, 1863 he married Miss Sarah Fidelia Gray at The Dalles. The family came to this city from Southern Oregon in 1904.
Survived by a widow and the following children: Mrs. Anna M Starr, Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Caroline A Burgess, Seattle, Washington; William Abernnethy, Tacoma; Edward P S, of McKinley, Oregon; Mrs. Violet Swanton, Marshfield, Oregon; Miss Daisey Hahn, Multnomah, Oregon; Miss Camilla D Abernethy, Forest Grove; Mrs. Mizpah I Waterman, Welches, Oregon.
[Forest Grove Express, January 4, 1917]
Family Members
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Caroline Augusta Abernethy Burgess
1872–1937
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William Gray Abernethy
1873–1959
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Edwin Schuyler Abernethy
1875–1958
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Sarah Fidalia Abernethy Hahn
1877–1966
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Pearl Dunning Abernethy Miller
1879–1954
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Frances Mary Abernethy Hahn
1881–1980
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Camilla Dix Abernethy
1883–1975
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Priscilla Abernethy
1885–1889
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Mizpah Ione Abernethy Waterman
1887–1968
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