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Fairfield Cemetery ~ Martha 'Mattie' E. Gaines
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Gaines, Martha 'Mattie' E.
LAST: Gaines FIRST: Martha 'Mattie' MID: E.
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Hensen TITLE: Mrs.
BORN: 13 Jan 1856 DIED: 2 Oct 1875 BURIED: 3 Oct 1875
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Gervais, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1870 OR CENSUS - Martha E. Hensen, age 13, b. Oregon, is enumerated with father Ezra, age 38, occupation blacksmith b. Ohio, and Mary, age 29, b. Missouri, along with Zarilda, age 11, Charles, age 5, Herman, age 3, Mary E., age 3, and Lowell, age 10 m's. [Note - The widower, Samuel L. Gaines, is enumerated in the N. Salem 1880 Census, age 34,occupation carpenter, b. Illinois, boarding in the home of William Parrish]
OBITUARY: 
DIED - In Gervais, October 2d, 1875, Mattie, wife of S. L. Gaines, aged 20 years.
The funeral will take place to-day at Gervais at 11 o'clock; the remains will be buried at Fairfield.
Daily Oregon Statesman 3 Oct 1875 3:3
INSCRIPTION: 
Farewell
Martha E.
Wife of S. L. Gaines
Died
Oct. 2, 1875
Aged
19 y's 8 M's 20 D's
Dearest Martha thou has left us;
Thy loss we deeply feel
Now in vain is the effort
Our sorrows to conceal.
But Oh! Thy father has called thee
Thine is an early tomb
Tis hard to part with one so dear
While youth was in its fullest bloom.
SOURCES: 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Fairfield, pg 117)
DOS 3 Oct 1875 3:3
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