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Mt. Hope Pioneer Cemetery ~ George Palgriffe S. Riches
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Riches, George Palgriffe S.
LAST: Riches FIRST: George MID: Palgriffe S.
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 1 Apr 1821 DIED: 9 May 1891 BURIED: 10 May 1891
OCCUPATION:  Carpenter; Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  London, England
DEATH PLACE: Waldo Hills, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1850 OR CENSUS - George Riches, age 25, occupation carpenter, b. England, is enumerated in the home of John S. Hunt, age 47, occupation farmer, b. Ohio, along with John's wife Temperance Hunt, age 46, b. North Carolina, along with Mary Hunt, age 25, b. Indiana, Geor. W. Hunt, age 20, b. Indiana, John A. Hunt, age 14, b. Indiana, Harrison Hunt, age 12, b. Indiana, Thomas Hunt, age 9, b. Indiana, and James Hunt, age 6, b. Indiana.
1st MARRIAGE - George P. S. Riches (Riche) married Mary S. Hunt, May 22, both of Lebanon.
Oregon Spectator 5 Jun 1851 3:3.
2nd MARRIAGE - "Geo. P. S. Riches & Mary Jane Walker, m 12 Dec 1852; Wm. Simpson, M. G. #25"
CITIZENSHIP - “George Riches of Marion County, admitted to citizenship at session of US Dist. Court in Clackamas County. Weekly Oregon Statesman 11 Sep 1852 2:4.
1860 OR CENSUS - Geo. Riches, age 39, occupation farmer, b. England, is enumerated with M. J., age 25, b. Iowa, along with children Thos., age 7, b. Oregon, M., age 4, b. Oregon, and Jno., age 4, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Jas. Watkins, age 18, occupation day laborer, b. Iowa, and H. Reed, age 24, occupation tailor, b. Ohio.
1880 OR CENSUS - Geo. Riches, age 59, occupation farmer, b. England, is enumerated with his wife Mary J., age 45, b. Indiana, along with children Ella, age 18, Charles, age 16, Eugene, age 13, Stella, age 10, and Florence, age 6, all born in Oregon.
BIOGRAPHICAL (From A History of the Silverton Country, pg 42): A notable body of men were those pioneers of 1847 who settled in the Silverton and Waldo Hills. Ralph C. Geer has already been named. A brother, Heman J. Geer, was the father of Theodore Thurston Geer, governor of Oregon. His mother was Cynthia Ann, the daughter of John Leonard Eoff, who settled near English's mill on Howell's Prairie. Abner S. Willard was a relative and near neighbor of the Geer's. George P. S. Riches, an Englishman, took a claim which had been first settled by William Rankin McCord, who relinquished to him. King Hibbard and John S. Hunt would be outstanding men in any community. When they are added to the already noteworthy group which has began in the Waldo Hills settlement of Daniel Waldo, it begins to be apparent why this section in an early day was able to contribute so much to the history of the state."
OBITUARY: 
George P. S. Riches passed away at his home in Waldo Hills, Saturday, May 9, 1891, at the age of 70.
He was born near London, England, April 1, 1821, and accompanied his parents to United States in 1830. In 1847 he crossed the plains to Oregon and located in Oregon City, where he was engaged in the business of a ship builder. In 1851, he took up his abode in Waldo Hills, where he secured a donation claim of 640 acres, and there he remained until his death.
Mr. Riches was married to Mary Jane Watkins-Walker, who was born in Anderson, Ind. She started across the plains with her parents, but both died during the journey, of cholera. She was the mother of 8 children, four sons and four daughters; Thomas W., John H., Charles R., Sarah, wife of Edward Adamson, Estella, wife of Mac Mulkey; Florence, wife of Charles Given, Eugene, Ella, who died as a young woman, and George, who died as an infant. [uncited source]

Died – At the farm residence, five miles south of Silverton, Saturday, May 9, 1891, Geo. P. Riches, aged 71 years.
The funeral took place on Sunday at 3 p.m., and the burial was in the Henry Warren Cemetery. The deceased was stricken down with that dread disease la grippe, and was ill but a short time. His son, Eugene, died a few days ago, also with the same trouble.
Mr. Riches was highly respected by all who knew him, and Marion County loses a most substantial citizen by his demise.
Daily Oregon Statesman 21 May 1891 4:5.
INSCRIPTION: 
George P. S.
Riches
Born in England
Apr. 1, 1821
Died
May 9, 1891
[west face of monument shared with Mary, Eugene, Ella and George H.]
SOURCES: 
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
1850 OR TERRITORY CENSUS (Marion Co., FA #256)
Marion County Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1871, Vol. I, pg 2
Oregon Spectator 5 Jun 1851 3:3
WOS 11 Sep 1852 2:4
1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity, FA #2814)
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Silver Creek, ED 85, pg 117A)
Down, Robert Horace, A History of the Silverton Country, pg 42):
DOS 21 May 1891 4:5
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