Riches, Mary C. LAST: Riches FIRST: Mary MID: C. GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE:  BORN: 7 Jul 1852 DIED: 21 May 1875 BURIED:  OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon DEATH PLACE: Sublimity, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  Name of father George P. S> Riches; Maiden name of mother Mary Shotwell Hunt; 1860 OR CENSUS - M. Riches, age 4, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Geo. Riches, age 39, occupation farmer, b. England, along with M. J., age 25, b. Iowa, Thos., age 7, 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. 1870 OR CENSUS - Mary Riches, age 18, b. Oregon, is enumerated in the home of John Downing and his wife Temperence [her maternal grandparents], along with several of their children. OBITUARY:  Died – At the residence of Mr. John Downing, near Sublimity, on the 21st of May 1875, Mary Riches, aged 22 years. Oregon Statesman 22 May 1875 3:4. INSCRIPTION:  Mary C. Dau. of G. P. & M. S. Riches Died May 21, 1875 Aged 22 y's 10 m's 14 d's When Spring flowers shed their sweets And blushed from every spray, With bloom and frangrance all around Our Mary passed away. Passed in the morning of her life In all her charms arrayed, Into the garden of her God Where flowers never fade. SOURCES:  Hellie, Mader & Rickey; Saucy 1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity, FA #2814) 1870 OR CENSUS (Marion CO., Sublimity, FA #1524) OS 22 May 1875 3:4 SECTION: A LOT:    IMAGES: