Mount Union Stories: Ella Kilpatrick (1865-1924)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Ella Kilpatrick, who died in 1924 at age 59 about a year after her mother had died in the same Philomath home.
Mount Union Stories: Alwilda Dunn (1847-1925)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Alwilda Dunn, who came to Oregon as a child in the early 1850s and was a teacher for many years — even instructing the future Benton County sheriff his ABCs.
Mount Union Stories: Luella Lee (1918-1926)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about the death of an 8-year-old Toledo girl who died the day after Thanksgiving 1926 after a brief illness with pneumonia.
Mount Union Stories: Margaret D. Newton (1858-1927)
Published as it appeared on May 14, 1927, in the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Page 3, Column 4. Philomath Woman Died — Mrs. Margaret Deliah Newton, wife of A. B. Newton of Philomath, died at 11:30 yesterday morning at the family home.…
Mount Union Stories: Susan Jane Hennessey (1891-1928)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Susan Jane (Keyes) Hennessey, who died at age 39 in Portland and is buried near family members in the northeast section of Mount Union Cemetery.
Mount Union Stories: Susan Catherine Conner (1843-1929)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about 86-year-old Susan Conner, a longtime Benton County resident who died in 1929, while living with a daughter in Salem.
Mount Union Stories: Bennett T. Jones (1858-1930)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Bennett T. Jones, who lived in the Philomath vicinity for three decades leading up to his death at age 72 during the summer of 1930.
Mount Union Stories: Isaac Meats (1812-1886)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about 74-year-old Isaac Meats, an Englishman who emigrated to the United States in 1842 and eventually settled in Oregon.
Mount Union Stories: Rebecca Simpson (1864/65-1889)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about Rebecca Simpson, who died at age 24 from consumption, a disease known today as tuberculosis. Her husband died of the same disease at age 32 in 1884.
Mount Union Stories: James C. Keezel (1857-1890)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about James C. Keezel, who died at age 33 in 1890 while working on the College of Philomath’s new building in 1890.
Mount Union Stories: David Garred (1846-1893)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read about 47-year-old David Garred, who died in 1893 in a wagon accident while traveling from near Marys Peak to Philomath.
Mount Union Stories: Lizzie Keesee (1869-1894)
In this week’s Mount Union Stories, read two obituaries for Lizzie Keesee, who died at age 24 in January 1894.
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