Hart-Riggs Cemetery ~ Sarah Caroline O'Neil
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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O'Neil, Sarah Caroline
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| LAST: O'Neil
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FIRST: Sarah
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MID: Caroline
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| GENDER: F
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| BORN: 11 Aug 1858
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DIED: 28 Apr 1926
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BURIED: 28 April 1926 (Hart-Riggs Cemetery)
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| OCCUPATION: Barber Shop Proprietor
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| BIRTH PLACE: Lewisville, Polk Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father James A. O'Neil
Maiden name of mother Talitha Bowman
[Her parents are also buried in Hart-Riggs Cemetery]
1880 OR CENSUS -Sarah O'Neil, age 21, single, b. Oregon is living with her sister Emma's family of Fayette Deming [Denning].
[Her mother, Talitha Riggs, is enumerated 3 households away]
1886 RESIDENCE - O'Neil, Miss Sarah, boards SW corner of Market and Water.
[PORTLAND, OREGON, CITY DIRECTORY of 1886, pg 353]
1891 RESIDENCE - O'Neil, Sadie, domestic, 14 E. Sherman
[PORTLAND, OREGON, CITY DIRECTORY of 1891, pg. 497]
1900 WA CENSUS - Sadie O'Niel, age 42 (41 overwritten), b. Aug 1858 in Oregon, is enumerated as a lodger in a hotel on First Ave. in Seattle, occupation: barber.
1906 RESIDENCE - O'Neil, Sadie C, barber for Charles Cole, rooms 43 1/2 1st
O'Neil, Marvel, rooms 42 1/2 1st
[R. L. Polk CITY DIRECTORY of PORTLAND, OR, 1906 pg. 831
1907 RESIDENCE - O'Neil, Sadie C, barber 54 4th residence same
O'Neil, Marvel, boards 54 4th
[R. L. Polk CITY DIRECTORY of PORTLAND, OR, 1907 pg. 984]
1910 WA CENSUS - Sarah Oneal, age 51, b. OR is living with her step parents, Greenbary Riggs, age 73; Talitha Riggs, age 73; and adopted daughter, Marvel Miller, age 20 on Vancouver and Proebstel road in Fouth Plain precint, Clark Co., Washington
1920 OR CENSUS - Sarah C. O'Neil, age 61, occupation barbershop proprietor, b. Oregon, is enumerated with her niece Marvel Miller; age 30, single, occupation: barber, b. Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
Sarah C. O’Neil was born in Polk county, Oregon, August 11, 1858, and died in Portland April 28, 1926. She was a daughter of pioneer parents, her father coming to Oregon in 1834 and her mother in 1844. She leaves three sisters and one brother. They are: Mrs. Mary E. Denning of Elmira, Oregon; Mrs. Nancy A. Denning of Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Artemissie E. Mathews of Ocean Park, Washington; and Morris J. Riggs of Devitt, Oregon. Funeral services were held at the Riggs home, near Bridgeport, conducted by Rev A. P. Layton of the Dallas Evangelical church and interment was in the old Riggs cemetery.
Polk County Itemizer, Thursday, 6 May 1926, 5:5
Mrs. [sic - Miss] Sarah C. O’Neil, a native of Polk county, who was born here on August 11, 1858, was buried Thursday, April 29, in the Heart [Hart] cemetery near Bridgeport. Mrs. O’Neil was a member of the pioneer Riggs family, her father coming to Oregon in 1834 and her mother in 1844. Mrs. O’Neil died in Portland April 28. Funeral services were conducted at the Riggs home near the cemetery by Rev A. P. Layton of the Evangelical church. Mrs. O’Neil is survivied by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Mary E. Denning, Elmira, Mrs. Nancy A. Denning, Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Artemissie E. Matthews, Ocean Park, Washington, and Morris J. Riggs, Devitt.
Polk County Observer, Thursday, 6 May 1926, 7:3
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INSCRIPTION:
O'Neil
Sarah C.
1858 - 1928
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SOURCES:
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1926) #1164
Branigar Survey in 1990's
Saucy Survey & Photographs in 2010
Files & Collins Survey in 2012
Sibley (DAR) 1931
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bridgeport, ED 106, sheet 491D)
PORTLAND, OREGON, CITY DIRECTORY of 1891, pg. 497.
1900 WA CENSUS (King Co., Seattle, ED 80, sheet 59A)
1910 WA CENSUS (Clark Co., Fourth Plain, ED 62, sheet 8A)
1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 17, sheet 9A)
PCO 6 May 1926, 7:3
PCI 6 May 1926, 5:5
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