English Cemetery ~ Laura E. Tom ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Tom, Laura E.
LAST: Tom FIRST: Laura MID: E.
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 1 Jul 1885 DIED: 4 Oct 1891 BURIED:  (English Cemetery)
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DEATH PLACE: Luckiamute Valley, Polk Co, Ore
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OBITUARY: 
Died on last Monday, Oct 5, 1891, on the Luckiamute, Laura, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Tom. The funeral services were conducted by Rev A.J. Hunsaker of this city.
The six year old daughter of Dick Tom was thrown from a horse last Sunday, from the effects of which she died the next day, and was buried in the English cemetery where the remains of some of her grandfather’s family are interred. Dick Tom lives on the Helmick place. He married a daughter of Joseph Berry who lives on the foot hills of the Coast range, two miles south of Simpson bridge across the Luckiamute. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Berry, an old pioneer of Polk.
Sweet Laura dear, we miss the now, but we to God’s good will must bow.
Independence West Side, Friday, October 9, 1891, 3:8
INSCRIPTION: 
Our Laura
Laura E.
Daughter of
W. & A. Tom
Born
July 1, 1885
Died
Oct. 4, 1891
TOM
SOURCES: 
Saucy/Tolle Survey & Photographs
Independence West Side, Friday, October 9, 1891, 3:8
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