Womer Cemetery ~ Samuel Paul Riker ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Riker, Samuel Paul
LAST: Riker FIRST: Samuel MID: Paul
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 21 Feb 1838 DIED: 28 Aug 1917 BURIED: 30 Aug 1917 (Womer Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farm laborer
BIRTH PLACE:  Pensylvania
DEATH PLACE: Hoskins, Benton Co., Oregon
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OSBH DC (Benton County 1917) #66 - Samuel Riker, male, farmer, married, b. 21 Feb 1838 in Pennsylvania, d. 28 Aug 1917in Hoskins, Oregon at the age of 79 y's, interment: 30 Aug 1917 Pedee Cemetery [Womer], undertaker M.S. Booer, informant F.D. Riker of Hoskins.
1900 OR CENSUS - Samuel Rickson [Riker], age 62, occupation farmer, b. Feb 1838 in Pennsylvania, is enumerated with his wife of 38 years, Marinda, age 52, mother of 9 children 7 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Jul 1847 in Ohio, along with Lemuel A., age 24, occupation farm laborer, b. Apr 1876 in Michigan (married 6 months, but wife is not listed), Friend B., age 22, occupation farm laborer, b. Apr 1878 in Michigan, and Lizzie L., age 13, b. Jun 1886 in Michigan.
DISCREPANCY - Marker gives year of birth as 1837, 1900 census gives year of birth as 1838.
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Father
Samuel Paul
1938 - 1917
(shares marker with Marinda)
SOURCES: 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Benton County 1917) #66 
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute, ED 176, sheet 6A)
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