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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ William Aaron Pike ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Pike, William Aaron
LAST NAME: Pike FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: Aaron NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 1848 DIED: 18 Feb 1898 BURIED: 20 Feb 1898 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  England
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1st MARRIAGE - W. A. Pike & M. J. Baxter md 27 May 1870 at house of Wm. J. Baxter; E.E. Cooper, M. G. Wit: A. H. Denny & John E. Phillips.
1870 OR CENSUS - William Pike, age 27, occupation farmer, b. England, is enumerated with Melissa, age 16, b. Oregon.  Also enumerated in the home are Wm. Smith, age 15, b. Oregon, and Geo. Philips, age 21, b. Oregon. 
2nd MARRIAGE - Wm. A. Pike & Annie Fuller md 11 Dec 1878 at house of Wm. Pike; P. F. Clark, J. P. Wit: J. A. Baxter & M. E. Cochran.
1880 OR CENSUS - William A. Pike, age 37, occupation farmer, b. England, is enuemrated with wife Anna A., age 22, b. Iowa, along with Susan M., age 9, b. Oregon,. May M., age 7, b. Oregon, Rosana M., age 6, b. Oregon, Jessie J., age 4, b. Oregon., Chalot [Charlotte?] A., age 3, b. Oregon, and Emma E., age 8 months, b. Sep, in Oregon. Also enumerated with John P. Fuller, identified as step-son [of William], age 7, b. Oregon.

PROBATE – W.A. Pike of Polk co, Oregon, died 18 Feb 1898, intestate. Heirs: widow Annie Pike (39y, of Polk co); children May Tatom (26y, of Polk co), Mary Edgar (24y, of Polk co), Rosa Bell (22y, of Newark, Calif), Jessie Pike (21y, of Polk co), Charlotte Pike (20y, of Polk co), Emma Pike (18y, of Polk co), Edward Pike (16y, of Polk co), Alice Pike (13y, of Polk co) & Aaron Pike (11y, of Polk co).

NOTE - Nephew of Edward M. Robson. 2nd wife Anna Hanson Fuller moved to Eastern Oregon after William's death. She appears in 1910 census of Haystack, Crook Co, Oregon as Anna Pike; later married Henry Taylor and appears in 1920 census of Antelope, Wasco Co, Oregon as Anna Taylor, but without her husband. She died 23 Aug 1920 at Prineville, Crook Co, Oregon and was buried at Prineville [OSBH DC 1920 Crook Co #20; obituary Crook County Journal 2 Sept 1920]

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

N/A

OBITUARY: 

W. A. Pike, an old resident of Zena, aged 56 years, died Friday morning, Feb. 19, [sic] at 7:40 of lung trouble. He was born at Glostershire, town [sic] Fredington, England, and located in Oregon in 1861. He leaves a family of two sons and seven daughters besides his wife. The funeral will be held at Zena Sunday at 1 p.m.
Daily Capital Journal, Friday, Feb. 18, 1898 

INSCRIPTION: 

Pike
William A.
1848 - 1898
[shares marker with Melissa J.]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Polk Co., Oregon Marriage Records 1849-1879, pg 49
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Lincoln, pg 48)
Polk Co., Oregon Marriage Records 1849-1879, pg 81
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bethel, ED 102, pg 6)

Polk Co, Oregon, Probate Record, Vol 6, pages 377-378 
DCJ 18 Feb 1898

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