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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Charles McClellan Purvine ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Purvine, Charles McClellan
LAST NAME: Purvine FIRST NAME: Charles MIDDLE NAME: McClellan NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 2 July 1862 DIED: 30 Mar 1946 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Zena, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

MARRIAGE – C.M. Purvine & Fannie Reed md 6 Nov 1895, Polk co, Oregon

1900 OR CENSUS - Charles M. Purvine, age 37, occupation farmer, b. Jul 1862 in Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 4 years, Fannie S., age 26, mother of 2 children, b. Jul 1873 in Oregon, along with Walker R., age 3, b. Nov 1896 in Oregon, and Margarette, age 1, b. Dec 1898 in Oregon. 

1910 OR CENSUS – Charles Purvine (46y, b Oregon, married 14y, occupation engineer) enumerated with wife Frances (35y, b Oregon, mother of 3 children), 3 children, Walker (15y, b Oregon), Margaret (11y, b Oregon) and Byron (2y, b Oregon), and aunt Louisa Walker (79y, b Illinois, widowed)

1920 OR CENSUS – Charles M. Purvine (56y, b Oregon, occupation engineer) enumerated with wife Frances (45y, b Oregon), 2 children, Margaret (21y, b Oregon) and Byron (12y, b Oregon); and aunt Louisa Walker (87y, b Illinois, widowed)

1930 OR CENSUS – Charles M. Purvine (66y, b Oregon, married at age 32y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Frances S. (56y, b Oregon, married at age 22y) and son Byron J. (22y, b Oregon, occupation farm laborer); also with family was boarder Herman Sawatzky (22y, b Oklahoma, occupation farm laborer)

1940 OR CENSUS – Charles Purvine (76y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Frances (66y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935; also with family was lodger John J. Cook (36y, b Missouri, occupation farm laborer, living in Amity, Yamhill co, Oregon in 1935)  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1946) #1980 - Charles M. Purvine, male, steam engineer, widowed (Frances S.), b. 2 July 1862 in Zena, Oregon, d. 30 Mar 1946 in Salem, Oregon (Salem Hospital usual residence R. t Box 266) at the age of 83 years 8 mos 24 days, name of father Andrew J. Purvine (b. Illinois), maiden name of mother Mary D. Daugherty, interment Zena; informant Byron J. Purvine, Rt 1, Box 266, Salem.

OBITUARY: 

Charles M. Purvine, late resident of route 1, Salem, at a local hospital, Saturday, March 30, Survived by a daughter, Miss Margaret Purvine, Portland; two sons, Walker of Glendale and Byron of Salem. Services will be held Tuesday, April 2, at 2 pm in the Clough-Barrick chapel, with interment at Zena cemetery.

Oregon Statesman, Sunday, March 31, 1946, page 5

INSCRIPTION: 

Purvine
Charles M.
1862 - 1946

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1946) #1980

Polk co, Oregon, Marriage Records,Vol 4
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 172, sheet 1B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 230, sheet 6A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 158, sheet 2A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 11B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 27-42, sheet 4A) 

OS, 31 Mar 1946, page 5 

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