Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Oliver Gildow ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Gildow, Oliver
LAST: Gildow FIRST: Oliver MID: 
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 1869 DIED: 1869 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Marion Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co, Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father John Gildow
Maiden name of mother Sarah Jane Cooper
[Sarah Jane's parents, Emerson Elbert Cooper and Nancy Wann Cooper are also buried at Zena]

Marriage of Parents - John Gildow & Sarah J. Cooper m 25 May 1865 at house of E.E. Cooper; John H. Hawley, JP. Wit: A. Stephens & E. Bailey. Aff: D.J. Cooper

NOTE - The Gildows settled in northern Marion Co, Oregon where they appear in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 census. Both are buried in the Miller Cemetery at Silverton. The 1900 census lists Sarah as being the mother of 12 children, 6 of whom were living. The six deceased children all died in infancy and are buried at Zena Cemetery.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Oliver
1869 - 1869 
Children of
Sarah J. and John
Gildow
[shares marker with John, James, Elbert, Elvin, and Dellie]
SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 30
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