Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Sarah Jane Phillips ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Phillips, Sarah Jane
LAST: Phillips FIRST: Sarah MID: Jane
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Robbins TITLE: 
BORN: 6 Feb 1855 DIED: 10 Oct 1935 BURIED: 12 Oct 1935 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Floris, Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents – John H. Robbins & Hester E. Minnich md 9 Feb 1854, Davis co, Iowa

Father and step-mother Margaret are buried in Bethel Cemetery

1860 IA CENSUS – Sarah J. Robbins (5y, b Iowa) enumerated with John H. (26y, b Kentucky, occupation chair maker), Hester (22y, b Pennsylvania) and Emma (2y, b Iowa)

1870 OR CENSUS – Sarah Robbins (15y, b Iowa) enumerated with John H. (36y, b Indiana, occupation farmer), Margaret (25y, b Illinois), Emma (10y, b Iowa), Benjamin (8y, b Iowa), Ulysses G. (5y, b Oregon) and Daniel (b Sept 1869, Oregon)

MARRIAGE – G.W. Phillips & Sarah J. Robbins m 22 Sept 1872 at house of John Robbins; G.W. Richardson, MG. Wit: John Phillips & Samuel Robbins

1880 OR CENSUS – Sarah J. Phillips (25y, b Iowa, widowed) enumerated with 2 sons, Guy (5y, b Oregon) and Shannon (1y, b Oregon) and half-brother Grant Robbins (15y, b Oregon)

1900 OR CENSUS – Sarah Phillips (b Feb 1856, Iowa, widowed) enumerated with son Shane (b Jan 1879, Oregon, occupation clerk)

1910 OR CENSUS – Sarah J. Phillips (55y, b Iowa, widowed, mother of 3 children, 2 living at time of census) enumerated with son George S. (31y, b Oregon, occupation commercial traveler)

1920 OR CENSUS – Sarah J. Phillips (64y, b Iowa, widowed) enumerated with son George S. (40y, b Oregon, occupation salesman)

1930 OR CENSUS – Sarah J. Phillips (75y, b Iowa, widowed, enumerated with son Shannon G. (51y, b Oregon, occupation traveling salesman)

OBITUARY: 

PHILLIPS - Oct. 10, Sarah Jane Phillips, 2009 N.E. Liberty st., mother of Shannon and Guy W. Phillips, both of Portland; 2 grandchildren also survive. Remains at Wilson-Chambers Mortuary on Killingsworth.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 11 Oct 1935 14:3

PHILLIPS - Services for Sarah Jane Phillips of 2009 N.E. Liberty st., Saturday, 10 A.M. at Wilson-Chmbers Mortuary on Killingsworth. Interment at Zena, Or., cemetery.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 12 Oct 1935 14:5

INSCRIPTION: 

Sarah J.
Wife of 
Geo. W. Phillips
1855 - 1935

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs 

OSBH DC (1935 Multnomah co) #3065

Iowa Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1860 IA CENSUS (Davis co, Salt Creek, FA#773)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#281)

Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 57

1880 OR CENSUS (Washington co, Cornelius, ED 128, FA#37)

1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 85, sheet 8A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 237, sheet 7A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 172, sheet 9B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 529, sheet 5B)

Oreg. 11 Oct 1935 14:3
Oreg. 12 Oct 1935 14:5

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