Early Eugene OR Death Notices/Obituaries 1864-1902

If you are looking for recent deaths from the Eugene and Lane County Oregon area – please click this link to the Register-Guard. The following names are from my first index I published and copyrighted about 20 years ago. I indexed deaths that were published in the Eugene Oregon newspapers prior to the start of the Oregon Death Index (1903). Only deaths with a Oregon connection were indexed. None of the dates overlap – see newspaper list below. Many of the listings can be found by accessing the free online data base of newspapers at https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ or by visiting the University of Oregon’s Knight Library’s Micro-forms department. Other articles and listings for your family may be listed on one of my other posts, use the search feature on the right hand side of the page to check.

Oregon State Journal (Eugene OR): March 12, 1864 – December 1889 Eugene City Guard: January 1890 – December 1891 Daily Eugene Guard: January 1892 – June 1897 Eugene City Guard: July 1897 – February 4, 1899 Eugene Weekly Guard: February 11, 1899 – December 1902

NAME	ISSUE	PG	PLACE OF DEATH
MCCOY, WILL’s 4yr son	28 APR 1900	6	SILK CREEK OR
MCCRADY, HENRY	23 OCT 1897	7	EUGENE OR
MCCRADY, HENRY	23 OCT 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCRARY, NORA	4 MAR 1882	5	SALEM OR
MCCROSKEY, MRS. L.	19 JUL 1902	6	PORTLAND OR
MCCULLOCH, EFFIE	23 NOV 1901	6&10	ROSEBURG OR
MCCULLOCH, JOHN	23 AUG 1890	5	LANE CO OR
MCCULLOCH, JOHN’s 6yr son	1 OCT 1898	7	NEW WATCOM
MCCULLOCH, WILLIAM	31 OCT 1893	4	ALBANY OR
MCCULLOCH, F.M.	18 MAY 1901	7	SIUSLAW OR
MCCULLOCH, JOHN	16 AUG 1890	5	COYOTE OR
MCCULLOCH, T.J.’s infant	16 AUG 1892	4	COYOTE OR
MCCULLUM, SAMPSON	11 MAY 1901	10	SIUSLAW OR
MCCULLY, ASA A.	21 AUG 1886	4	SALEM OR
MCCULLY, J.C.	10 FEB 1900	1	ELLISTON OR
MCCULLY, J.F.	24 DEC 1881	5	HARRISBURG OR
MCCULLY, MARY MRS.	16 SEP 1871	3	HARRISBURG OR
MCCULLY, MRS. & child	15 APR 1865	2	BUTTE DISAPPOINTMENT OR
MCCUMBER, A.A.	7 MAY 1898	7	JASPER OR
MCCUNE, A.C. Private	10 SEP 1898	1	OREGON
MCCUNE, ASA	17 DEC 1898	4	CARLTON OR
MCCURDY, J.M.	29 JAN 1898	6	COTTAGE GROVE OR
MCDANIEL, JOHN MRS	16 OCT 1894	4	MUDDY OR
MCDANIELS, LEWIS	18 APR 1885	5	ASHLAND OR
MCDANIELS, W.J. Dr.	21 JUN 1902	6	PORTLAND OR
MCDONALD, EDWARD	13 MAR 1895	1	OREGON CITY OR
MCDONALD, JOHN J. Dr.	9 MAR 1895	4	LAGRANDE OR
MCDONALD, WILLIAM	11 OCT 1902	6	HARRISBURG OR
MCDOUGALL, THOMAS	21 MAR 1885	5	PORTLAND OR
MCDOWELL, ADIN G.	20 MAY 1899	1	BIG VALLEY CA
MCELROY, F.B. Prof.	18 MAY 1901	1	EUGENE OR
MCELROY, Prof.	11 MAY 1901	5	EUGENE OR
MCENROE, PATRICK	11 MAY 1901	5	MEADOW OR
MCEWAN, A. J.	12 FEB 1881	5	PORTLAND OR
MCEWAN, ROBERT	28 AUG 1897	4	JUNCTION CITY OR
MCEWAN, ROBERT	21 AUG 1897	1&10	ROSEBURG OR
MCFADDEN, THOMAS	29 JAN 1898	6	SALEM OR
MCFARLAND, JAMES H. MRS.	7 SEP 1872	3	COAST FORK OR
MCFARLAND, JOHN F.	27 DEC 1884	5	SAN FRANCISCO CA
MCFARLAND, MRS.	8 AUG 1874	3	EUGENE OR
MCFARLAND, MRS.	15 AUG 1874	3	EUGENE OR
MCFARLAND, MRS.’ child	15 AUG 1874	3	EUGENE OR
MCFARLAND, POLLY MRS.	14 SEP 1872	3	COTTAGE GROVE OR
MCFARLAND, TAY	5 JUL 1890	5	ALBANY OR

Ella Philippi dies in Eugene OR 1905

“Miss Ella Philippi died at the home of Henry Philippi at East Fourteenth and Oak Streets, Eugene, October 22, 1905 after an illness of a year’s duration from a complication of ailments.  The deceased was born in Clasksville, Iowa, November 7, 1865, and came to Oregon in 1885.  She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Grott [sic], of Albany, and Mrs. Clara Magill, of Springfield; and five brothers, W.W. Philippi, of Walla Walla, Wash.; Irvin Philippi, of Eugene; Stephen Philippi, of Kingston, Or.; Maple Philippi, of Minnesota, and Albert Philippi, of Early Or.  She was a member of the M.E. church. The funeral was held this forenoon.” The Eugene Weekly Guard (Oregon), Oct. 27, 1905, pg 8, col. 2.

The funeral was held this “forenoon”, not a word we hear very often, but it means any time between sunrise and noon.  Find A Grave gives  her full name for “Ellazan Zoe Phillipi”, but gives a birthday of 17 Nov 1865, presumably from the stone.  The grave maker is at the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery (aka the IOOF Cemetery).  Find A Grave  gives a lot of information about her siblings and parents. All indications are that her sister Sarah was married to Mr. Scott, rather than Mr.Grott – most likely a typo.

https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ – the University of Oregon’s historical online newspaper search engines gives us additional information on Ella Philippi.  In 1902 there is a brief article about her being involved in a household accident. In 1903 she is mentioned in her mother’s obituary.  In 1887 & 1888 there is an Ella Philippi mentioned in the Albany, Oregon newspapers about taking teaching examinations in that city.

Early Eugene OR Death Notices/Obituaries 1864-1902

If you are looking for recent deaths from the Eugene and Lane County Oregon area – please click this link to the Register-Guard. The following names are from my first index I published and copyrighted over 20 years ago. I indexed deaths that were published in the Eugene Oregon newspapers prior to the start of the Oregon Death Index (1903). Only deaths with a Oregon connection were indexed. None of the dates overlap – see newspaper list below.

Oregon State Journal (Eugene OR): March 12, 1864 – December 1889 Eugene City Guard: January 1890 – December 1891 Daily Eugene Guard: January 1892 – June 1897 Eugene City Guard: July 1897 – February 4, 1899 Eugene Weekly Guard: February 11, 1899 – December 1902.

NAME	ISSUE	PG	PLACE OF DEATH
MCCARTY, M.G	5 OCT 1901	5	THURSTON OR
MCCAULEY, MISS	29 DEC 1894	1	SILVER LAKE OR
MCCAULEY, MR & MRS’ 10m inf	12 MAR 1892	4	SPRINGFIELD OR
MCCLAIN, L.C. MRS.	3 FEB 1892	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLAINE, ALVIN	13 NOV 1897	6	SPOKANE WA
MCCLANAHAN, FLORENCE	9 FEB 1878	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLANAHAN, MR.	9 SEP 1882	5	COW CREEK OR
MCCLANE, HELEN	14 JAN 1892	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLAREN, JEANETTE ELEANOR	2 AUG 1873	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLASKY, C.	23 JUL 1881	1	MYRTLE POINT OR
MCCLINSY, E.S.	11 MAY 1901	7	BOONES FERRY OR
MCCLURE, A.S.	26 MAR 1898	1&7	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, A.S.’s twin daug	7 JUN 1873	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, CARRIE	10 MAY 1879	5	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR	16 OCT 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR	9 OCT 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR Prof.	13 NOV 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR Prof.	14 AUG 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E.	6 SEP 1902	6	PALOUSE CITY WA
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	31 JUL 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	4 SEP 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	7 AUG 1897	1&10	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, SARAH MRS.	2 FEB 1901	6	SEATTLE WA
MCCLURE, SARAH S.	28 JAN 1899	5	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, VINCENT S.	17 MAY 1893	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, WM.	2 JUL 1898	7	PALOUSE WA
MCCLURE, young man	3 JUN 1871	2	MOSIER CREEK OR
MCCOLLUM, HESTER, C.	27 SEP 1902	7	EUGENE OR
MCCOLLUM, SAMUEL MR.	20 AUG 1864	2	SPENCER PRECINCT OR
MCCOLLUM, ZILPHA	7 MAY 1898	10	SPENCER CREEK OR
MCCONNELL, SAMPSON	17 MAY 1902	1	ROSEBURG OR
MCCONNELL, WILLIAM	13 DEC 1893	4	JUNCTION CITY OR
MCCORD, RHODA MRS.	18 MAY 1896	1	EUGENE OR
MCCORKLE, A. MR.	25 NOV 1893	4	KENT OR
MCCORMAC, CHARLES F.	6 OCT 1888	5	SALEM OR
MCCORMICK, MAUDE MRS (MILLER)	28 DEC 1901	7	OAKLAND OR
MCCORNACK, ANDREW B.	6 SEP 1884	5	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, ANDREW MR.	8 JUN 1872	3	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, EDWARD MRS.	6 SEP 1890	5	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, JOEL	6 JAN 1892	4	FLORENCE OR
MCCORNACK, MARIA MRS.	5 JUL 1902	1&7	EUGENE OR
MCCOURT, JOHN	5 NOV 1870	2	BAKER CO OR
MCCOWAN, ROBERT	11 JUN 1894	4	MOHAWK VALLEY OR
MCCOWEN, ISABELLA MRS.	27 DEC 1902	10	MARCOLA OR

Oregon Newspaper’s Online

One of the best online newspaper resources is the University of Oregon’s website, “Oregon Historical Newspapers“.  The free online service gives you access to over 1.3 million pages of Oregon’s historical newspapers, with newspapers from as early as 1846 to 2020.  Please read the frequently asked questions section from their top tool bar.  It gives some important information about the limitations of the data base and why certain newspapers and dates are not included and how you can still find many of them.

Each column can be sorted by clicking the title heading, this will save you a lot of time and make your search much easier.  There are filters that will help you narrow down more common search terms.

With a successful search, each newspaper page will be shown with the key word in red on the page.  Just click on the highlighted word and the page will enlarge or you can use your mouse roller to zoom in and out.  This feature makes it very easy to read.  I just used my browser’s “Snipping Tool” to copy the enlarged article for my files.

I didn’t even realize my computer had this feature until I saw a fellow employee use it.  For cutting and snipping articles or for anything else you find online, this tool makes it extremely easy.  Just type “Snipping tool” in your desk top search feature.  I tell you this is a game changer!

I have a unique surname and still found four articles that included my family.  One was a birth announcement for my grandfather’s older brother in 1909, my great grandmothers position in the local Danish Brotherhood association and two articles that mentions my great grandfather’s civic activities.  The interesting thing is three of these articles appeared in Portland newspapers – over a hundred miles from their home!  I would have never guessed that these newspapers would have ever had information on my family!

Take some time exploring this ever changing newspaper resource and let me know what you learn.  You will want to search each of your Oregon families and see what new information you can find for them all.  Good Luck!

 

Early Eugene OR Death Notices/Obituaries 1864-1902

If you are looking for recent deaths from the Eugene and Lane County Oregon area – please click this link to the Register-Guard. The following names are from my first index I published and copyrighted about 20 years ago. I indexed deaths that were published in the Eugene Oregon newspapers prior to the start of the Oregon Death Index (1903). Only deaths with a Oregon connection were indexed. None of the dates overlap – see newspaper list below. Many of the listings can be found by accessing the free online data base of newspapers at https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ or by visiting the University of Oregon’s Knight Library’s Micro-forms department. Other articles and listings for your family may be listed on one of my other posts, use the search feature on the right hand side of the page to check.

Oregon State Journal (Eugene OR): March 12, 1864 – December 1889 Eugene City Guard: January 1890 – December 1891 Daily Eugene Guard: January 1892 – June 1897 Eugene City Guard: July 1897 – February 4, 1899 Eugene Weekly Guard: February 11, 1899 – December 1902

NAME	ISSUE	PG	PLACE OF DEATH
MCCARTY, M.G.	5 OCT 1901	5	THURSTON OR
MCCAULEY, MISS	29 DEC 1894	1	SILVER LAKE OR
MCCAULEY, MR & MRS’ 10m inf	12 MAR 1892	4	SPRINGFIELD OR
MCCLAIN, L.C. MRS.	3 FEB 1892	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLAINE, ALVIN	13 NOV 1897	6	SPOKANE WA
MCCLANAHAN, FLORENCE	9 FEB 1878	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLANAHAN, MR.	9 DEP 1882	5	COW CREEK OR
MCCLANE, HELEN	14 JAN 1892	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLAREN, JEANETTE ELEANOR	2 AUG 1873	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLASKY, C.	23 JUL 1881	1	MYRTLE POINT OR
MCCLINSY, E.S.	11 MAY 1901	7	BOONES FERRY OR
MCCLURE, A.S.	26 MAR 1898	1&7	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, A.S.’s twin daug	7 JUN 1873	3	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, CARRIE	10 MAY 1879	5	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR	16 OCT 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR	9 OCT 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR Prof.	13 NOV 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, EDGAR Prof.	14 AUG 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E.	6 SEP 1902	6	PALOUSE CITY WA
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	31 JUL 1897	6	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	4 SEP 1897	1	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, S.E. Prof.	7 AUG 1897	1&10	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, SARAH MRS.	2 FEB 1901	6	SEATTLE WA
MCCLURE, SARAH S.	28 JAN 1899	5	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, VINCENT S.	17 MAY 1893	4	EUGENE OR
MCCLURE, WM.	2 JUL 1898	7	PALOUSE WA
MCCLURE, young man	3 JUN 1871	2	MOSIER CREEK OR
MCCOLLUM, HESTER C.	27 SEP 1902	7	EUGENE OR
MCCOLLUM, SAMUEL MR.	20 AUG 1864	2	SPENCER PRECINCT OR
MCCOLLUM, ZILPHA	7 MAY 1898	10	SPENCER CREEK OR
MCCONNEL, SAMPSON	17 MAY 1902	1	ROSEBURG OR
MCCONNELL, WILLIAM	13 DEC 1893	4	JUNCTION CITY OR
MCCORD, RHODA MRS.	18 MAY 1896	1	EUGENE OR
MCCORKLE, A. MR.	25 NOV 1893	4	KENT OR
MCCORMAC, CHARLES F.	6 OCT 1888	5	SALEM OR
MCCORMICK, MAUDE MRS. (MILLER)	28 DEC 1901	7	OAKLAND OR
MCCORNACK, ANDREW B.	6 SEP 1884	5	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, ANDREW MR.	8 JUN 1872	3	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, EDWARD MRS.	6 SEP 1890	5	EUGENE OR
MCCORNACK, JOEL	6 JAN 1892	4	FLORENCE OR
MCCORNACK, MARIA MRS.	5 JUL 1902	1&7	EUGENE OR
MCCOURT, JOHN	5 NOV 1890	2	BAKER CO OR
MCCOWAN, ROBERT	11 JUN 1894	4	MOHAWK VALLEY OR
MCCOWEN, ISABELLA MRS.	27 DEC 1902	10	MARCOLA OR

Dr James McBride Oregon Pioneer passes in Saint Helens Oregon 1875

Dr James McBride – Oregon Pioneer Photo from Wikipedia

“Dr. James McBride, who died at  St. Helens on Friday last, was one of the early settlers of Oregon, and was for many years a man of prominence in public affairs.  He was born in Tennessee, removed to Missouri in his boy-hood with his father who settled at Springfield, in Green county.  Here he grew up and remained till he came to Oregon in 1848.  In 1863, while his son Hon. John R McBride, was in Congress, he was appointed by President Lincoln as U. States Commissioner to the Hawaiian Islands, the duties of which position he discharged acceptably for some three or four years, when he returned to Oregon.  Since then he has not mingled much in public affairs.  He lived to the ripe age of 73 years, and leaves behind him a large family of sons and daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and an unblemished reputation.” Oregon Weekly Tribune, The Dalles, Wasco Co. Dec 25, 1875, pg.2,col 2

I discovered this is news article while searching for another individual and  found it interesting.  I had no idea who Dr. McBride was at that time, but with a little research I see that he and his family were prominent citizens of Oregon in the early formative years of the state.  I am forever amazed at these large early pioneer families who had nearly nothing and traveled west to Oregon.  Dr McBride described Oregon as “Eden on Earth”.  He and his wife, the former Mahala Miller, had 14 children, 10 daughters and 4 sons.

Early Eugene OR Death Notices/Obituaries 1864-1902

If you are looking for recent deaths from the Eugene and Lane County Oregon area – please click this link to the Register-Guard. The following names are from my first index I published and copyrighted about 20 years ago. I indexed deaths that were published in the Eugene Oregon newspapers prior to the start of the Oregon Death Index (1903). Only deaths with a Oregon connection were indexed. None of the dates overlap – see newspaper list below.

Oregon State Journal (Eugene OR): March 12, 1864 – December 1889 Eugene City Guard: January 1890 – December 1891 Daily Eugene Guard: January 1892 – June 1897 Eugene City Guard: July 1897 – February 4, 1899 Eugene Weekly Guard: February 11, 1899 – December 1902.

NAME	ISSUE	PG	PLACE OF DEATH
MAUZEY, WILLIAM	7 JAN 1897	1	WEST UNION WA
MAXWELL, BERTHA	28 MAR 1891	3	IRVING OR
MAXWELL, J,Y. MRS.	1 AUG 1892	4	ELMIRA OR
MAXWELL, JOHN Sr.	25 JAN 1890	5	IRVING OR
MAXWELL, MARY ANN MISS	28 DEC 1901	1	IRVING OR
MAXWELL, SARAH	24 OCT 1891	1	EUGENE OR
MAXWELL, SARAH	28 JAN 1892	4	LANE CO OR
MAXWELL, W.S.	14 SEP 1901	1	SPRINGFIELD OR
MAY, ARLIE	7 SEP 1895	4	JUNCTION CITY OR
MAY, MISS	6 AUG 1881	1	PORTLAND OR
MAY, ROBERT Hon.’s son	21 JUN 1890	1	WASCO OR
MAYER, CYNTHIA	1 NOV 1893	4	EUGENE OR
MAYER, MATHAIS	12 DEC 1895	4	THURSTON OR
MAYFIELD, IRA	5 JUN 1893	1	PORTLAND OR
MAYFIELD, MRS.	14 AUG 1875	2	CLACKAMAS CO OR
MAYHEW, BERTIE	17 JUN 1893	1	ASHLAND OR
MAYO, MARY	19  AUG 1899	1	ZION OR
MAYS, ELIJAH	22 NOV 1890	3	LONG TOM OR
MAYS, WM. E.	28 FEB 1891	5	LONG TOM OR
MCAFEE, J.W. Dr.	27 DEC 1892	6	SALEM OR
MCALISTER, SAMATHA ALMIRA	10 AUG 1896	1	EUGENE OR
MCALLISTER, EUGENE	27 SEP 1884	5	SALEM OR
MCALLISTER, J.C. MRS.	11 JAN 1890	4	PRAIRIE CRK OR
MCARTHUR, L.L. Judge	11 MAY 1897	4	DERRY OR
MCBEE, JANE M. MRS.	17 FEB 1872	3	LOST VALLEY OR
MCBEE, JOHN W. MR.	28 JAN 1888	5	SPRINGFIELD OR
MCBEE, JOSEPH MRS.	27 SEP 1893	4	FAIRMONT OR
MCBEE, JOSEPH MRS.	29 SEP 1893	4	FAIRMONT OR
MCBEE, MARY ELLEN	8 AUG 1891	5	FALL CREEK OR
MCBEE, MARY MISS	15 AUG 1891	1	FALL CREEK OR
MCBEE, SAMUEL H.	4 AUG 1900	7	FAIRMONT OR
MCBRIDE, WM.	1 APR 1882	5	OREGON
MCBRIETY, JOHN	30 JUL 1864	2	JOSEPHINE CO OR
MCCABE, JAMES	10 DEC 1887	7	FARMINGTON WA
MCCABE, JAMES MRS.	29 OCT 1898	10	FARMINGTON WA
MCCALB, JOHN	27 FEB 1895	1	SUMMIT OR
MCCALEB, JOHN	2 AUG 1895	1
MCCALL, HENRY	8 FEB 1868	3	OREGON CITY OR
MCCALL, J.M. General	5 NOV 1895	1	ASHLAND OR
MCCALL, J.S. MRS.	20 FEB 1875	2	ASHLAND OR
MCCALLY, JAMES Engineer	20 MAY 1899	10	RIDDLE OR
MCCANE, Judge’s son	23 DEC 1876	3	LEMHI CO ID
MCCARTHY, LEN	26 NOV 1892	1	BIRCH CRK
MCCARTNEY, MR.’s 10y daug	12 APR 1893	4	JUNCTION CITY OR

Blachley [Oregon] Items – June 1894

“Blachley Items

Mrs. Frank Hammersly is on the sick list.

I.N. Sprague went to Eugene last week.

Frequent showers are making the crops grow.

Born, May 12^th to the wife of Mr. Post, a daughter

I Slayter took 40 pounds of honey from one beehive Monday.

Mr. Wm. Drugg returned home from the Head of Tide last week.

Mrs. T.O. Thompson is visiting on upper Lake Creek this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rust were visiting on Swamp Creek last week.

Married. May 24^th, 1894 J.P. Dougherty of Junction City.  And Miss Hattie Drugg of Blachley.

Last Thursday Rev. D. O. Green delivered a sermon to a good-sized congregation at the schoolhouse.

Accidents seem to be the order of the day.  Mrs. R.T. Clevenger had her foot mashed by a rolling long some time ago, and as Asa Slayter was returning from Junction City he was thrown from the wagon onto a log and knocked senseless.  That was once Asa was quiet.  Isn’t that so, Asa?

Dishwasher.”        Oregon State Journal (Eugene).  Jun 2, 1894, pg 5, col. 3.

While the city items can be a bit tedious to read, they often contain information not found anywhere else in the issue.  In this issue the Blachley Items  column, we find a birth and a marriage.  I have seen after a funeral, a listing of names of out of town guests and family members who were visiting for the funeral.  Other news items that could be found; who is in the hospital and their condition, divorces, letters to be picked up etc.  Don’t overlook these newsy columns for possible information about your ancestors.

 

 

Early Eugene OR Death Notices/Obituaries 1864-1902

If you are looking for recent deaths from the Eugene and Lane County Oregon area – please click this link to the Register-Guard. The following names are from my first index I published and copyrighted over 20 years ago. I indexed deaths that were published in the Eugene Oregon newspapers prior to the start of the Oregon Death Index (1903). Only deaths with a Oregon connection were indexed. None of the dates overlap – see newspaper list below.

Oregon State Journal (Eugene OR): March 12, 1864 – December 1889 Eugene City Guard: January 1890 – December 1891 Daily Eugene Guard: January 1892 – June 1897 Eugene City Guard: July 1897 – February 4, 1899 Eugene Weekly Guard: February 11, 1899 – December 1902.

NAME	ISSUE	PG	PLACE OF DEATH
MARX, HENRY	24 JUL 1897	4	LEBANON OR
MASON, ALFRED	23 APR 1898	4	SKAGWAY AK
MASON, CLYDE	7 AUG 1893	4	MCKENZIE RIVER OR
MASON, I.F. MRS.	8 AUG 1891	8	DALLAS OR
MASON, J.F.	31 AUG 1867	2	EOLA OR
MASON, WM.	31 AUG 1867	2	MONMONTH OR
MASONS, MR.	5 MAY 1888	5	PORTLAND OR
MASTERSON, E.H. MRS.	19 FEB 1896	4	COBURG OR
MASTERSON, FREDDIE EUGENE	19 JUL 1879	5	CASCADE LOCKS OR
MASTERSON, JOHNNIE BALF	14 NOV 1874	3	CAN [ ] ON CITY OR
MASTERSON, ROBERT M.	1 APR 1895	4	EUGENE OR
MASTERSON, V.H. MRS.	5 MAR 1870	3	WAUCONDA OR
MASTERSON, WILLIAM	11 OCT 1890	5	SODAVILLE OR
MASTERSON, WM.	4 OCT 1890	5	SODAVILLE OR
MATALFKI, MAGGIE	12 OCT 1901	6	SAGINAW OR
MATERSON, JOHN W.	18 JAN 1902	10	GOLD HILL OR
MATHENY, DANIEL	10 FEB 1872	2	YAMHILL OR
MATHENY, WM.	3 MAR 1897	4	CROW OR
MATHER, DANIEL D. Rev.	22 AUG 1895	4	DELAWARE OH
MATHERS, WM. MR.’s inf daug	18 JAN 1902	4	MABEL OR
MATHEWS, ALLEN	5 JUL 1890	5	ALBANY OR
MATHEWS, ELIZA MRS.	19 MAR 1898	5	DEXTER OR
MATHEWS, EPH. MRS.	17 JUN 1899	4	GOSHEN OR
MATHEWS, LUELLA MISS	17 MAR 1897	1	LOST VALLEY OR
MATHEWS, THOS.	3 JAN 1891	5	DEXTER OR
MATHEWS, WALTER SCOTT	8 FEB 1890	3	EUGENE OR
MATHIELSON, FRED	4 MAY 1893	1	PORTLAND OR
MATHIES, H.G. MR.	29 JUN 1895	4	PORTLAND OR
MATLOCK, ELIZABETH MRS.	11 MAY 1896	4	HEPPNER OR
MATLOCK. FRANKIE	12 DEC 1885	5	EUGENE OR
MATLOCK, J.D. MR.’s inf	21 JUN 1890	5	EUGENE OR
MATLOCK, JIMMIE	18 APR 1892	4	PORTLAND OR
MATLOCK, LOUISE MRS.	25 JUL 1891	8	EUGENE OR
MATLOCK, LULU S. MISS	21 APR 1896	1	EUGENE OR
MATLOCK, MARY MISS	4 MAY 1896	4	EUGENE OR
MATLOCK, SUSANNAH C. MRS.	13 MAY 1896	1	HEPPNER OR
MATLOCK, WILLIE	23 JUN 1888	5	EUGENE OR
MATT, JOSEPH	25 FEB 1888	5	GERVAIS OR
MATTESON, WILLIAM	1 SEP 1893	1	HEPPNER OR
MATHEWS, A.J. MR.	25 NOV 1871	3	LOST VALLEY OR
MATHEWS, W.H.	4 FEB 1893	4	EUGENE OR
MATTSON, PETER	21 AUG 1894	1	SEASIDE OR
MAUPIN, AMANDA J. MISS.	31 JUL 1897	6	APPLEGATE OR
MAUPIN, GARRETT	11 AUG 1866	3	OAKLAND OR

Mrs. Nancy J Stowell. Oregon Pioneer dies in Eugene Oregon May 8, 1900

“Mrs. Nancy J. Stowell died Tuesday May 8, 1900, at her home in Eugene from the effect of a paralytic stroke received about six months ago.  Mrs. Stowell was well known and highly respected in Eugene, having been a member of the Congregational Church of this city.  She was born in Surry county North Carolina, on the 22nd of March 1829.  Moved to Tennessee with her parents when a child, and removing to Missouri in 1847, she was married to J B Stowell in 1848.  In 1851 they came across the plains with  ox teams, to Oregon.  In 1854 went back Missouri and in 1826 returned from Missouri across the plains to California; later moved to Eugene, returning in 1860 to California; moved to Walla Walla in 1847 and from thence to Virginia City Nevada and from Nevada to Los Angeles in 1878, returning to Eugene the same year and residing in the city ever since.  Deceased was a mother of seven children, six of whom are now living: James and Milton Stowell of Paradise Oregon.  Mrs. W. E. Calkins, of Seattle; John Stowell, of San Francisco; Mrs.  Maggie McMurry and Miss Hattie Stowell of this city.  Funeral services were held from the family residence Thursday at 10 a.m. to Masonic  cemetery, Rev Wallace of the Congregational church having charge of the services.”  Oregon State Journal (Eugene), May 12, 1900, pg 5, col. 1.

U.S. Census 1880 Eugene, OR, ED 65, pg. 259 – Family Search

Nancy is not listed on Find a grave or at the Eugene Masonic Cemetery where the obituary states she was buried.  It appears her husband is listed on the cemetery inventory as are a couple of other Stowells. Eugene Masonic Cemetery

The first time I read this obituary I was taken back by how many times she and her family moved.  This had to be no easy feat given her large family and the time period.