[or-roots] Keizer mea culpa/ where is Waconda?

[W David Samuelsen]

according to Oregon Burial Site Guide book (I have the book)

located west of Parkersville, off of OR> Hwy 99E on Waconda Road NE, Go 
east to the Pioneer School and turn right (south) on 72nd Ave NE to the 
Christian Church (1902); the cemetery is on the west side of the road. 
The signboard simply says: Pioneer Cemetery. It is on the Daniel Smith 
D.L.C. #97, OC #2258 (as of 29 September 1988)(Gervais 1957-85 USGS 
Quad. map.)

Go to 
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=115:1:12629877747053067928::NO:::

type in Pioneers , then Oregon, then select Marion then select cemetery.

after it comes up, click on Topozone.com link

This is the Pioneers cemetery in question. And it isn't paved over.

And as for the one that's off Bolf Terrace, it is Claggett Cemetery, 
also known as Clear Lake or Smith Cemetery. In USGS map site, it's Claggett.
Located in  Keizer, the top of a low hill, north of the McNary Golf 
Course, west off of Wheatland Road North and on Bolf Terrace Road. The 
west portion of the cemetery is within the Alvis Smith DLC #69, OC 
#2702. Mrs. Isaac Smith who died in 1841 was the first burial (as of 1 
May 1988, Mission Bottom 1967-93 USGS Quad).

W. David Samuelsen


Leslie Chapman wrote:
> Now that I know where to look, it jumps right out at me, Sorry I missed it,
> on USGS it show up as being west of the end of a cul de sac off of Russell,
> but from the aerial photo it sure looks to me like it is square across the
> end of Bolf terrace N. If a person were coming in on I-5 they would want to
> take Lockhaven Drive Exit and go west to 219, or nearly there, it looks like
> there should be a turnoff north to 219 at about the subway shop. You could
> probably shorten the drive by turning north at 14th ave and headin west on
> marigold, but that might also be a formula for getting lost, anyway it looks
> like about a mile up 219 to the turn left on Wheatland and Bolf Terrace is
> the third left on Wheatland.
> 
> 
>>I checked the USGS topo maps and found
> 
> no indication of any cemetery in the Keizer area.<
> 
> Now to Gary's problem; Gary, I couldn't find a community named Waconda in
> Oregon, except Wakonda Beach, and I doubt if it's cemetery is under I-5.
> 
> http://www.marioncountycemetery.com/brooks/		Is Waconda Road cemetery in
> Brooks
> 
> Note: Waconda was a railway stop on the Oregon Electric Railway   [this is
> from Salem Pioneer Cemetery, lots of Waconda folks buried there.]
> 
> http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=38
> 69&REC=6	a 1947 photo of where it "used to be"
> 
> [Oh, this just gets more and more interesting;]
> 
> S.W.R. donated land for the cemetery, 12 miles northeast of Salem. The sign
> at the entrance reads Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, but it also has been known
> through the years as Brooks, Brooks Pioneer, Jones, Parkersville, Pioneer
> Waconda and The Nook.
> 
> [[[[I am throwing this in here for laughs; more on SWR:]]]]
> 
> A Jones you couldn't keep up with.
> 
> Between moves, S.W.R. Jones left a large mark on Marion County.
> 
> CAPI LYNN
> Statesman Journal
> March 2
> 
> Silas Washington Robinson Jones lived a remarkable life.
> 
> He married four times and had 15 children.
> 
> He accumulated more than 5,500 acres of farm land in Marion County.
> 
> He gained notoriety for being swindled out of $5,000.
> 
> He offered $10,000 to any woman who would marry him.
> 
> He was arrested for alleged bigamy.
> 
> Descendants to this day continue to uncover the fascinating but sometimes
> disturbing details of his life.
> 
> “It’s only been probably in the last five years that there’s even been any
> whispers of it in public,” great-great-grandson Roger Jones said.
> 
> [[[[
> There is a much more detailed description of his life and death, it is not
> certain if he is actually buried in his own cememetery, apparently he died
> in Indiana and was buried there but his descendants supposedly moved his
> remains to Oregon in the thirties, he has a large stone here and a blank one
> in Indiana.]]]]
> 
> http://www.oregonpioneers.com/marion/cemetery.htm
> BROOKS MEMORIAL CEMETERY:
> Established 1855. aka Pioneer Memorial, Jones Cemetery
> Located T6S R2W 10. Near Parkersville. Off Hwy 99, east on Waconda Road to
> Pioneer School, turn S. on first road, the church and cemetery are on the W.
> side of the road. The cemetery was located on the DLC of J.I. Smith and
> later enlarged by a donation from S.W.R. Jones who adjoined the property.
> The first burial was William Jones in 1855.
> 
> Feature Name                                County     Latitude  Longitude
> Elevation Quadrangle Name
> Waconda                                             Marion
>      45.07556 -122.97583       174  Gervais
> Waconda Post Office (historical)                    Marion
>      45.07556 -122.97583       174  Gervais
> 
> [[[[what boggles my mind is google has 97,000 hits for Waconda; I expected
> about ten, it seems there are Waconda's in Nebraska, Kansas, Tennessee and
> what all.
> 
> 
> Les C
> 
> 
>>>i have always been told that the waconda cem. is now beneath I-5. does
> 
> anyone know for sure?  in his write-up for his death, it says jarius bonney
> is buried at the waconda cem. but everyone in and around that area tells me
> there is no cem. in that town.
> gary in az.
> <<
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