[or-roots] Springfield cemetery

[Leslie Chapman]

Diane;

What that might mean is Laurel Hill Cemetery, though I don't recall it ever
being called Pioneer anything, that is usually the name of the one at U of O
Campus I believe, I don't remember there being anything called Pioneer
Cememtery in Springfield.

Here is a link describing Laurel Hill, unfortunately it is in a sad state.

http://www.wizardsrealmcentral.com/sgus/or/reports/laurelhill.htm

I haven't really been doing my share of upkeep either, I am supposed to at
least mow the family graves once  a year, I have several relatives in the
Great and Great Great generation buried there. I should have a listing of it
somewhere, but have no idea where.

Les C

from;
http://www.fohcc.org/memday2005_1.html

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the ancestors I cannot find,
the courage to find the ones I can,
and the wisdom to document thoroughly."

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Subject: [or-roots] Springfield cemetery


In reading old family records, I see a notation on David Watkins.  Now, I
have been trying to find out where this fellow rests for a long time.  In
small faded print, I read---"Burial---Springfield, Oregon ...old p"   Is
there a old Pioneer Cemetry in Springfield?  He died 4 June 1889.  Thanks,
Diane