Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
Gravestones at the cemetery. |
| Details |
| Year established |
1870 |
| Country |
United States |
| Location |
Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Type |
Public |
| Owned by |
City of Hillsboro |
The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located at the west end of the town along the Tualatin Valley Highway and adjacent to Dairy Creek. The cemetery comprises three formerly private cemeteries. In 1973 the city of Hillsboro gained title to what is the oldest cemetery in Washington County.[1]
History
The cemetery is situated on what was previously part of the David Hill land claim.[2] In 1870, the Masonic Order established a cemetery on the current site.[1] Later the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) began a cemetery adjacent to the Mason’s cemetery to the west.[3] Around 1915 another section owned by IOOF was added west of the Mason’s section.[3] Then on August 7, 1973, the city of Hillsboro received the deeds to the cemeteries and took over maintenance and operations.[3]
In 1995 vandals damaged 155 grave sites, causing over $75,000 in damage.[4]
Details
Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is an irreducible fund cemetery organized under Oregon Revised Statutes 65.860 where all funds received go into a fund that is not reduced and only interest is used for maintenance.[5][6] Hillsboro’s city recorder manages all records of the facility.[7] The Hillsboro Historical Society holds an annual event at the cemetery that includes re-enactments by actors demonstrating the lives of some of those buried at the cemetery.[8]
Notable burials
- William N. Barrett (1855-1916), state legislator and Hillsboro mayor.
- Rodolph Crandall (1832-1922), Hillsboro mayor and county judge
- John Smith Griffin (1807-1899), missionary and Champoeg Meetings participant.
- William D. Hare (1834-1910), state legislator and Hillsboro mayor.
- David Hill (1809-1850), legislator in the provisional government.
- Fern Hobbs (1883-1964), secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald West and involved in incident in Copperfield.
- John W. Shute (1840-1922), banker and namesake for Shute Park
- Thomas Tongue (1912-1994), Oregon Supreme Court justice.
- Thomas H. Tongue (1844-1903), Congressman, state legislator, and Hillsboro mayor.
- Albert E. Tozier (1860-1937), journalist and historian.[9]
- Charles T. Tozier (1832-1899), mayor and state legislator
- William H. Wehrung (1861-1934), state legislator and city councilor
- Mary Ramsey Wood (1787-1908), "First Mother Queen of Oregon Pioneers"[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions. Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
- ^ Byrd, Dean H., Stanley R. Clarke, and Janice M. Healy. 2001. Oregon Burial Site Guide. Portland, Or: Binford & Mort Pub.
- ^ a b c Historic names mark old gravestones. Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
- ^ Danks, Holly (August 17, 1995). "Vandals wreck Hillsboro graves". The Oregonian.
- ^ Irreducible Fund Cemeteries. Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
- ^ List of IR Cemeteries. Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
- ^ City Recorder. City of Hillsboro. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
- ^ Homepage. Hillsboro Historical Society. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.
- ^ Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions, S - T. Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
External links
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hillsboro_Pioneer_Cemetery Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery] at Wikimedia Commons
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