English Cemetery ~ Rice Frederick Simpson ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Simpson, Rice Frederick
LAST: Simpson FIRST: Rice MID: Frederick
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 7 Dec 1873 DIED: 10 Nov 1915 BURIED: 12 Nov 1915 (English Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: North Albany, Benton Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Albert Hezekiah Simpson
Maiden name of mother Elvira Mahala Waymire
1900 WA CENSUS - Frederick R. Simpson (b Dec 1873, OR)enumerated with parents Albert H. (b Oct 1843, AR, married 38 years) and Mahala E. (b Dec 1844, MO, mother of 9 children, 8 living at time of census) and 2 brothers, Albert H. (b July 1871, OR, widowed) and Thomas S. (b Feb 1880, OR)
MARRIAGE - Rice F. Simpson & Eloda Vivian Tharp md 4 Mar 1906, Benton Co, Oregon
1910 OR CENSUS - Rice F. Simpson (age 3- years, b OR) enumerated with wife of 4 years Elodia (26y, b OR, mother of 1 child) and daughter Francis E. (5m, b OR)
[Note-widow Eloda V. Simpson remarried 13 Feb 1917 in Benton Co, Oregon, to Ira Austin; Eloda & Ira appear in 1920 census of Albany, Linn Co, Oregon, with 3 Simpson children (Frances 10y, Carl 6y and Frederick 4y 11m); Ira died 5 Mar 1928 in Linn Co, Oregon, and was buried in North Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co; Eloda Austin died 13 Apr 1948 in Lebanon, Linn Co, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in Albany (OSBH DC 1948 Linn Co #4531)]
OBITUARY: 
Funeral services over the remains of the late R.F. Simpson, who died Wednesday afternoon at 8 o’clock at his home in northern Benton county, were held from the residence at 9 o’clock this morning and interment was made in the Airlie cemetery. Mr. Simpson was born in Polk county 42 years ago and had spent most of his life in Benton county. He is survived by a widow and three children, his father, A.H. Simpson, two brothers and four sisters. Mr. Simpson was widely known in Benton county and an estimable citizen, respected by many friends.
Corvallis Gazette Times, Friday, 12 Nov 1915, 3:4
INSCRIPTION: 
R.F. Simpson
1873-1915
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Benton County 1915) #5655
1900 WA CENSUS (Whitman Co., Guy, ED 91, Sheet 1B)
Benton Co, Oregon, Marriage Records
1910 OR CENSUS (Benton Co, Fairmount, ED 5, Sheet 8A)
CGT 12 Nov 1915, 3:4
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ROW: 26-5