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Hart-Riggs Cemetery ~ Mellissa McDowell ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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McDowell, Mellissa
LAST NAME: McDowell FIRST NAME: Mellissa MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Bell AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 25 June 1861 DIED: 27 Oct 1888 BURIED:  (Hart-Riggs Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Luckiamute, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father John J. Bell
Maiden name of mother Elizabeth J. Ford
SPELLING VARIATION - name spelled Mellissa on marker, Malissa on other records
1880 OR CENSUS - Malissa Bell, age 18, b. Oregon, is enumerated with John J., age 51, occupation farmer, b. Ohio, and Elizabeth J., age 40, b. Illinois, along with Clara, age 4, b. Oregon, and Atila B., age 1, b. Oregon.
MARRIAGE - G.W. McDowell, md Malissa Bell 22 Feb 1882 in Polk Co., Oregon.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
N/A
OBITUARY: 
BRIDGEPORT – We regret to announce the death of George McDowell’s wife last Friday. The funeral took place last Sunday at the Hart grave yard and a large number of neighbors and friends were present.
The wife of George McDowell died at her home on Luckiamute last Friday. The funeral was held at the Hart graveyard last Sunday and a large crowd was present. The sympathy of the entire community is with the sorrowing ones.
Polk County Observer, Saturday, 3 Nov 1888, 3:3, 3:5
INSCRIPTION: 

Mellissa
McDowell
Died 
Oct. 22, 1888
Aged
27 y'S 1 Mo & 20 D'S

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SOURCES: 
PCHS
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk County, Bridgeport, ED 106, pg 492A)
Polk Co., Oregon Marriage Record, Sep 1879-Dec 1888, pg 12
PCO 3 Nov 1888, 3:3, 3:5
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