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Hollinshead, John D.
LAST NAME: Hollinshead FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME: D. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 3 May 1863 DIED: 28 Jun 1888 BURIED:  ~ Smith Cemetery
OCCUPATION:  Saw Mill worker
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1870 OR CENSUS - Jonathan Hollingshead (7y, b Oregon) enumerated with Jonathan (45y, b New Jersey, occupation farmer), Catherine (40y, b Illinois), James (18y, b Illinois), Susanna (15y, b Oregon), William (13y, b Oregon) and Florence (9y, b Oregon)
MARRIAGE - J. D. Hollinshead md Ora Baker 30 Jun 1886 at Res. of Catherine Hollinshead by J. S. Hersiner, M.D. Wit: Catherine Hollinshead and Chas. Gibbons.
NOTE - wife Ora was daughter of Jacob & Sophia Baker who are buried in Hilltop Cemetery; she remarried 9 July 1891 in Polk Co, Oregon, to Cortes B. Allen and settled on a ranch south of Bend, Deschutes Co, Oregon; she died 26 Mar 1935 and is buried in a family cemetery on the ranch in Deschutes County
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

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OBITUARY: 
A sad accident occurred at Rowell's saw mill, about 9 miles west of Dallas, on Thursday afternoon about 3 o'clock, which resulted in the drowning of two young men, John D. Hollinshead and Robert Lee Robinson. They were handling logs when Robinson got entangle beneath them in some manner, and Hollinshead went to his assistance. But in the attempt to rescue Robinson, they were both drowned. Hollinshead was buried in the Smith cemetery and Robinson was buried in the Nealy cemetery.
Polk County Observer 30 Jun 1888
INSCRIPTION: 
John D. Hollinshead
Born
May 3, 1863
Died
June 28, 1888
Beloved thou art at rest
SOURCES: 
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, FA#651)
Polk Co., OR Marriage Record, Sep 1879 - Dec. 1888, pg 28
PCO 30 Jun 1888
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