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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Franklin Gray McLench ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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McLench, Franklin Gray
LAST NAME: McLench FIRST NAME: Franklin MIDDLE NAME: Gray NICKNAME: Frank
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 7 Aug 1853 DIED: 2 Dec 1932 BURIED: 5 Dec 1932 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co,. Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Benjamin Franklin McLench
Maiden name of mother Mary Almira Gray

1860 OR CENSUS – F.G. McClinch [sic] (6y, b Oregon) enumerated with B.F. (35y, b Maine, occupation farmer), M.A. (34y, b Vermont), M.E. (4y, b Oregon) and A.E. (1y, b Oregon)

1870 OR CENSUS - Frank McLench, age 16, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Benj., age 44, occupation farmer, b. Maine, and Mary, age 44, b. Vermont, along with  Lizzie, age 14, b. Oregon, and Alice, age 11, b. Oregon.

1880 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (26y, b Oregon, occupation farmer)

MARRIAGE - Frank McLench, over 36 of Polk Co & Mrs Amanda Hobbs, over 37, m 21 Jan 1890 at house of H.H. Ragan by A.C. Fairchild, MG. Aff: H. Holden. Wit: H.H. Ragan & D.W. Mathews.

1900 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (b Aug 1853, Oregon, married 10y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda (b Feb 1852, Illinois, mother of 1 child) and step-son William E. Hobbs (b May 1882, Illinois); also with family was boarder Abraham McGunion (b Nov 1841, New York, single)

1910 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (56y, b Oregon, married 20y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (58y, b Illinois, mother of 1 child)

1920 OR CENSUS – Frank McLench (66y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (67y, b Illinois)

1930 OR CENSUS – Frank G. McLench (76y, b Oregon, married at age 36y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda C. (78y, b Illinois, married at age 38y)

NOTE – wife Amanda was born 21 Jan 1852 in Effingham co, Illinois, daughter of Isaac and Frances Leith. She married first 3 July 1881 in Effingham co, Illinois, to Emory Hobbs [Illinois Statewide Marriage Index]. She died 27 Mar 1932 in Polk co, Oregon, and was buried next to her parents in Salem Pioneer Cemetery [OSBH DC 1932 Polk co #27]  

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1932) #861 - Frank G. McLench, male, farmer, single, b. 7 Aug 1853 in Polk Co., Oregon, d. 2 Dec 1932 in Salem, Oregon (Oregon State Hospital) at the age of 79 years 3 mos 25 days, name of father Ben F. McLench (b. Maine), maiden name of mother Mary A. Gray (b. Vermont), interment Zena, informant OSH records.

OBITUARY: 

Frank G. McLench, aged 79 years. Survived by stepson, Wm. E. Hobbs, Salem; sister, Mrs. Mary E. Watson, Salem; nephews, Harry Caldwell and George Watson of Cleveland, Ohio. Funeral services Monday, Dec. 5 at 2:30 p.m. from Zena church with interment Zena cemetery under the direction of W. T. Rigdon and Son.
Oregon Statesman 4 Dec 1932, 5:2

McLench – Frank G. McLench, aged 79 years. Survived by stepson, Wm E. Hobbs, Salem; sister, Mrs Mary E. Watson, Salem; nephews, Harry Caldwell and George Watson of Salem, and Lester G. Watson of Cleveland, Ohio. Funeral services Monday, Dec 5 at 2:30 pm from Zena church with interment in Zena cemetery under the direction of W.T. Rigdon and Son.

Capital Journal, Saturday, December 3, 1932

INSCRIPTION: 

No marker

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
OSBH DC (Marion County 1932) #861 

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#235)

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Lincoln, FA #412) 

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Bethel, ED 102, FA#35)

Marion Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1888-1891, page 20

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#7)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 2A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 1A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 2B)

CJ, 3 Dec 1932

OS 4 Dec 1932, 5:2

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