Straight Cemetery Inscriptions: Parkplace, Clackamas County, Oregon

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         Archives by: Deanna J. Warren <dwarren@bctonline.com>
	 June 2001; Recorded Fall 1991.
	 With permission of: Lucille Geigle
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The Straight Cemetery is located in Parkplace on the Hiram Straight 
DLC and it is said that the land was given for burial purposes in the 
1840's.  It lies at the east end of Depot Street.  There are about 
40-50 graves of which only 15 are known.  The Cemetery was in very 
poor condition with no one to care for it.  When it was finally 
cleaned up the wooden and metal markers got thrown away and no record 
was left of those in the graves.  It has a picket fence around it.  
Mrs. M.M. Coon of Salem, grandaughter of Jane Straight Stevens Bingham
did put metal markers on some of the graves during the years she took 
care of it.
 
Reprinted courtesy of Lucille Geigle, author of Walking Through The 
Cemteries; Volume 1; Fall 1991.
 

Surname	Given /	Maiden	DOB		DOD		Grave 	Notes
-----------------------	-------------	------------	------	------

Straight Hiram Aldrich	Mar 1814	Jan 8, 1897	Row 1 A		
Straight Ida Simpson			Apr 21, 1890	Row 1 B		
Straight Lucinda Esther Mael	 	Feb 10, 1891	Row 1 C		
Straight Cyrus Branson	Jun 21, 1838	Mar 24, 1916	Row 1 D		
Straight Susan				Jun 2, 1883	Row 1 1		
Bingham	Jane Straight	Feb 13, 1846	Mar 16, 1832	Row 2 D		
Stevens	Samuel Lovejoy	Mar 14, 1823	Nov 1, 1876	Row 2 E		
Stevens	Hattie		Jul 21, 1864	Aug 7, 1871	Row 2 F		
Straight George						Row 2 G	Son of 
							Hiram Straight, Jr.
Straight John (Jack)	Sep 21, 1883	Jul 1953	Row 2 H		
Smith Edward	 			Jul 28, 1872	Row 2 2	2 das	
							Son of WH & L Smith

Straight Lucy	 	 				Row 3 I		

Straight Susan Jane	Mar 1871	Jun 5, 1838	Row 3 4	Dau of HI 
							Straight; 
							in memory or our sister
Straight Infant  	 	 			Row 3 3	Dau of 
							HI & I Straight
Straight Hiram Aldrich	Jul 27, 1848	Oct 31 19??	Row 3 J