Wasco County OR Archives Photo Tombstone.....Dufur, Merritt Howe ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kirsty Haining khaining@comcast.net March 21, 2009, 1:14 am Cemetery: Dufur IOOF Cemetery Name: Merritt Howe Dufur Date Of Photograph: January 4, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/photos/tombstones/dufurioof/dufur3045gph.jpg Image file size: 121.3 Kb Gravestone for Merrit Howe Dufur and his sister Edna C. Dufur, children of Alpha Kingsley Dufur and Elizabeth "Libbie" D. Balch. Dufur IOOF Cemetery, Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon, USA. Photo taken 04 Jan 2009 by Kirsty Haining. ** MERRITT HOWE DUFUR was the son of Alpha Kingsley DUFUR (b. Abt 1848 in Vermont; d. 19 Feb 1896 in Oregon) and Elizabeth "Libbie" D. BALCH (b. 27 Nov 1856 in Peru, Clinton County, New York; d. 18 March 1908 in Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon, USA). Birthdate of 16 March 1875 is from page 398, Balch Genealogy, by Galusha Balch (pub 1898); calculated birthdate from gravestone is 29 March 1875. Death date of 03 Dec 1882 is also from page 398, Balch Genealogy, by Galusha Balch (pub 1898); gravestone gives death date of 02 Dec 1882. Tombstone Inscription: MERRITT DIED Dec. 2, 1882 AGED 7Ys, 8Mo, 3d. EDNA DIED Nov. 12, 1882 AGED 8Ys, 10Mo, 3d. CHILDREN OF A.K. & E.D. DUFUR File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/photos/tombstones/dufurioof/dufur3045gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb