Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
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The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is in Hillsboro, Oregon
, United States
. Located at the west end of the town along the Tualatin Valley Highway
and adjacent to Dairy Creek
. The cemetery comprises three formerly private cemeteries. In 1973 the city of Hillsboro gained title to what is the oldest cemetery in Washington County
.
(IOOF) began a cemetery adjacent to the Mason’s cemetery to the west. Around 1915 another section owned by IOOF was added west of the Mason’s section. Then on August 7, 1973, the city of Hillsboro received the deeds to the cemeteries and took over maintenance and operations.
In 1995 vandals damaged 155 grave sites, causing over $75,000 in damage.
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Located at the west end of the town along the Tualatin Valley Highway
Tualatin Valley Highway
The Tualatin Valley Highway No. 29 is an Oregon highway which passes through the Tualatin Valley, between the cities of McMinnville and Beaverton...
and adjacent to Dairy Creek
Dairy Creek (Oregon)
Dairy Creek is a tributary of the Tualatin River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins at the confluence of its east and west forks near the unincorporated community of Schefflin and meanders southeast across the Tualatin Valley to the Tualatin River near Hillsboro, in Washington County...
. The cemetery comprises three formerly private cemeteries. In 1973 the city of Hillsboro gained title to what is the oldest cemetery in Washington County
Washington County, Oregon
- Major highways :* Interstate 5* Interstate 205* U.S. Route 26* Oregon Route 6* Oregon Route 8* Oregon Route 10* Oregon Route 47* Oregon Route 99W* Oregon Route 210* Oregon Route 217* Oregon Route 219-Demographics:...
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History
The cemetery is situated on what was previously part of the David Hill land claim. In 1870, the Masonic Order established a cemetery on the current site. Later the Independent Order of Odd FellowsIndependent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...
(IOOF) began a cemetery adjacent to the Mason’s cemetery to the west. Around 1915 another section owned by IOOF was added west of the Mason’s section. Then on August 7, 1973, the city of Hillsboro received the deeds to the cemeteries and took over maintenance and operations.
In 1995 vandals damaged 155 grave sites, causing over $75,000 in damage.
Details
Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is an irreducible fund cemetery organized under Oregon Revised Statutes 65.860 where all funds received go into a fund that is not reduced and only interest is used for maintenance. Hillsboro’s city recorder manages all records of the facility. The Hillsboro Historical Society holds an annual event at the cemetery that includes re-enactments by actors demonstrating the lives of some of those buried at the cemetery.Notable burials
- William N. BarrettWilliam N. BarrettWilliam Nathan Barrett was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon. A native of Washington County, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, including three different times in the Oregon House...
(1855-1916), state legislatorOregon Legislative AssemblyThe Oregon Legislative Assembly is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is bicameral, consisting of an upper and lower house: the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives, with 60 members elected to...
and Hillsboro mayor. - Rodolph CrandallRodolph CrandallRodolph Crandall was an American politician and soldier. A native of New York, he served in the American Civil War before settling in the state of Oregon...
(1832-1922), Hillsboro mayor and county judge - John Smith GriffinJohn Smith GriffinJohn Smith Griffin was an American missionary in Oregon Country who participated at the Champoeg Meetings that created the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1843...
(1807-1899), missionary and Champoeg MeetingsChampoeg MeetingsThe Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. Prior to this, the closest entity to a government was the Hudson's Bay Company, mainly through Dr...
participant. - William D. HareWilliam D. HareWilliam Davenport Hare was an American politician in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature and the 8th mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. His other duties included those of customs collector and presidential elector...
(1834-1910), state legislator and Hillsboro mayor. - David HillDavid Hill (Oregon politician)David Hill , was an American pioneer and settler of what became Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. He served in the Provisional Government of Oregon in both the executive and legislative branches, and later as a legislator in the first Oregon Territorial Legislature...
(1809-1850), legislator in the provisional governmentProvisional Government of OregonThe Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It existed from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. Created at a time when no country had sovereignty over the region, this independent government...
. - Fern HobbsFern HobbsFern Hobbs was an American attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a private secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald West...
(1883-1964), secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald WestOswald WestOswald West was an American politician, a Democrat, who served most notably as the 14th Governor of Oregon. Called "Os West" by Oregon writer Stewart Holbrook, who described him as "by all odds the most brilliant governor Oregon ever had."- Early life and career :West was born in Ontario, Canada...
and involved in incident in CopperfieldCopperfield, OregonCopperfield is a former town in Baker County, Oregon, United States, located on the west bank of the Snake River, near a place called The Oxbow.-Early history:...
. - John W. ShuteJohn W. ShuteJohn Wright Shute was an American banker in the state of Oregon. He was the founder of the first bank in Washington County, Oregon, and both Shute Park and Shute Road in Hillsboro, Oregon, are his namesakes.-Early life:...
(1840-1922), banker and namesake for Shute ParkShute Park (Oregon)Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Acquired in 1906, the park is the oldest park in the city. Located at southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway, Shute Park includes an aquatic center, a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library,... - Thomas TongueThomas TongueThomas H. Tongue III was an American jurist in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he served as the 75th associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving 13 years on the state's highest court. Tongue is the grandson of U.S. Representative Thomas H...
(1912-1994), Oregon Supreme CourtOregon Supreme CourtThe Oregon Supreme Court is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, Oregon, near the capitol...
justice. - Thomas H. TongueThomas H. TongueThomas H. Tongue was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. Born in England, his family immigrated to Washington County, Oregon, in 1859. In Oregon, he would serve in the State Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was the seventh mayor of Hillsboro...
(1844-1903), CongressmanUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
, state legislator, and Hillsboro mayor. - Albert E. Tozier (1860-1937), journalist and historian.
- Charles T. TozierCharles T. TozierCharles True Tozier was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he moved to Oregon in 1863 and served as the second mayor of the city of Hillsboro and in the Oregon House of Representatives....
(1832-1899), mayor and state legislator - William H. WehrungWilliam H. WehrungWilliam Henry Wehrung was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he was a cabinetmaker, banker, and merchant in Hillsboro, Oregon...
(1861-1934), state legislator and city councilor - Mary Ramsey WoodMary Ramsey WoodMary Ramsey Wood was an American pioneer known as the "Mother Queen of Oregon." She was reported to be the oldest living person in the United States when she died at the supposed age of 120, and it is said she traveled to the Oregon Territory across the Oregon Trail at the age of 66...
(1787-1908), "First Mother Queen of Oregon Pioneers"