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Mt. Hope Pioneer Cemetery ~ Almira E. Franklin
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Franklin, Almira E.
LAST: Franklin FIRST: Almira MID: E.
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME: Crane TITLE: Mrs.
BORN: 28 Oct 1832 DIED: 7 Dec 1903 BURIED: 9 Dec 1903
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Moriah, Essex Co., New York
DEATH PLACE: Silverton, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1903) #596 - Almira E. Franklin, female, widowed, b. 28 Oct 1932 in Morhia, Essex Co., New York, d. 7 Dec 1903 in Silverton, Oregon at the age of 71 y's 1 m'9 d's, name of father Samuel Crane (b. New York), maiden name of mother not known by informant (b. New York), informany C. A. Hicks. 1st MARRIAGE - John H. Simeral 9 Dec 1852 in Iowa
1860 IA CENSUS - Almira Simeral, age 27, b. New York, is enumerated with husband John, age 34, occupation farmer, b. Indiana, along with Welton [sic], age 5, b. Iowa, and Francis, age 2, b. Iowa.
1880 OR CENSUS - Elmira [sic] E. Simeral, age 47, b. New York, is enumerated with husband J. H. Simeral, age 54, occupation farmer, b. Indiana, and [son] Clarence J., age 14, b. Oregon.
2nd MARRIAGE - "J. Franklin, over 21 & A. E. Simeral, over 18, m 25 Nov 1897 at house of & by J. G. Mosher, M. G. Aff: C. J. Simeral. Wit: J. R. Hall & Elva R. Mosher. #5392 pg 76";
OBITUARY: 
Mrs. Almira E. Franklin Joins Throng on Other Shore – Deceased Crossed Plains in 1864 and Located in Marion County the Following Summer – of Five Children Four Survive Her – Mrs. Almira E. Franklin died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Hicks, at Silverton, Oregon, Monday, December 7, 1903, aged 71 years, 1 month, and 9 days.
Almira E. Crane, the subject of this sketch, was born in Essex County, New York, on the 28th day of October 1832. She moved to Iowa with her sister in 1849, where she was united in marriage to John H. Simeral on December 9, 1852. To this union five children were born, four of whom survive her, W. L. Simeral, of Macleay; A. F. Simeral and Mrs. Carrie Hicks of Silverton, and C. J. Simeral of this city.
The family resided in Iowa until 1864, when they crossed the plains to Boise City, Idaho, where they remained during the winter, and came to the Willamette Valley in the summer of 1865, settling in Marion County, where they have since resided, with the exception of a year and a half’s residence in Clackamas County. She embrace religion when quite young, and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was a member until a few years ago, when she transferred her membership to the Abiqua class of the United Brethren Church. She could not attend this church the last few years, and asked for a letter and deposited it with the Christian church in Silverton. On December 21, 1891, the husband and father preceded her to that shore from whence no traveler returns. On November 24, 1897, she was again united in marriage to Mr. Josiah Franklin, who died February 13, 1898.
Mrs. Franklin had resided with her children since her second affliction, and passed to her reward, as stated above, on Monday afternoon. She was in her usual good health and a little spryer than usual, ate a hearty dinner and sat down in a rocking chair by the stove and when noticed by her daughter a few minutes later she was asleep, but in that long last sleep, to not awaken until the sounding of the trumpet.
The remains were laid to rest yesterday by the side of those of her first husband, in the Warren Cemetery, in the Waldo Hills.
Daily Oregon Statesman 10 Dec 1903 8:3.
INSCRIPTION: 
[North face of monument]
Almira E. Crane
Simeral
Born
Oct. 28, 1832
At Moriah
Essex Co., N. Y.
Died
Dec. 7, 1903
Age
71 Years, 1 Month
19 Days
[West face of monument]
Dear Mother In Earth's
Thorny Paths
How Long Thy Feet Have
Trod
To Find At Last This
Peaceful Rest
Safe In The Arms of
God

MOTHER
SOURCES: 
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1903) #596
1860 IA CENSUS (Jackson Co., Monmouth, FA #784)
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Turner, ED 86, pg 141B)
Marriage Records of Marion Co., Oregon 1897-1900, Vol IX, pg 7
DOS 10 Dec 1903 8:3
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