Ditmar, Mary Elizabeth LAST: Ditmar FIRST: Mary MID: Elizabeth GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Groshong TITLE:  BORN: 1868 DIED: 26 Jan 1897 BURIED: 28 Jan 1897 OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon NOTES:  1880 CENSUS - E. Mary Groshong, age 13, b. Oregon, isenumerated with father M. [sic] Jacob, age 36, b. Illinois, occupation farmer, and Susana, age 30, b. Ohio, along with siblings J. Amelia, age 10, E. William, age 7, M. Catherine, age 5, and R. James Groshong, age 2, all born in Oregon. MARRIAGE - "G. F. Ditmars [sic?], over 25 & Mary E. Groushong [sic], over 18, m 30 Nov 1886 at house of Groushong [sic] by D. M. Keene, M. G. Aff: L. A. Byrd, Jr. Wit: L. A. Byrd, Jr., & Henry Koster #3289 pg 313". OBITUARY:  DITMAR - At the Salem hospital, at 8 a.m, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1897, Mary Elizabeth Ditmar, eldest daughter of J. N. and Susan Groshong, aged 28 years, of consumption. Deceased was ill for 16 months with that dread disease. This is the second death in the Groshong family during the past year and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community. Deceased was a sister to Mrs. Joe Martin, of this city. Funeral services will be held from Olinger & Rigdon's undertaking parlors on Court street, at 9 a.m. Thursday. Burial will take place in the Jones graveyard near Gervais at 3 p.m. of the same day. Capital Journal 27 Jan 1897 4:4 INSCRIPTION:  Mary E. 1868-1896 James R. 1878-1896 Children of J. N. & S. Groshong [shared marker] 2nd individual marker: "Mary" SOURCES:  Hollin Saucy Survey & Photographs 1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Abiqua, pg 98A) Marion Co., Oregon Marriage Records, Vol. V, pg 28 CJ 27 Jan 1897 4:4 SECTION: IV LOT:    IMAGES: