Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery

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The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located on the west end of the town along 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. [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/washington/cemeteries/hill-a-b.txt Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions.] Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29 2008.]

History

The land the cemetery is situated on what was previously part of the David Hill land claim. [Byrd, Dean H., Stanley R. Clarke, and Janice M. Healy. 2001. "Oregon Burial Site Guide". Portland, Or: Binford & Mort Pub.] In 1870, the Masonic Order established a cemetery on the current site. Later the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) began a cemetery adjacent to the Mason’s cemetery to the west.Historic names mark old gravestones. "Hillsboro Argus", October 19 1976.] 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. [cite news
title=Vandals wreck Hillsboro graves
first=Holly
last=Danks
work=The Oregonian
date=August 17 1995]

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. [ [http://www.cbs.state.or.us/dfcs/irreducible_fund_cemeteries.html Irreducible Fund Cemeteries.] Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29 2008.] [ [http://www.cbs.state.or.us/dfcs/irreducible_funds/irreducible_fund_cemeteries.html List of IR Cemeteries.] Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29 2008.] Hillsboro’s city recorder manages all records of the facility. [ [http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/CityCouncil/CityRecorder.aspx City Recorder.] City of Hillsboro. Retrieved on February 29 2008.] 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. [ [http://www.hillsborohistorical.org/ Homepage.] Hillsboro Historical Society. Retrieved on June 19 2007.]

Notable burials

*William N. Barrett (1855-1916), state legislator and Hillsboro mayor.
*John Smith Griffin (1807-1899), missionary and Champoeg Meetings participant.
*William D. Hare (1834-1910), state legislator and Hillsboro mayor.
*David Hill (1809-1850), legislator in the provisional government.
*Fern Hobbs (1883-1964), secretary to Oregon Governor Oswald West and involved in incident in Copperfield.
*John W. Shute (1840-1922), banker and namesake for Shute Park
*Thomas Tongue (1912-1994), Oregon Supreme Court justice.
*Thomas H. Tongue (1844-1903), Congressman, state legislator, and Hillsboro mayor.
*Albert E. Tozier (1860-1937), journalist and historian. [ [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/washington/cemeteries/hill-s-t.txt Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions, S - T.] Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29 2008.]
*Charles T. Tozier (1832-1899), mayor and state legislator
*Mary Ramsey Wood (1787-1908), "First Mother Queen of Oregon Pioneers"

References

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Sabin&CRid=38908&pt=Hillsboro%20Pioneer%20Cemetery& Find A Grave: Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery]
* [http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/washington/hillsboro_pioneer/index.htm Partial list of burials]