Alanson Hinman was a pioneer that came to the Oregon Territory in 1844. His headstone resides at Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove, Oregon.
The grave marker for Josephine Claghorn Walker, located in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove, Oregon. Josephine was born in Foochow, China on March 15, 1874 to missionaries Joseph Elkanah Walker and Eliza Adelaide Claghorn Walker. She moved to the United States during World War II and made her home in Forest Grove, Oregon.
[headstone reads] Rev. George H. Atkinson, May 10, 1819, Feb. 25, 1889, Nancy Bates Atkinson, his wife, Feb. 28, 1815, Dec. 1, 1895. Headstone resides in River View Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. George was a leader in establishing the public education system in Oregon.
[headstone reads] Reverend Elkanah Walker, born at Yarmouth ME Aug. 2, 1805, died at Forest Grove, Oregon Nov. 21, 1822. He helped establish the Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove
[headstone reads] Sydney Harper Marsh born at Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, Aug. 29, 1825 died at Forest Grove, Oregon February 2, 1879. He was the first president of Pacific University. Gravestone resides in Forest View Cemetery in Forest Grove, Oregon.
[headstones left to right] Virgil Kellogg Pringle, born July 4, 1804, died March 24, 1887; Pherne Tabitha Brown Pringle, born March 22, 1805, died May 23, 1891; Tabitha Moffatt Brown, born May 1, 1790, died May 4, 1858. Pherne was Tabitha's daughter. Tabitha Moffatt Brown was named The Mother of Oregon by the 1987 Oregon legislature. She founded a orphanage in Forest Grove, Oregon that later became Tualatin Academy and Pacific University.
Black and white image of a booth at a fair showing various tombstones for purchase. The sign on the back wall reads 'Oregon Memorials, serving Washington County since 1911.' The tombstones are all either flat, perpetual care styles or the plain monument style common in the 20th century.
Sepia-toned image of a grave mound covered with flowers. While this grave is waiting for a headstone to be installed and others have stone tablets or elaborate monuments, a number of the graves have simple crosses, appearing to be made out of iron, as markers. According to his obituary in the local paper, William McKinney was only twenty-seven when he died of what was then called consumption, or tuberculosis. His widow, Emma McKinney, was part owner and editor of the Hillsboro Argus for many years.
Black and white image of a cemetery, with a number of graves in a row in the central area. Larger monuments dot the background, and a lone tree stands at the left of the image. The graves in the center are mostly flat gravestones with a few tablets set upright on bases. Empty fields stretch out beneath a cloudy sky in the image background.
Black and white image of gravestones knocked down and laying about on the ground in a cemetery. Several bases are visible, one with its tablet leaning on it, one missing its tablet entirely, and another with a broken off tablet.
Black and white photograph of a man and woman examining vandalized graves in an overgrown cemetery. One headstone has been knocked over in this image. Note the woman's sweater and collar with the brooch.
Black and white image of an obelisk grave marker. Marker is white stone and sits on a concrete plinth in a cemetery. Trees and bushes in full leaf are visible in the background, and the name of 'Col. Joseph L. Meek' is just visible on the bottom pediment of the marker.
Gravestone of Alvin T. Smith, which is in what is now called the Mountain View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove. Alvin T. Smith traveled to Forest Grove with Harvey Clark, where they pursued missionary work, founded a church, and helped found Tualatin Academy. Smith died in 1888, at age 85, in Forest Grove.
Photo of the gravestone of Harvey Clark, an early Oregon pioneer and missionary. A white obelisk rises from a square white block placed on a larger concrete block. The name 'Clarke' is incised on the stone block; faded but legibly carved on the obelisk is the following: 'Rev Harvey Clarke. Born in Vermont, Oct. 2, 1807. Died March 24, 1858.' The Clark/Clarke last name is spelled with or without an 'e' in various contexts. Based on a similar photograph from the same cemetery (see WCMpic_000292), this photograph may have been taken circa 1926, possibly by Albert Tozier.
Photo of two men standing in a grassy area before a wire fence fronting a cemetery. Both men wear three-piece suits with vests, ties, and white shirts, and their hats are shading their faces. The older man to the left wears glasses and a fedora and stands with his hands in his pockets. The younger man to the right wears a newsboy hat. The cemetery behind them has numerous grave markers of varying sizes, and a large stand of pine trees is visible on the other side of the graveyard.
