JORY FAMILY CEMETERY
compiled by Stephenie Flora
As with many pioneer cemeteries, the Jory Family Cemetery has endured periods of neglect and
controversy. In 1964 the land the cemetery is located on reverted back to Marion County due
to tax foreclosure. In later years it was adopted by residents of the Rosedale area who
cleaned it up and maintained it. An article in the local Oregon Statesman newspaper
documented their efforts.
In 1992 it came to the attention of some Jory descendants that the land had been put up for
sale and that 1.39 acres of the 1.52 was to be used for home development. It was the beginning
of a 12 year long process to get the cemetery registered as a pioneer cemetery and to regain
custody of the property. As of 2004, the Jory Family Association has regained
ownership and hope to restore and maintain it. For further information visit the
Jory Family web site.
The cemetery is located down in a small canyon below Cole Road on what was once
James Jory Sr.'s donation land claim in Sec. 29 of T8S, R3W. The earliest burial seems
to be of Elizabeth Jory Fenn, a daughter of James Sr. in 1854, though other burials may
also have been made earlier. Although there is documentation for seventeen graves it is
believed that there may actually be twice as many burials there.
Off Jory Hill Road, under an oak tree (only one in the field) a burial was made in 1862.
This land belonged to the JORY family and has now been made into a county park. Ella Editha
JORY, daughter of William JORY and Jane Eliza MOORE (grandparents of Victor JORY) died on the
31 August 1862 at the age of 4 years and 6 months. She was first buried here and then reburied
in the I.O.O.F (Salem Pioneer) Cemetery. See: Oregon Statesman, September 15, 1862 for notice
of the death.
The following listing was done by Mark Poulin and Addie Dyal Rickey and published in the local
Willamette Valley Genealogy quarterly, Beaver Briefs XIV #4. The notations in blue are
additions made by myself, Stephenie Flora.
FABIAN, John
"Fabian--At his home, one mile west of Rosedale, at 2 p.m. Wednesday June 20, 1900,
of consumption, John FABIAN, aged 29 years.
Funeral services will be held at the late home at 3 o'clock this afternoon conducted
by Rev. R.C. BLACKWELL. Burial will be had in an neighborhood cemetery near Rosedale."
Oregon Statesman, June 20, 1900, 8:2.
There is no stone, but the Rigdon records indicate a burial for this man in the Jory Cemetery.
The 1900 census shows a wife Mary and a daughter Anna, age 3 years and born in Texas.
The Marion county marriage records show a marriage for Mary FABION to Henry BRUNNER on
Jan. 15, 1901.
Elizabeth (Jory) Fenn
Wife of John Fenn
Born Cornwall, England - June 16, 1822
Died Salem, Oregon - December 14, 185?
Elizabeth Jory married John FENN on the Clatsop Plains in Oct. of 1847 or 49 just after
arriving in Oregon Territory. John had married her sister, Mary JORY in 1839 in Pike Co., Ill.
and she had died in 1846 and was buried there. The 1850 census of Oregon Territory shows a
John FERN family in Linn county with a wife "E.A." born in England. Also a son "N.I." born
in England, indicating that John may have been married even earlier. John and Mary had 4 known children;
John and Elizabeth had 3 known children and it is possible that John married again.
Jory
John Caroline
1815-1899 1820-1904
[husband and wife share headstone]
JORY, Caroline [BUDD]
b. 15 Feb 1820
d. 5 Apr 1904
"JORY--At the residence of her son, H.F. JORY, on East Court street, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday,
April 5, 1904, at 12:35 a.m., Mrs. Caroline JORY.
Deceased was the widow of the late John H. JORY. Her maiden name was Caroline BUDD, and she
was born in Duchess county, New York, on February 15, 1820. She was married to John H. JORY,
January 1, 1846. She, with her husband, came to Oregon in 1847, in Captain Magoon's company,
arriving on Christman day, 1847. She was the mother of ten children, of whom four survive her,
to-wit: James W. JORY, near Pratum, Marion county; Mrs. Mary A. HOLMES, of San Francisco,
California; Mrs. Emma E. LASKEY, of Blodgetts, Benton county, Oregon; and Hugh F. JORY, of
East Court street, this city.
The funeral will be held today (Wednesday) at 2:30 p.m., from the residence of Hugh F. JORY,
East Court street. Interment will be in the JORY cemetery, near Rosedale. The friends of the
family are invited to attend. Services by Rev. W.F. Gordon, of the Leslie M.E. church."
[Oregon Statesman, April 6, 1904, 3:5]
Isaac N.
son of
J.H. & C. Jory
Born
Feb. 24, 1861
Died
Dec. 15, 1880
Aged
19y's 0m's 22d's
Gone to land of pure delight
Where saints immortal reign
The eternal day excludes the night
And dreams banish pain
son of John & Caroline JORY
He may have married a Sophrona H. but could not find a marriage record in Marion County.
James Jory
BORN
in Cornwall, Eng
Aug. 7, 1787
DIED
near Salem, Oreg
Sep. 22, 1870
"Died--At the residence of his son James JORY, seven miles south of Salem, on Thursday
evening Sep. 22, of typhoid fever, James Jory Sen., aged 83 years and one month. Funeral
services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Pisgah school house, six miles south of Salem."
[Weekly Oregon Statesman, Sep. 28, 1870, 4:6.]
James Jory
Born in Cornwall Co, England
June 9, 1820
Died Dec 10, 1905
[wife listed on same stone]
Took Donation Land Claim #294; m. 12 Mar 1846 Sarah Ann BUDD in Pike Co; came to Oregon
in 1847; son of James Sr.
"Jory--At the farm home, seven miles south of Salem, Sunday, December 10, at 8:30 a.m.,
James Jory, in his 86th year.
The deceased was one of the early pioneers, as he came to Oregon with his family in 1847.
He was one of five brothers to settle in the Jory neighborhood south of this city. He leaves
three brothers, his wife and eight children of the immediate family. He was most highly
esteemed by a large circle of friends. The interment was had at the Rosedale cemetery
yesterday afternoon." [Oregon Statesman December 12, 1905]
John O.
son of
J.H. & C. Jory
Born Nov 28, 1854
Died Jul 24, 1878
died in the 25th year of his age [Oregon Statesman, July 25, 1878]
Jory
John Caroline
1815-1899 1820-1904
JORY, John Hicks
b. 7 Jul 1815
d. 14 Jun 1899
Son of James & Mary JORY Sr.
JORY, John William
b. 15 Dec 1850
d. 25 Mar 1937
son of James Jr.
He never married and a stone was never placed at his gravesite. A biographical sketch
appears in Vol. II, pg 990-991 of Gaston's Centennial History of Oregon. He was also a
historian of sorts and wrote a letter telling the story of Battlecreek in the "Ladd & Bush
Quarterly" of April 1915.
JORY, Lilly May
b. 7 Oct 1865
d. 27 Dec 1951
She was a graduate of Willamette University; taught school; never married and lived with
her brother John William JORY until he died. No stone was erected but her ashes were scattered
later.
JORY, Mary [STEPHENS]
b. 28 Sep 1792 Cornwall Co, Eng. in the parish of St. Clear
d. 15 Sep 1875
wife of James
dau of William Wimet STEPHENS
Phebe A. Jory
1847-1924
JORY, Phebe Ann
b. 12 Sep 1847
d. 15 Jan 1924
Oldest daughter of James Jr. and Sarah Ann BUDD. She was born on the way to Oregon.
Phebe E.
Dau of
J & C. Jory
Born
Mar 2, 1859
Died
June 14, 1883
Aged
24ys 2ms 21ds
Gone on across the river
& landed on the other shore
Joined the .....
Gone from....
Just....
And....
..of flowers of love immortal
In that far off...land
JORY, Phebe E.
b. 2 Mar 1859
d. 14 Jun 1883
age 24yrs2mos24dys
dau of John & Caroline JORY
Caroline BUDD was a sister of Sarah Ann BUDD and married John H. JORY on 1 Jan 1846 in Pike
Co Ill. They were the parents of ten children, four of which are also buried in the Jory
Cemetery.
Sarah Ann (Budd) Jory
Sarah A. Budd His Wife
Born Ypilanti, Mich Dec 31, 1827
Died Salem, Ore. Feb 3, 1923
[listed on same stone as husband, James]
dau of Aaron and Phoebe BUDD
They were the parents of Henry Douglass JORY,
in the Washington Territorial Legislature. An interesting sketch of the JORY family appears
in the History and Biography of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittatas Counties, Washington pub 1904,
pg 702-703. Five of James and Sarah's eleven children are also buried in the JORY Cemetery.
JORY, Sarah Francis
b.
d. 11 Feb 1860
age 2yrs2mos
dau of James & Sarah JORY
No stone was found but family tradition indicates she was buried here.
Sarah Jane
Dau of
J.H. & C. Jory
Died
Apr 16, 1876
Aged
18y's 8m's 14d's
Shed not for her the bitter tears
Nor give the heart to vain regret
Tis just the casket that lies here
The gem that filled it sparkles yet.
[b. 19 Nov 1858]
died of consumption age 19 [Oregon Statesman, April 17, 1876]
MYERS, Martha "Mattie" [JORY]
b. 28 Dec 1853
d. 23 May 1930
dau of James & Sarah JORY
wife of Frank A. MEYERS
Mrs. Mattie E. Jory Myers of Salem died May 23 in a local hospital at the age of 74.
Sister of Mrs. Lizzie C. Swayne of Chehalis, Wash., Miss L. May Jory and John W. Jory of
Salem route four; and Henry D. Jory of Oliver, B.C. Funeral services Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Friend's church at Rosedale, with later interment to follow at the
Jory cemetery at Rosedale. Arrangements by Rigdon and Son. [Chapman Scrapbook, OSL)
There have been at least two more burials in this cemetery who were not of the Jory family
according to reports of neighbors--but the names are not know. [Three others not of JORY
family buried in cemetery sometime between 1918 and 1928. One may be a BOJIE/BOGE baby.]
