Mrs. Mary V. Shelby Dies – Daughter of Oregon’s First Governor Called in 81st Year.
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby died last night at the Wheeldon Apartments, after an illness of several years, augmented by a paralytic stroke which she suffered recently. She was 81 years old.
Her father was the late General Joseph Lane, the first Governor of Oregon, as well as the first United States Senator from Oregon. In 1849 she crossed the plains with her parents, who settled in Oregon City.
She was the mother of Eugene Shelby, superintendent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company in San Francisco, and Miss Annie Blanch Shelby, of this city. Mrs. L. F. Mosher, of Portland, is her sister. Her granddaughters are Mrs. Frank Gilchrist Owen, Miss Eugenia Shelby, of Nevada; Mrs. Frank Shuda and Mrs. E. Wallace Osborne, of San Francisco. Father Arthur Lane, of Albany, is a nephew. Her son, Eugene Shelby, will arrive today from San Francisco.
The funeral arrangements will be made later.
[The Oregonian, 3 Nov 1911, p10]
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby died last night at the Wheeldon Apartments, after an illness of several years, augmented by a paralytic stroke which she suffered recently. She was 81 years old.
Her father was the late General Joseph Lane, the first Governor of Oregon, as well as the first United States Senator from Oregon. In 1849 she crossed the plains with her parents, who settled in Oregon City.
She was the mother of Eugene Shelby, superintendent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company in San Francisco, and Miss Annie Blanch Shelby, of this city. Mrs. L. F. Mosher, of Portland, is her sister. Her granddaughters are Mrs. Frank Gilchrist Owen, Miss Eugenia Shelby, of Nevada; Mrs. Frank Shuda and Mrs. E. Wallace Osborne, of San Francisco. Father Arthur Lane, of Albany, is a nephew. Her son, Eugene Shelby, will arrive today from San Francisco.
The funeral arrangements will be made later.
[The Oregonian, 3 Nov 1911, p10]
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby Dies – Daughter of Oregon’s First Governor Called in 81st Year.
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby died last night at the Wheeldon Apartments, after an illness of several years, augmented by a paralytic stroke which she suffered recently. She was 81 years old.
Her father was the late General Joseph Lane, the first Governor of Oregon, as well as the first United States Senator from Oregon. In 1849 she crossed the plains with her parents, who settled in Oregon City.
She was the mother of Eugene Shelby, superintendent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company in San Francisco, and Miss Annie Blanch Shelby, of this city. Mrs. L. F. Mosher, of Portland, is her sister. Her granddaughters are Mrs. Frank Gilchrist Owen, Miss Eugenia Shelby, of Nevada; Mrs. Frank Shuda and Mrs. E. Wallace Osborne, of San Francisco. Father Arthur Lane, of Albany, is a nephew. Her son, Eugene Shelby, will arrive today from San Francisco.
The funeral arrangements will be made later.
[The Oregonian, 3 Nov 1911, p10]
Mrs. Mary V. Shelby died last night at the Wheeldon Apartments, after an illness of several years, augmented by a paralytic stroke which she suffered recently. She was 81 years old.
Her father was the late General Joseph Lane, the first Governor of Oregon, as well as the first United States Senator from Oregon. In 1849 she crossed the plains with her parents, who settled in Oregon City.
She was the mother of Eugene Shelby, superintendent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company in San Francisco, and Miss Annie Blanch Shelby, of this city. Mrs. L. F. Mosher, of Portland, is her sister. Her granddaughters are Mrs. Frank Gilchrist Owen, Miss Eugenia Shelby, of Nevada; Mrs. Frank Shuda and Mrs. E. Wallace Osborne, of San Francisco. Father Arthur Lane, of Albany, is a nephew. Her son, Eugene Shelby, will arrive today from San Francisco.
The funeral arrangements will be made later.
[The Oregonian, 3 Nov 1911, p10]
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