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Submitted by: v.louise Helmer
Email address: vlouise_@hotmail.com
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Husband: Thomas Jefferson STITES
Birthdate: 25 Oct 1839
Birthplace: Putnam Co, Indiana
Death date: 21 Jan 1917
Place of death: Albany, Linn Co, Oregon
Father: Samuel STITES
Mother: Jane YOUNG
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Marriage date: 1 Mar 1868
Marriage place: Linn County, Oregon
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Wife: Mary Jane MARTIN
Birthdate: Sep 1849
Birthplace: Jefferson Co, Iowa
Death date: 1924
Place of death: Linn Co, Oregon
Father: Thomas J. MARTIN
Mother: Selena PLOUGH
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CHILDREN
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Child No. 1: Herschel A. STITES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 Jan 1869
Birthplace: Linn County, Oregon
Death date: 11 Feb 1877
Place of death: Linn County, Oregon
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Child No. 2: Etta Belle STITES
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8 Apr 1871
Birthplace: Linn County, Oregon
Death date: 22 Aug 1893
Place of death: Linn County, Oregon
Marriage date: 1 Mar 1868
Marriage place: Linn County, Oregon
Spouse's name: George B. Vassallo
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Child No. 3: William M. STITES
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Oct 1872
Birthplace: Oregon
Death date: 18 Jan 1898
Place of death: Oregon
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T.J. Stites, Albany, Oregon, TJ Stites letter written to
his nephew May 29, 1913. Typed from original and maintained in the Oregon
Historical Society, Portland, Oregon [2001]. Letter begins "Several of my
relatives have asked me for a brief sketch of my life...:  Historical
Publishing Company, Portland, Oregon 1910, History of the Bench and Bar
of Oregon, Biographical; page 230 "Thomas Jefferson Stites":  History of
Willamette Valley:1885 page 850 TJ Stites:  Albany Democrat, Wednesday,
October 15, 1924, LINN PIONEER OF EARLY SEVENTIES CALLED BY DEATH: Mrs.
Mary Jane Stites, 72, widow of T. J. Stites….