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Marion County, Oregon

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  • Robert Alvie Jewell (1942 - 1943)
    Son of Lloyd & Arlie (Wade) Jewell
  • Coral Lucile Wilson (1908 - 1999)
  • John Thomas Park, Jr. (1869 - 1940)
    "John Thomas Park, 71, late resident of 210 South 23rd street, September 16. Survived by widow, Mrs. Belle Park; three sons, Roy O. of Oregon City, Clarence W. of Willamina and Ernest of Salem; daught...
  • Arabelle May Park (1874 - 1953)
    "Mrs. Park Succumbs to 7-Year Illness---Mrs. Ara Belle May Park, Salem resident since 1922, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer J. Roth, 1585 N 21st St., after an illness of seven ye...
  • William Alfred Showalter (1884 - 1939)
    Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, December 21, 1939 DEATH CALLS WILLIAM ALFRED SHOWALTER, 54 William Alfred Showalter, 54, resident of McMinnville for the past 23 years, died in Sale...

Marion County was created by the Provisional Legislature of Oregon on July 5, 1843, as the Champooick District, one of the original four districts of the Oregon Country along with Twality (later Washington), Clackamas, and Yamhill counties. The four districts were redesignated as counties in 1845.

The county is named for Brig. Gen. Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox.

Originally, this political entity stretched southward to the California border and eastward to the Rocky Mountains. With the creation of Wasco, Linn, Polk, and other counties, its area was reduced in size. Marion County's present geographical boundaries were established in 1856.

In 1849, Salem was designated the county seat. The territorial capital was moved from Oregon City to Salem in 1852. The ensuing controversy over the location of the capital was settled in 1864 when Salem was confirmed as the state capital.

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