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The earliest burial in this cemetery was January 2, 1848 (Jean Jacques Barclay per Catholic Church records - died 12/31/1847 at Fort Vancouver, WA) and by April 1848 was called the Old Cemetery and was the official city cemetery. This makes Mountain View Cemetery the oldest municipal cemetery in the Oregon Territory.
It is located on 500 Hilda Street, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.
Mountain View Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery in Oregon City, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located above Newell Creek Canyon, with views of Mount Hood to the east.
The cemetery features the Parents of Murdered Children Memorial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_View_Cemetery_(Oregon_City,_Oregon)
Mountain View Cemetery, established in 1854, is one of the oldest cemeteries in the West. The first known burial occurred in December 1847 for infant John Barclay, son of Dr. and Mrs. Forbes Barclay. The second oldest headstone belongs to the former Dr. William Allen who died June 9, 1851.
On April 29, 1863 William Livingston and Mary Holmes deeded five acres of land for $5.00 to the city council of Oregon City for the use as a public cemetery. They also deeded one acre of adjacent land to the Masonic Lodge, also for a cemetery. These two cemeteries are the two oldest sections of Mountain View Cemetery, which now include fifty-four acres of property for ground and above ground burials.
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