Laura Elsie (Davidson) Pugh (abt. 1872 - 1913)

Ancestors

Biography

Laura Elsie Davidson was the daughter of William Montgomery Davidson (1845-1939) and Sarah Rosetta Morris (1848-1928), born in Jun 1872 and grew up in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. Elsie and George B Pugh were married in 1891. ^[1]

George B Pugh and Laura Elsie Davidson had the following children:

• Verdis G (Pugh) Burke (1894-1983)
• Frances Rose (Pugh) Wright (1898-1980)

George and Elsie lived in Shedd, Linn County, where George ran a livery business. They had two daughters together, and had moved to Brownsville by 1910. Elsie died in a Salem hospital on 2 May 1913 at age 40 and was buried in Pugh Cemetery in Shedd, Linn County, Oregon. Her obituary appeared in Salem in Statesman Journal on 3 May 1013.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

“PUGH--Elsie Pugh, wife of George Pugh, of Brownsville, at a local hospital yesterday afternoon, aged 40 years. The remains will be sent to Brownsville tonight for burial. The funeral will be held in Brownsville Sunday.”

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Harrisburg, Linn, OR; Roll: 1082; Pg: 436D; Enum Dist: 077.
2. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Shedd, Linn, Oregon; Pg: 12; Enum Dist: 0046; FHL Film: 1241348.
3. ↑ Newspapers.com, Albany Weekly Herald, Albany, Oregon, 8 Sep 1904, Page 5, “George B. Pugh, Livery”.
4. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Brownsville Wd 3, Linn, OR; Roll: T624_1283; Pg: 3B; Enum Dist: 0183; FHL Film: 1375296.
5. ↑ Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008, Oregon State Library; Reel: OR Death Index M-Z; Year Range: 1903-1920.
6. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial #25099680.
7. ↑ Newspapers.com, Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, 3 May 1913, Page 3, “Elsie Pugh death notice”.