Thursday, September 30, 2004

Catherine (O'Connor) Darst 1835-1895

Catherine (O'Connor) Darst (1835-1895), the wife of William Darst (1824-1891) ... former Oregon State Legislator.
DIED
DARST. ---- At the home of her sister, Mrs. O'Brien, near Independence, Monday, June 24, 1895, at 4 p.m., Mrs. Catherine Darst, aged about 60 years.
Deceased was the widow of Hon. William Darst, a former member of the Oregon legislature and a citizen of prominence and worth in the Gervais neighborhood for many years, he and his wife being pioneers in this county. He died about two years ago. They accumulated considerable property and she doed possessed of a nice personal estate. They had no direct heirs. She left a will, bequeathing it to her sisters and other relatives, and appointing Rev. J. S. White and Hon. A. Bush of this city executors.
The body will be brought to Gervais this afternoon and the funeral will take place from the Catholic church there Wednesday morning.

Tuesday 25 JUN 1895 - Daily Statesman, Salem, Oregon