Ebin Taylor Albert, Sr. 1816-1899

ALBERT, GILCHRIST, HELTON, ROBINSON, ROCKWELL, PURDY

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 4/13/2007 at 04:07:02

"GRANDPA" E. T. ALBERT is DEAD.
Ebin Taylor Albert, Sr., known by all as "Grandpa" Albert, died at his home in this city, corner of Winter and Mill streets, at 1:30 o'clock this (Saturday) morning, aged 82 years, 8 months, and 12 days. General paralysis was the cause of his death.

"Grandpa" Albert was in general good health until Mrs. Albert was taken sick about a year ago, and the care and worry, incident thereto, was more than he could stand and in December, when Mrs. Albert had recovered from her protracted sickness, he collapsed physically. On December 9th, last, he suffered a stroke of paralysis and since then his health and strength gradually failed him. Mrs. Albert is considerably improved in health and is continually growing stronger.

The deceased was born at Winchester, Virginia, September 15, 1816 and when a young man he went west, residing for a brief time in Kentucky, but subsequently settled at Wheeling Virginia, where, on November 28, 1837, he married Jane G. Gilchrist, the daughter of an old Virginia pioneer, who, with eight of the ten children, survive him. The children, all but two of whom reside in Salem, and were present at the death bed, are: George W. Albert, Lansing, Iowa; Eben T. Albert Jr., Columbus, Ohio; Thomas G. Albert, Salem; Mrs. Elizabeth Helton, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, Mrs. Emma Rockwell, and Mrs. Anna Purdy, all of Salem.

He afterward removed to Ohio, where he resided at a number of places for several years, when he went to Iowa, locating at Lansing, where he lived for twenty-one years. The family subsequently resided for six years at Keokuk in the same state and came to Oregon in 1881, settling in Salem, where they have since resided continuously.

The deceased united at an early age with the Presbyterian church, in which denomination he has held the office of elder for fifty-two consecutive years, being at the time of his death senior elder of the First Presbyterian church of this city. He was always active in church work until his health became too impaired, obliging him to abandon, to an extent, his activity in religious work in the betterment of his fellow man.

Funeral services will be conducted at the late home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, by Rev. H. A. Ketchum, of the First Presbyterian church. The remains will be given burial in the family lot in Rural cemetery.

-Oregon Statesman 27 May 1899 4:2-3 (Saturday)
This obituary is from the Salem Pioneer Cemetery website where additional details can be found in the cemetery records (link below)

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Added by Joy Moore Sept. 28, 2020:

Source: Decorah Republican June 8, 1899 P 4 C 1

Died at Salem, Oregon.
A copy of the Oregon Statesman, published at Salem, that state, received by Dr. Cartwright, contains an obituary of E. T. Albert, a person whom many of the pioneers knew in the years when much trading was done at Lansing. Mr. Albert died at his home in Salem on Saturday, May 27th, in his 83d year, having been born in Winchester, Va., in 1816. Death resulted from general paralysis beginning on Dec. 9th last. He came to Lansing early in the fifties, remained there for twenty-one years, then removed to Keokuk where he resided until 1881, when he went to Oregon. To his obituary it is said of him: The deceased united at an early age with the Presbyterian church, in which denomination he has held the office of elder for fifty-two consecutive years, being at the time of his death senior elder of the First Presbyterian church of this city. He was always active in church work until his health became impaired, obliging him to abandon, to an extent, his activity in religious work in the betterment of his fellow man.

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