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John Ryland Pinkerton
2 Jan 1904 – 16 Nov 1919
| Birth | 2 Jan 1904 |
| Death | 16 Nov 1919 |
| Cemetery | Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Hillsboro , Washington County , Oregon , USA |
| Added by | Illusion on 13 Aug 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61187608 |
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Lexington Intelligencer, December 05, 1919Lexington, Mo.John Ryland Pinkerton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Pinkerton, of Hillsboro, died at the family home on West Main Street, Sunday morning, Nov. 16, 1919, after an illness of a week. He was born at Geeley, Nebraska, Jan. 2, 1904, and with parents came to Hillsboro in 1915. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, Harold, aged 13, and Duane, aged 8, and a sister, Cornelia, aged 11.His father is the Western Union operator at the city station, Southern Pacific.He was a popular youth, ambitious beyond his strength, and had a host of friends in the city. For several months prior to entering school this Fall, he worked for the Reynolds & Parks grocery, and about three weeks ago was appointed to handle the evening Journal in this city.The funeral took place Monday afternoon, at 2:30, from the M.E. Church, Rev. Walton Skipworth conducting the services, with Undertaker Limber in charge. There was a profusion of flowers, indicative of the high esteem in which the High School student was held by the High School. The pall bearers were classmates.Rarely was it the lot of a young man to have so high regard in his community, and one who was close to him in his school work has written the following eulogy on his life:"Altho John Ryland Pinkerton had lived in Hillsboro only a portion of his short life, he had endeared himself to all with whom he had come in contact.All his friends, and all his teachers, have nothing but words of praise for the lad who so short a time ago, was a part of their busy life. And how vital a part of that life he was they are just beginning to realize; for tho since a serious illness two years ago, he has been unable to participate actively in some of the school affairs, yet so great was his interest in them, and so complete was his classmate's confidence in him, that he had been elected to positions of trust and importance, not only in his own, the Junior Class at school, but in nearly every phase of school activities, and he had never failed to carry out their duties in a successful manner.He was exceptionally remarkable in his school work and had every promise for a brilliant and successful career, but more than this, he had the qualities which make for friendship and trust.He leaves a host of friends, both old and young, to grieve and wonder at his untimely death.His life with us was indeed short, but his memory shall live long in the hearts of those who loved him.--Reprinted from a Hillsboro paper.The deceased was a grandson of Judge Xenophon Ryland of Higginsville, Mo.
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