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Birth: May 30, 1819
Death: Apr. 3, 1878

Oregon State Journal
Eugene, OR
Saturday, April 13, 1878
Volume 15 Issue 10 Page 3

DIED.--Near Brownsville Apr. 3, 1878, Butter Plaster, wife of Michael Plaster, aged 59 years and 3 days.

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Children:
Thomas Jefferson Plaster (1846 - 1942)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
wife of M. Plaster

Burial:
McHargue Pioneer Cemetery
Brownsville
Linn County
Oregon, USA

While her name is today rather faint, the headstone reads:
RUTH.
Wife of M. PLASTER
BORN
Mar. 30, 1819
DIED
Apr. 3, 1878
She was Ruth Burress Plaster, born in Hardin County, Kentucky, to William and Eleanor Frakes Burress. She married Michael Plaster (1813-1892) in Schuyler County, Illinois, in 1836. Her grave is next to her daughter Laura's grave, Laura having died in 1875.

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