OBITUARY: Mrs. M. J. Hockersmith, Griffin Creek, Jackson County, Oregon 

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Medford (Oregon) Mail, Friday, 20 Mar 1903, p. 7, c. 3

--Mrs. M. J. Hockersmith, relict of the late Jackson Hockersmith, died at
the home of her son-in-law, A. P. Weiss, on Griffin creek, on Thursday
evening, March 12th. Mrs. Hockersmith was a pioneer of Oregon, having come
from Illinois in 1853, settling in the Willamette Valley and removing to
Jackson County in 1867. Six children survive her--Mrs. A. P. Weiss, of
Griffin creek; Mrs. H. H. Taylor, of Roxy; Mrs. Sadie Van Tine, of Tenino,
Wash.; John N. Hockersmith, of Medford; Jos. W. Hockersmith, of California.
The interment took place in the Phoenix cemetery, Saturday afternoon, under
the auspices of the 1st Spiritual Society of Southern Oregon, of which the
deceased was a member.