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Lewis W. Pickard worked as foreman of the dye house at TKWM from 1895 until 1918.
Lewis W. Pickard was born in 1860 in Jamestown, New York to John and Nancy [Farnham] Pickard. He attended school in Jamestown and worked in the woolen mills before moving to Oregon in the 1890s.
On 4 Nov 1895, he married fellow mill employee Ida Campbell in Salem, Oregon. Shortly after, on 22 November, the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, where he had recently taken the position of head dyer, burned down, destroying all his valuable dye books. Previously, he had worked at Waterloo Mill.
In the 1900 census, Lewis was recorded living in Salem, Oregon, along with his wife Ida. They rented rooms with the McGuire family. He was 40 years old. In 1906, he sued Ida for divorce, alleging desertion. He worked for the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill until retirement in 1918.
Lewis W. Pickard died 22 Oct 1918, at the age of 58, from heart disease. He was visiting Long Beach, California, and former woolen mill friends at the time. At his sister’s request, his body was sent back east to Jamestown, New York and buried with family members in the Lake View Cemetery. |
| Salem City Directories |
1905 Pickard Lewis W, dyer T K W M Co, res s s Lee 2 w 12th
1908 Pickard Lewis W, dyer T K W M Co, bds 991 Mill
1909 Pickard Lewis W, dyer T K W M Co, res 276 State
1913 Pickard Louis W, dyer T K W M Co, rms 248 N Commercial
1915 Pickard Louis W, dyer foreman T K W M Co, rms 248 N Commercial
1917 Pickard Lew W, dyer T K W M Co, rms Eldridge Hotel |
| Census Records |
1860 Lewis Pickard. Age: 1 month. Birth Year: abt 1859 in New York. Home in 1860: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. Single, son to HOH. Additional household members: John Pickard, age 36 (father), Nancy Pickard, age 32 (mother), Ida V. Pickard, age 11 (sister), Mary L. Pickard, age 4 (sister), R. H. Pickard, age 3 (sister).
1865 New York State Census
Lewis W. Pickard. Age: 5. Birth Year: 1860. Son to HOH. Residence Place: Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York. Village: Jamestown, District 2. Additional household members: John Pickard, age 42 (father), Nancy A. Pickard, age 38 (mother), Ida V. Pickard, age 16 (sister), Mary L. Pickard, age 8 (sister), Orris T. Pickard, age 2 (brother).
1870 Lewis Pickard. Age: 10. Birth Date: abt 1860 in New York. Home in 1870: Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York. Single, son to HOH. Occupation: At School. Additional household members: John Pickard, age 47 (father), Nancy Pickard, age 42 (mother), Mary Pickard, age 14 (sister), Horace Pickard, age 7 (brother), George Smith, age 27 (boarder).
1875 New York State Census
Lewis W. Pickard. Age: 15. Birth Date: 1860. Son to HOH. Residence Place: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. Additional household members: John Pickard, age 53 (father), Laura A. Pickard, age 49 (mother), Mary T. Pickard, age 19 (sister), Horace G. Pickard, age 12 (brother).
1880 Louie Pickard. Age: 20. Birth Date: abt 1860 in New York. Home in 1880: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. Single, board to HOH. Occupation: Worker in Woolen Mill. Additional household members: August Salander, age 35 (HOH), Gusta Salander, age 25 (wife to HOH), Helmer Salander, age 2 (son to HOH), Harry, Sonie, age 25 (fellow boarder, also textile worker).
1900 Louis W. Pickard. Age: 40. Birth Date: Apr 1860 in New York. Home in 1900: 320 Chemeketa St. Married, boarder to HOH. Marriage Year: 1895. Occupation: Printer. Additional household members: Ida Pickard, age 27 (wife), Emeline McGuire, age 59 (HOH) and seven others.
1910 Unable to locate |
