Lebanon Express March 21, 1905 John Wesley Pickens died at his home near Sweet Home, Linn county, Oregon, March 18, 1905, aged 58 years and 20 days. He was born in Ohio January 28, 1847; was married to Eliza A. Bunchin in 1885. He leaves a wife and two children, and five sisters and four brothers, and numerous other relatives and friends to morn his loss. We miss thee from our home, We miss thee from thy place. A shadow o'er our lives is cast; We miss the sunshine of thy face. We miss thy kind and willing hand, The fond and earnest care; Our home is dark without thee--- We miss thee everywhere MRS. O.H. PICKENS