INTRODUCTION: As discussed in "The McCullys of Maritime Canada" there were three families of McCULLYs in Nova Scotia before 1790. The first two generations of one of those families, which for clarity's sake we call "Samuel of Londonderry," are described on a previous page. This page covers the third generation. The numbered citations are given on a separate page. I will post information on later generations, and on the other two families, as I get the manuscripts completed.
The major families associated with this third generation of McCULLY are: BARNETT, CANNON, DILLON, GOOD, HARRINGTON, HURD, JONES, LOVE, McPHERSON, MASON, MORTON, SCOTT, and WATERS. I will be posting information on some of these families when I find the time. In the meantime, feel free to write with questions. As usual, all additions, corrections and comments are welcomed.
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5. Mary Jane McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1]
was born 1814 at Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick. She apparently
never married, and was living in her parents household in Richibucto
in 1861 [11] and 1871 [19] and in Richibucto with her nephew John
McCULLY in 1891 and 1901 [12, 13]. She died 2 June 1904 [14],
and is buried in the Richibucto Protestant Cemetery [9].
6. Catherine McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1] was born 26 April 1817
at Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick. She married there 29
August 1846 Cooley HURD [17]. Cooley was born in Nova Scotia 9
August 1817. He and Catherine were living next to Catherine's
parents in Richibucto in 1861, at which time Cooley was identified
as an engineer. In 1871, Catherine was living at the same location,
but apparently with only one of her daughters [19]. In 1901 she
was living in Richibucto with her nephew John McCULLY and her
sisters [13]. She died in Richibucto 17 April 1903, and is buried
in the Richibucto Protestant Cemetery [9, 14].
I haven't determined if Catherine and Cooley HURD ever divorced.
He is shown in the 1891 and 1901 New Brunswick censuses as living
at Moncton, Westmorland County. I can find no death date for him.
Catherine and Cooley had two daughters:
21. Annie Elizabeth HURD born 21 July 1848
22. Tamar HURD born ca 1852
7. Anne E. McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1] was born 1820 in Richibucto,
Kent County, New Brunswick. She apparently never married, and
was living in her parents household in Richibucto in 1861 [11]
and 1871 [19] and in Richibucto with her nephew John McCULLY in
1891 and 1901 [12, 13]. She died ca 11 June 1903 [14], and is
buried in the Richibucto Protestant Cemetery [9].
8. William Shepherd McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1] was born 24
January 1823 at Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick, and was
baptized in the Richibucto Anglican Church 29 June 1825 [20].
Although he did not die until 27 January 1863 (his headstone is
in the Richibucto Protestant Cemetery [9], I have been unable
to find him in any New Brunswick censuses, can find no marriage
record, and have found only one land record that possibly refers
to him: 100 acre Provincial land grant in Weldford Parish, Kent
County, 8 April 1857 [21].
9. Rebecca McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1] was born 1827 in Richibucto,
Kent County, New Brunswick, and baptized in the Richibucto Anglican
Church 19 February 1830 [20]. She did not marry, but had one son.
She was living in her parents household in Richibucto in 1861
[11] and 1871 [19] and in Richibucto with her son John McCULLY
in 1891 and 1901 [12, 13]. She died in 1918, and is buried in
the Richibucto Protestant Cemetery [9]. Her son was:
23. John N. McCULLY born 1857
10. Samuel Thomas McCULLY [William-2, Samuel-1] was born in 1833
in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick. He was in his parents
household in Richibucto in 1861 [11], then in 1862 married Julia
Isabelle HARRINGTON. Julia, the daughter of James HARRINGTON and
Mary Eliza KOLLOCK (sister of Anne Elizabeth [KOLLOCK] McCULLY),
was born in Richibucto in 1828. Samuel and Julia farmed all their
lives, in Rexton, Kent County, until at least 1864, then at Havelock
and Carsonville, Kings County [22]. On 9 March 1891, their son
William Shepherd McCULLY received a Provincial land grant of 97
acres near Havelock, Kings County [21], and Samuel and Julia moved
with him and occupied a small house on the property. In 1909 that
farm was sold, and they moved to another farm in Manhurst, Kings
County, New Brunswick [23]. Apparently Samuel and Julia were at
Manhurst when they died, Julia in 1911 and Samuel in 1916. They
are both buried at the Corn Hill Baptist Cemetery in Corn Hill,
Kings County [24].
Samuel and Julia had two sons:
24. George H. McCULLY born 1862
25. William Shepherd McCULLY born 1864
11. Samuel McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1] was
born 6 March 1812 at Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick. Until
1822, he lived with his parents on the farm that his father John
McCULLY had purchased in 1811 [28]. About May 1822, the family
moved from New Brunswick to Ohio, settling first on 110 acres
of land near present-day Dillonvale, Smithfield Township, Jefferson
County [31]. The family lived and farmed there for four years,
selling the property on 16 September 1826 [32]. We can find no
Ohio land records for the McCullys from September 1826 until February
1829, although they were apparently in the area 10 April 1827
when in Steubenville Samuel's father applied for United States
citizenship [33]. The family may have made a trip to Sussex, New
Brunswick, in 1828 [29], but were back in Ohio by February 1829.
John McCULLY died intestate 19 August 1830; Samuel's mother Mary
(COPP) McCULLY was appointed administrator of John's estate; and
William NEELY and John NEELY were appointed by the Court as guardians
of the McCully children [36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children probably went with her, leaving the older sons at the
Londonderry farm.
On 3 December 1835, in Guernsey County, Ohio, Samuel married Catherine
DILLON. Catherine, the daughter of Christopher and Ursula (BARNETT)
DILLON, was born in Guernsey County 10 March 1817. Until ca 1839,
Samuel and Catherine lived in Guersey County, either with Samuel's
brothers or with Catherine's parents. In 1840 they were living
near Meigsville, Morgan County, Ohio [78], where Samuel had purchased
80 acres of land, which he cleared for grain farming [79]. About
the same time, Samuel's father-in-law gave him and Catherine a
50-acre "stump farm" in the same area [80].
Samuel's brothers sold the Londonderry farm in April 1844 [45],
and all the McCullys except for Samuel's family moved to Iowa.
Samuel and Catherine stayed in Morgan County several more years,
but in 1848 and 1849 they sold their farm land there [79, 80],
and followed the rest of the family to Henry County, Iowa. On
22 April 1848, Samuel bought 120 acres of land from his brother
Asa near New London, Henry County, Iowa [81]. They farmed there
until February 1852, when they sold out [82], and in March 1852,
joined most of the McCully clan on a wagon train for Oregon. They
arrived in the Willamette Valley 15 August 1852 [47].
In October 1852, Samuel and Catherine settled an Oregon donation
land claim near Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon [91, 135]. They
lived there and farmed until about 1857, then joined with William
WATERS and his two sons Abner WATERS and John Morrison WATERS
and their families on a move to southern Oregon. (Abner was married
to their daughter, Mary Ann McCULLY.) They had a herd of over
100 cattle, and intended to take them to Sonoma County, California,
where William WATERS' nephew, Jordan COX, was living with his
family [92]. They planned to stay in southern Oregon just for
the winter, but instead established a "milk house" on
Louse Creek north of Grants Pass, and sold butter to the miners
in Galice, some 12 miles west [93]. Samuel McCULLY and his immediate
family started a hotel in Galice, while the others moved on to
Kerbyville, Oregon. The mining boom in Galice ended abruptly early
in the 1860s, the town was deserted, the McCully hotel failed,
and Samuel moved his family to join the others at Kerbyville,
where they ran a road house for three years [93, 94, 95]. Abner
WATERS and the others bought around Kerbyville [96] and some farming
was done, but by about 1864 all had sold out and returned to the
Willamette Valley, where they again settled at Harrisburg.
On 11 September 1867, Catherine (DILLON) McCULLY died at Joseph,
Wallowa County, Oregon, while visiting family there. She was buried
in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg [97]. After Catherine's
death, Samuel apparently left his farm and moved around between
families. In August 1870, he was with his son William Asa McCULLY
and his family in Wasco County, Oregon, where he considered himself
"farm help" [98]. In June 1880 he was a farm laborer
for his brother Asa McCully at Asa's farm in Amity, Yamhill County,
Oregon [99]. In January 1888, he was living with his niece Mary
Louise (LOVE) MAXSON in Harrisburg, Oregon, where he considered
himself "not very well" [100]. Samuel died at the Maxson
home 28 February 1890, and was buried with Catherine and his daughter
Mary Ann (McCULLY) WATERS in the Muddy Creek Cemetery [97].
Children of Samuel and Catherine:
26. John Fletcher McCULLY born 3 November 1836
27. Mary Ann McCULLY born 15 February 1839
28. Delilah Frances McCULLY born 19 September 1841
29. William Asa McCULLY born 25 December 1844
12. David McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1] was
born 15 September 1814 at Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick.
Until 1822, he lived with his parents on the farm that his father
John McCULLY had purchased in 1811 [28]. About May 1822, the family
moved from New Brunswick to Ohio, settling first on 110 acres
of land near present-day Dillonvale, Smithfield Township, Jefferson
County [31]. The family lived and farmed there for four years,
selling the property on 16 September 1826 [32]. We can find no
Ohio land records for the McCullys from September 1826 until February
1829, although they were apparently in the area 10 April 1827
when in Steubenville David's father applied for United States
citizenship [33]. The family may have made a trip to Sussex, New
Brunswick, in 1828 [29], but were back in Ohio by February 1829.
John McCULLY died intestate 19 August 1830; David's mother Mary
(COPP) McCULLY was appointed administrator of John's estate; and
William NEELY and John NEELY were appointed by the Court as guardians
of the McCully children [36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children probably went with her, leaving the older sons at the
Londonderry farm.
The oldest McCully son, Samuel, moved from Londonderry in 1839,
but David and his brother Asa continued to operate the farm. On
7 May 1840, David married Mary Ann SCOTT [102]. Mary Ann, who
was probably the daughter of William SCOTT and Jane McFADDEN [103],
was born at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, on 16 October
1821[104].
In February 1844, Mary (COPP McCULLY) McPHERSON sold the Londonderry
property to her sons David and Asa McCULLY. In April 1844, David
and Mary Ann, and Asa and his wife Eliza (BARNETT) sold the property
[45], and the entire McCully family moved to Iowa. No record appears
to exist on how they moved from Ohio to Iowa, but the likelihood
is that they travelled down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi
River to Burlington, Iowa. They may have resided briefly in Burlington,
but in August 1844, David and Asa bought 120 acres of land in
Henry County near New London, which they farmed [105]. Over the
next several years, David and Asa bought and sold various acreages
in Henry County and nearby Des Moines County [106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 111], gradually shifting from farm acreage to town lots in
New London. By the spring of 1848, they had sold most of their
farmland and both families were living in New London, where the
brothers had started a mercantile business. They had the Iowa
state rights to manufacture and sell Champion fanning mills [112,
113]; they reportedly were salesmen for the Seth Thomas Clock
Company (perhaps in Ohio, as the 1840 federal census reported
them as in "manufacturing," rather than Iowa), as well
[112].
David and Asa's mercantile business lasted only through the winter
of 1848-1849, for in March 1849 they joined a group of citizens
from Henry and Des Moines counties headed for the California gold
fields. Prior to leaving, they sold several of their New London
lots for $100, perhaps to get cash for the overland journey [114].
The wagon train, which included about 65 men and 22 or 23 wagons,
split up about two-thirds of the way to California, the New London
men wanting to travel faster than the others. This lead group,
which included David and Asa, arrived in Hangtown (now Placerville),
El Dorado County, California in early August [115].
The New London men concentrated their mining activity on the Cosumnes
River, and were involved in the very rich "Big Bar"
gold strike. At the peak of their activity, they were said to
be making $50 a day in gold, likely well above the "average"
miner's take [116, 117, 118]. The McCully brothers reportedly
had brought an excess of supplies from Henry County, and sold
them for a good profit in the gold fields. When they ran out,
they went to Sacramento for more supplies, which they also sold
out. Altogether, in three months of mining and trading, they made
$5000 apiece [117].
David, Asa, and David's brother-in-law John L. STARKEY were among
those who left San Francisco 28 November 1849 on the sailing ship
"Edward Everett." It took them 51 days to reach Panama
on a ship that turned out to be badly understocked with provisions,
and on which five people died. David and John Starkey were among
several crewmen and passengers who wrote a 6 January 1850 letter
of protest to the American Consul at Panama, asking him to take
disciplinary action against the ship's captain, Henry SMITH [117,
125, 126]. (We don't know if there was any action taken.) After
crossing the Isthmus, the New London party took the steamer "Alabama"
to New Orleans; traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis,
Missouri; then took a stagecoach to Burlington, Iowa, arriving
in New London in late February 1850 [117, 126].
Back in New London, David and Asa once again established their
mercantile business. In 1850 and 1851 they were one of three grocery/dry
goods stores in New London [132]. They also had began a once-weekly
stagecoach run from New London to Iowa City via Crawfordsville,
Iowa [133]. They continued to buy and sell property in the New
London area [127, 128]. Their younger brother, John Wilmer McCULLY,
his wife Jane (MASON), and David's brother-in-law John L. STARKEY
left by wagon train for Oregon in the spring of 1851 [134]. The
family may have planned from this point that they would follow
to Oregon the next year, as John Starkey left his family behind
but gave Asa McCully power-of-attorney to sell his property and
conclude his business in New London. In any event, David and Asa
set about selling off their property and closing down their businesses
[128, 129, 131]. In March 1852, most of the McCully clan left
by wagon train for Oregon. They arrived in the Willamette Valley
15 August 1852 [47]. The wagon train officially broke up in Salem,
but the McCullys and some of the other families continued south
up the Willamette Valley to Harrisburg, Linn County.
David and Mary Ann settled on a 320 acre donation claim just east
of Harrisburg, and began farming. Asa and Hannah settled a similar
claim nearby [135, 136]. The brothers established the first mercantile
store in Harrisburg, which David began to build while Asa returned
to Iowa for supplies, plus a herd of cattle. The goods shipped
west by Asa reportedly sold out within a month of their arrival
in Harrisburg [137, 138], and the store continued to be successful.
In the mid-1850s, most transport of goods in the Willamette Valley
was accomplished by steamships. However, Corvallis (then called
New Orleans) was the terminus of upstream travel on the Willamette
River, meaning that the McCullys had to transport their supplies
between Corvallis to Harrisburg by wagon, almost 50 miles by primitive
roads. This was expensive, time consuming, and inconvenient. In
1855, Captain Leonard White brought a steamship to Harrisburg,
showing that the river was navigable above Corvallis [139]. That
same year, David McCully made arrangements with Capt. Archibald
Jamieson to bring his ship "Enterprise" through to Harrisburg.
When Jamieson reached Corvallis, the local merchants pressured
him not to continue upriver, apparently because they thought it
would threaten their status as upriver terminus for Valley commerce.
Jamieson gave in to the merchants, and off-loaded the McCully
supplies at Corvallis. The McCullys then approached Capt. John
W. Cochran, who had the steamer "James Clinton" on the
Yamhill River. Cochran agreed to establish service to Harrisburg
and Eugene, if the upstream merchants would subscribe to an official
steamboat line. Response was immediate, and on 12 March 1856 the
"James Clinton" became the first steamboat to reach
Eugene. This initial success led to organization of the Peoples'
Transportation Company in 1857, with full incorporation coming
in 1862. Stephen Coffin was the first President, followed by David
McCully in 1863, and Asa McCully in 1864 or 1865. David remained
on the board of directors. The company ran at a good profit through
the 1860s, but increased competition on the lower river and development
of other means of commerce resulted in September 1871 in the sale
of all assets to Ben Holliday and the newly-formed Willamette
Transportation Company [139, 140, 141, 142, 143].
In March 1858, David moved his family from Harrisburg to Salem,
Marion County, Oregon, selling his interest in the Harrisburg
business to his brother Asa [104]. For the first time in their
lives (except for Asa's 1853 overland trip to and from Iowa),
David and Asa were living apart from one another, but they were
still closely associated in the business of the Peoples' Transportation
Company and other ventures. In 1859, David and his brother-in-law
John L. Starkey bought out the grocery and dry goods business
of Cohn and Fish, and in May of that year began to erect a brick
store building in Salem (still known as "the Starkey block")
[104, 116]. John Starkey sold his share of the mercantile business
to Wall Smith in 1860, and later David sold part of his interest
(to Edwin Cooke?). This is apparently the co-partnership identified
as Cooke, Smith & Company, which was dissolved on 6 November
1862 [116, 144]. For the next several years, David spent much
of his time on the business of the Peoples' Transportation Company.
Then in May 1865 he, brother Asa, E. N. Cooke and Stephen T. Church
opened a large mercantile business in Salem [145]. The business
reportedly thrived for a number of years, and David and Asa stayed
associated with it until at least 1886 [165].
During the 1860s, David had a hand in a variety of ventures in
addition to the Peoples' Transportation Company and his mercantile
store partnerships. After living in several locations in Salem,
he built a home on Front Street (the house is still standing,
and occupied); served on the Democratic State Committee; helped
organize local support for Union action in the Civil War; and
was one of the incorporators of the Oregon Iron Works in Portland
[146, 147, 148]. With T. McFadden PATTON in 1867, David or Asa
(possibly both; we haven't found the details yet) were acting
as agents for California wool buyers, who were having wool shipped
from Oregon [179]. David took a break from business in the winter
of 1866, when he and Mary Ann joined a sightseeing tour to the
Sandwich (=Hawaiian) Islands [149, 150, 151].
Beginning about 1870, David and Asa began acquiring rangeland
in Union County, Oregon, until they had approximately 1400 acres
[104]. In May 1872, David's son-in-law John CREIGHTON was sent
to Texas to buy 2400 head of cattle to stock the range [152].
Back in Oregon with the cattle, Creighton and David's son Frank
D. McCULLY managed the herds, which were kept in the Grande Ronde
Valley in winter and moved to the higher ranges in the Wallowa
Mountains in summer [153]. Apparently their stock was supplemented
with other cattle from the Willamette Valley and from Grant County
(the latter so far unconfirmed by us) [154]. As early as 1875,
David was talking about selling his ranch property and dividing
his cattle with "Asa" (in this case, probably William
Asa McCULLY, his brother Samuel's son, who was living in Union
County) and "Nels" (we haven't determined who this was)
[155]. But in the early 1880s, David and Asa had acquired considerable
land around Joseph, Wallowa County, and had shifted their stock
raising business there from the Grande Ronde [156]. We haven't
yet determined when David and Asa formally withdrew from livestock
ranching.
While the younger McCullys were managing the livestock operation,
David had a number of projects going on in Salem. In 1872, he
and Asa were among seven Salem citizens who guaranteed the $40,000
contractors bond for the new Marion County courthouse [157]. In
August 1874 they were incorporators and shareholders in the Alden
Fruit Company, which dried fruit by a "new" process
[158]. David and Asa had a meat market in Salem, which they sold
in 1876, and then opened "D & A McCully," a grocery
store [159]. Asa sold his share of the market in 1878 to David's
son-in-law Andrew N. GILBERT [104]. In 1884, David sold out to
S. C. Adams [104].
In October 1883, David and Mary Ann joined an Oregon Pioneers
excursion to the eastern United States on the Northern Pacific
Railroad [104]. We haven't yet seen an itinerary of the trip,
but this is apparently the first time they had returned to the
Midwest since leaving in 1852.
David had officially retired from business by 1880, but he was
actively involved with his son Frank D. McCULLY about 1886 in
establishing the First Bank of Joseph, Oregon, and also the Joseph
water works. He retained monetary interest in both until at least
1803 [104, 116].
Mary Ann (SCOTT) McCULLY died in Salem 21 November 1895. David
continued active, attending the annual meeting of the Oregon Pioneers
Association in Portland in 1904, when he was 89 years old [161].
He died in Salem 6 December 1906. Both he and Mary Ann are buried
in the Salem Pioneers Cemetery.
After his early activity with the Democratic State Committee,
David was not strongly into politics. He did serve as Salem city
councilman 1874-1875 [116], and as First Ward alderman in 1878
[160]. In June 1856 he joined the Masons, being listed as an "Entered
Apprentice Mason" in Eugene City Lodge No. 11, A.F. &
A.M. [ 162].
Children of David and Mary Ann:
30. Joseph Henry McCULLY born 7 May 1841
31. Mary Jane McCULLY born 16 August 1844
32. John William McCULLY born 22 February 1847
33. Estelle Ann McCULLY born 4 July 1849
34. Alfred Marion McCULLY born 9 July 1853
35. Frank David McCULLY born 2 June 1859
36. Carrie Gertrude McCULLY born 14 June 1862
13. Asa Alfred McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1] was born 31 January
1818. Family tradition is that he was born at Saint John, St.
John County, New Brunswick. The family does not seem to have lived
at Saint John so if he was born there, it was probably during
a short stay. He spent his early years at Sussex, Kings County,
New Brunswick, on the farm that his father John McCULLY had purchased
in 1811 [28]. About May 1822, the family moved from New Brunswick
to Ohio, settling first on 110 acres of land near present-day
Dillonvale, Smithfield Township, Jefferson County [31]. The family
lived and farmed there for four years, selling the property on
16 September 1826 [32]. We can find no Ohio land records for the
McCullys from September 1826 until February 1829, although they
were apparently in the area 10 April 1827 when in Steubenville
Asa's father applied for United States citizenship [33]. The family
may have made a trip to Sussex, New Brunswick, in 1828 [29], but
were back in Ohio by February 1829. John McCULLY died intestate
19 August 1830; Asa's mother Mary (COPP) McCULLY was appointed
administrator of John's estate; and William NEELY and John NEELY
were appointed by the Court as guardians of the McCully children
[36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children probably went with her, leaving the older sons at the
Londonderry farm.
The oldest McCully son, Samuel, moved from Londonderry in 1839,
but David and his brother Asa continued to operate the farm. On
19 March 1840, Asa married Delilah Frances JONES [102]. Delilah,
the daughter of Lewis JONES and Rebecca McPHERSON, and the grand-daughter
of Asa's step-father John McPHERSON, was born in Kirkwood Township,
Belmont County, Ohio, on 7 September 1821. Delilah died 3 September
1841, and is buried in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery at Sewellsville,
Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio [119, 120].
Asa married 2nd on 19 October 1843, Eliza BARNETT [102]. Eliza,
born 10 May 1824, probably in Belmont County, Ohio, was likely
the daughter of Jacob BARNETT Jr., and a niece of Ursula (BARNETT)
DILLON, mother-in-law of Asa's brother Samuel [121].
In February 1844, Mary (COPP McCULLY) McPHERSON sold the Londonderry
property to her sons David and Asa McCULLY. In April 1844, David
and Mary Ann, and Asa and Eliza sold the property [45], and the
entire McCully family moved to Iowa. No record appears to exist
on how they moved from Ohio to Iowa, but the likelihood is that
they travelled down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River
to Burlington, Iowa. They may have resided briefly in Burlington,
but in August 1844, David and Asa bought 120 acres of land in
Henry County near New London, which they farmed [105]. Over the
next several years, David and Asa bought and sold various acreages
in Henry County and nearby Des Moines County [106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 111], gradually shifting from farm acreage to town lots in
New London. By the spring of 1848, they had sold most of their
farmland and both had moved into New London, where the brothers
had started a mercantile business. They had the Iowa state rights
to manufacture and sell Champion fanning mills [112, 113]; they
reportedly were salesmen for the Seth Thomas Clock Company (perhaps
in Ohio, rather than Iowa), as well [112].
Asa's 2nd wife Eliza had died 31 August 1845, and was buried in
the Farlow Cemetery near New London [122]. Asa married 3rd on
5 September 1848 at New London, Hannah Keziah WATERS [123, 124].
Hannah, the daughter of William WATERS and Rachel COX, was born
in Ashtabula County (probably Geneva), Ohio, 25 April 1828. She
moved with her parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837,
and to Henry County, Iowa, earlier in 1848.
David and Asa's mercantile business lasted only through the winter
of 1848-1849, for in March 1849 they joined a group of citizens
from Henry and Des Moines counties headed for the California gold
fields. Prior to leaving, they sold several of their New London
lots for $100, perhaps to get cash for the overland journey [114].
The wagon train, which included about 65 men and 22 or 23 wagons,
split up about two-thirds of the way to California, the New London
men wanting to travel faster than the others. This lead group,
which included David and Asa, arrived in Hangtown (now Placerville),
El Dorado County, California in early August [115].
The New London men concentrated their mining activity on the Cosumnes
River, and were involved in the very rich "Big Bar"
gold strike. At the peak of their activity, they were said to
be making $50 a day in gold, likely well above the "average"
miner's take [116, 117, 118]. The McCully brothers reportedly
had brought an excess of supplies from Henry County, and sold
them for a good profit in the gold fields. When they ran out,
they went to Sacramento for more supplies, which they also sold
out. Altogether, in three months of mining and trading, they made
$5000 apiece [117].
David, Asa, and David's brother-in-law John L. STARKEY were among
those who left San Francisco 28 November 1849 on the sailing ship
"Edward Everett." It took them 51 days to reach Panama
on a ship that turned out to be badly understocked with provisions,
and on which five people died. David and John Starkey were among
several crewmen and passengers who wrote a 6 January 1850 letter
of protest to the American Consul at Panama, asking him to take
disciplinary action against the ship's captain, Henry SMITH [117,
125, 126]. (We don't know if there was any action taken.) After
crossing the Isthmus, the New London party took the steamer "Alabama"
to New Orleans; traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis,
Missouri; then took a stagecoach to Burlington, Iowa, arriving
in New London in late February 1850 [117, 126].
Back in New London, David and Asa once again established their
mercantile business. In 1850 and 1851 they were one of three grocery/dry
goods stores in New London [132]. They also had began a once-weekly
stagecoach run from New London to Iowa City via Crawfordsville,
Iowa [133]. They continued to buy and sell property in the New
London area [127, 128]. Their younger brother, John Wilmer McCULLY,
his wife Jane (MASON), and David's brother-in-law John L. STARKEY
left by wagon train for Oregon in the spring of 1851 [134]. The
family may have planned from this point that they would follow
to Oregon the next year, as John Starkey left his family behind
but gave Asa McCully power-of-attorney to sell his property and
conclude his business in New London. In any event, David and Asa
set about selling off their property and closing down their businesses
[128, 129, 131]. In March 1852, most of the McCully clan left
by wagon train for Oregon. They arrived in the Willamette Valley
15 August 1852 [47]. The wagon train officially broke up in Salem,
but the McCullys and some of the other families continued south
up the Willamette Valley to Harrisburg, Linn County.
Asa and Hannah settled on a 316 acre donation claim just east
of Harrisburg, and began farming. David and Mary Ann settled a
similar claim nearby [135, 136]. The brothers established the
first mercantile store in Harrisburg, which David began to build
while Asa returned to Iowa for supplies, plus a herd of cattle.
We have not worked out all the details of Asa's trip, but we know
he left Harrisburg in the winter of 1852-1853, and traveled by
sea via the Isthmus of Panama. He bought supplies for the store
somewhere in the Midwest or East, and had them shipped around
The Horn to Oregon. In the meantime, he returned to Henry County,
Iowa, where he purchased some 300 head of cattle, put together
a wagon train of cattle drovers and a few families, and started
overland for Oregon in early March 1853. The wagon train arrived
in the Willamette Valley 11 August 1853 [163, 164].
Back in Oregon, Asa presumably established some of the cattle
on his Harrisburg land (we have found no record of their disposition).
He ran the Harrisburg store with brother David until March 1858,
when David moved his family from Harrisburg to Salem, Marion County,
Oregon, selling his interest in the store to Asa [104]. Presumably,
the store continued in Asa's hands until he moved his family to
Salem in 1863, but we haven't found confirmation of that. He allegedly
started a ferry service across the Willamette River at Harrisburg
in 1854 [166]. Also in 1854, he and some 50 other Willamette Valley
businessmen formed the Oregon and California Company, to encourage
the building of a railroad from Eugene to Oregon City (they were
unsuccessful) [167, 168]. In 1862 he acquired part ownership of
a grist mill near Harrisburg that had been operated for several
years by his brother-in-law John M. WATERS [171].
In the mid-1850s, most transport of goods in the Willamette Valley
was accomplished by steamships. However, Corvallis (then called
New Orleans) was the terminus of upstream travel on the Willamette
River, meaning that the McCullys had to transport their supplies
between Corvallis to Harrisburg by wagon, almost 50 miles by primitive
roads. This was expensive, time consuming, and inconvenient. In
1855, Captain Leonard White brought a steamship to Harrisburg,
showing that the river was navigable above Corvallis [139]. That
same year, David McCully made arrangements with Capt. Archibald
Jamieson to bring his ship "Enterprise" through to Harrisburg.
When Jamieson reached Corvallis, the local merchants pressured
him not to continue upriver, apparently because they thought it
would threaten their status as upriver terminus for Valley commerce.
Jamieson gave in to the merchants, and off-loaded the McCully
supplies at Corvallis. The McCullys then approached Capt. John
W. Cochran, who had the steamer "James Clinton" on the
Yamhill River. Cochran agreed to establish service to Harrisburg
and Eugene, if the upstream merchants would subscribe to an official
steamboat line. Response was immediate, and on 12 March 1856 the
"James Clinton" became the first steamboat to reach
Eugene. This initial success led to organization of the Peoples'
Transportation Company in 1857, with full incorporation coming
in 1862. Stephen Coffin was the first President, followed by David
McCully in 1863, and Asa McCully in 1864 or 1865. Both Asa and
David were on the board of directors when not in the presidential
position. The company ran at a good profit through the 1860s,
but increased competition on the lower river and development of
other means of commerce resulted in September 1871 in the sale
of all assets to Ben Holliday and the newly-formed Willamette
Transportation Company [139, 140, 141, 142, 143].
Asa was much more involved in politics than was his brother David.
In June 1857 he ran for the office of Linn County assessor, but
lost [173]. He was elected as one of the four representatives
to the Oregon Legislature from Linn County in June 1860, and was
appointed to the Committee on Corporations [174, 175]. He was
elected again to the Legislature in 1862 [176], but apparently
was not placed on any standing committees. Also in 1862 he petitioned
a U. S. congressman to be made Harrisburg postmaster, and was
awarded the position [169, 170]. He held that position until resigning
in April 1864 [172]. Fraternally, he was a Master Mason in 1855
and 1856 in the Eugene City (Spencer Butte) Lodge No. 11 A.F.
& A. M. [162]. The Thurston Lodge No. 22 was established in
November 1859, and Asa was a charter member and also on the dedication
committee. It has been reported that for $60 he rented one of
his buildings to the lodge as a meeting place [166].
Asa moved his family from Harrisburg to Salem, Oregon in late
1863 or early 1864, probably in response to having been elected
President of the Peoples' Transportation Company, a position he
held until the company was sold in 1871. In addition to those
responsibilities, in May 1865 Asa, brother David, E. N. Cooke
and Stephen T. Church opened a large mercantile business in Salem
[145]. The business reportedly thrived for a number of years,
and David and Asa stayed associated with it until at least 1886
[165]. With T. McFadden PATTON in 1867, David or Asa (possibly
both; we haven't found the details yet) were acting as agents
for California wool buyers, who were having wool shipped from
Oregon [179]. He was president or vice-president (accounts vary)
of Capitol National Bank in Salem in the 1880s [183, 184], and
may have been president of the Oregon Iron Works for awhile [185].
Asa also served again in the State Legislature as a Marion County
representative in 1863 [177], was elected alderman for Salem's
Third Ward in 1864 [178], and as Second Ward alderman in 1865
[160]. He was alderman in the Second Ward again in 1877 and 1878
[160].
Beginning about 1870, Asa and David began acquiring rangeland
in Union County, Oregon, until they had approximately 1400 acres
[104]. In May 1872, David's son-in-law John CREIGHTON was sent
to Texas to buy 2400 head of cattle to stock the range [152].
Back in Oregon with the cattle, Creighton and David's son Frank
D. McCULLY managed the herds, which were kept in the Grande Ronde
Valley in winter and moved to the higher ranges in the Wallowa
Mountains in summer [153]. Apparently their stock was supplemented
with other cattle from the Willamette Valley and from Grant County
(the latter so far unconfirmed by us) [154]. As early as 1875,
David was talking about selling his ranch property and dividing
his cattle with "Asa" (in this case, probably William
Asa McCULLY, his brother Samuel's son, who was living in Union
County) and "Nels" (we haven't determined who this was)
[155]. But in the early 1880s, David and Asa had acquired considerable
land around Joseph, Wallowa County, and had shifted their stock
raising business there from the Grande Ronde [156]. We haven't
yet determined when David and Asa formally withdrew from livestock
ranching.
Asa apparently had little direct involvement with the eastern
Oregon livestock operation. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in late
1870, and purchased property there in December 1870 [180], but
moved back to Salem in 1871 [181]. In 1872, Asa and David were
among seven Salem citizens who guaranteed the $40,000 contractors
bond for the new Marion County courthouse [157]. In August 1874
they were incorporators and shareholders in the Alden Fruit Company,
which dried fruit by a "new" process [158]. David and
Asa had a meat market in Salem, which they sold in 1876, and then
opened "D & A McCully," a grocery store [159]. Asa
sold his share of the market in 1878 to David's son-in-law Andrew
N. GILBERT [104], and purchased a 635 acre farm in Yamhill County,
Oregon, which he ran with his son John David McCULLY [182]. The
family continued to live part-time in their family home in Salem.
Asa died 12 August 1886 at the Yamhill farm, after being kicked
by a horse [183, 184]. He was buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in
Salem. At the time of his death, he owned the Yamhill farm with
livestock and farm equipment, his home and two lots on Piety Hill
in Salem, and the brick block on Commercial Street in Salem known
as the "Parrish brick." He had a paid up life insurance
policty for $1400, and other personal assets of $24,000 [186].
His will stipulated the division of property and assets between
Hannah and their children [187].
It appears that Hannah spent most of her life after Asa's death
living in Portland, Oregon, with the family of her daughter Mary
Melissa (McCULLY) CROASMAN [188]. She died there 1 August 1905,
and her body was returned to Salem for burial in the Pioneer Cemetery
[189].
Child of Asa and Delilah Frances (JONES) McCULLY:
37. Samuel Alfred McCULLY born 5 March 1841
Child of Asa and Eliza (BARNETT) McCULLY:
38. Sarah Catherine McCULLY born 1 October 1844
Children of Asa and Hannah Keziah (WATERS) McCULLY:
39. William Asa McCULLY born 19 June 1849
40. Frances Ann McCULLY born 21 August 1851
41. Alice Jane McCULLY born 21 August 1851
42. Mary Melissa McCULLY born 19 May 1854
43. John David McCULLY born 2 February 1856
44. Thomas J. D. McCULLY born 12 December 1857
45. Nettie Ellen McCULLY born 19 December 1859
46. Minnie Etta Belle McCULLY born 27 November 1860
47. Abe Lincoln McCULLY born 22 March 1865
14. John Wilmer McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1] was born 22 May 1821.
Family tradition is that he was born at St. George, Charlotte
County, New Brunswick. The family does not seem to have lived
at St. George so if he was born there, it was probably during
a short stay. He likely spent the first year of his life at Sussex,
Kings County, New Brunswick, on the farm that his father John
McCULLY had purchased in 1811 [28]. About May 1822, the family
moved from New Brunswick to Ohio, settling first on 110 acres
of land near present-day Dillonvale, Smithfield Township, Jefferson
County [31]. The family lived and farmed there for four years,
selling the property on 16 September 1826 [32]. We can find no
Ohio land records for the McCullys from September 1826 until February
1829, although they were apparently in the area 10 April 1827
when in Steubenville John's father applied for United States citizenship
[33]. The family may have made a trip to Sussex, New Brunswick,
in 1828 [29], but were back in Ohio by February 1829. The elder
John McCULLY died intestate 19 August 1830; John's mother Mary
(COPP) McCULLY was appointed administrator of John's estate; and
William NEELY and John NEELY were appointed by the Court as guardians
of the McCully children [36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children, including John, probably went with her for awhile, leaving
the older sons at the Londonderry farm. By 1840, it appears that
all the McCully children were at Londonderry.
We can't account for John specifically during the Guernsey County
years, except that he appears to have been in brother Asa's household
at the time of the 1840 federal census [43], and may have just
worked on the farm with his brothers. Because he lived in Ohio
as an "adult" for over five years, it's possible that
he received some of his medical training in Ohio, that later qualified
him to be a doctor in Iowa [191].
In February 1844, Mary (COPP McCULLY) McPHERSON sold the Londonderry
property to her sons David and Asa McCULLY. In April 1844, they
sold it [45], and the entire McCully family moved to Iowa. No
record appears to exist on how they moved from Ohio to Iowa, but
the likelihood is that they travelled down the Ohio River and
up the Mississippi River to Burlington, Iowa. They may have resided
briefly in Burlington, but in August 1844, David and Asa bought
120 acres of land in Henry County near New London, which they
farmed [105]. John probably lived with Asa or David for awhile
after they arrived in Henry County, and may have received some
medical training in Henry or nearby Des Moines County. By about
1846 he was practicing as a doctor in Red Rock Township, Marion
County, Iowa [ 192]. He was still identified as a resident of
Marion County on 28 June 1848 when he married Jane MASON in New
London, Henry County, Iowa[190].
Jane MASON, the daughter of Robert MASON and Mary KIRK, was born
31 March 1824 in Alloway, Kyle District, Ayrshire County, Scotland.
The family, including her grandparents and other relatives, arrived
in New York about 1830, apparently quickly moving on to eastern
Indiana where they settled on a farm at Brownsville, Union County
[193]. Jane's grandparents, parents, and some of her siblings
lived out their lives in Brownsville [194]. Jane, her brother
Robert MASON and their sister Isabella MASON moved to New London,
Henry County, Iowa, sometime in the 1840s. It isn't clear why
they moved (and Robert returned to Indiana before 1850 [196]).
Perhaps they came in 1842 when their Union County neighbors, the
Nathan FARLOW family, moved to New London [195]. Robert married
Nathan's daughter Charlotte FARLOW in New London 4 June 1848 [197].
Jane is given credit for being one of the first school teachers
in New London [201].
John apparently didn't practice as a physician on his return to
Henry County. The 1850 federal census showed John, Jane and Jane's
sister Isabella MASON living next door to David McCully in New
London, where John gave his occupation as "clerk" [46].
It is possible he was working in his brothers' mercantile store,
but we have found no family record of that. They may have moved
to Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, for awhile, but by 1 April 1851
they had sold their property there, and were members of a wagon
train headed for Oregon [198]. They left Mt. Pleasant 1 April
1851, and arrived in Oregon's Willamette Valley about 10 September
1851 [199]. John and Jane spent that first winter in Salem, Marion
County, Oregon, and Jane reportedly taught in a private school
there [200, 202]. In the spring of 1852, they moved south to Jacksonville,
Jackson County, Oregon.
In Jacksonville, John practiced (at least to some extent) as a
physician [203, 239], but it seemed like other ventures must have
taken up much of his time. He possibly owned a bakery [204, 239];
he had some involvement in a dairy [205]; he was one of Jacksonville's
two justices of the peace [206]; he was a representative from
Jackson County to Oregon's last territorial legislature [207];
he served in the Oregon State legislature in 1859 [208]; and he
was Jacksonville postmaster from at least 30 June 1860 to 30 September
1861[209]. His real estate ventures were also significant. He
held a mortgage on the Eldorado Saloon; he purchased an 8-acre
parcel that he hoped to subdivide; he constructed a two-story
brick building that was used as theater, convention center, meeting
hall, and eventually the I. O. O. F. Hall; and he constructed
a two-story home for his family. His building efforts greatly
overextended his finances, and in 1861 liens totaling over $7500
were placed against his properties [210].
About 1862, John left his family in Jacksonville, and never returned.
Speculation has been that his business debts drove him away, but
that doesn't seem like it could be all the story. As it turned
out, Jane McCully managed to save the family house and the 8-acre
parcel, so the meeting hall was the only major loss [210]. John
could have accomplished the same had he stayed. In any event,
he left Jacksonville with his business dealings unresolved. What
he did for the next several years is not clear. Tradition says
he wandered in the gold camps of Idaho and/or Montana for awhile,
possibly doctoring and possibly mining [200,207]. He is also said
to have attended a medical school in St. Louis, Missouri [207].
So far, we have found only one record of either endeavor. In April
1866 he was in Reynolds City, Montana Territory (near present-day
Drummond, Granite County, Montana). His correspondence from there
suggests he may have been at Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho,
prior to going to Montana [485]. He was employed by the Peoples'
Transportation Company as a steamboat purser on the Willamette
River from at least November 1867 to March 1868 [211]. After that,
we have found no certain records of him until June 1880, when
the federal census recorded him with his brother Asa McCully in
Yamhill County, Oregon. His occupation was listed as "gardener,"
which might imply he was working on the McCully farm [99]. He
spent his last years in Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon, where
he was active in the local Masonic group. He died in Joseph 20
January 1889 after being ill less than a week. His funeral on
22 January 1889 was reported to be "one of the largest processions
in the (Wallowa) County," with 40 teams and 36 walking Masons
attending the casket. He was buried in the Masonic Cemetery at
Hurricane Creek near Joseph [212].
John and Jane did not divorce. When John left Jacksonville, Jane
was left to rear three young children, as well as having to resolve
the monetary problems resulting from John's building activities.
The brick McCully Building was sold in a Sheriff's auction in
1862, and partially paid some of the debt. Jane managed to save
the family home, as was the 8-acre hillside tract. She wanted
to subdivide the tract, but only managed to sell a few lots. She
supported herself and her children by operating a private school
for girls, which she had begun in 1860 [204, 213]. She charged
$14 a term for English instruction, $40 for piano lessons, and
$5 for drawing and painting [210]. The school ran successfully
until June 1867, shut down for awhile, and then re-opened with
Jane and her daughter Mary Bell ("Molly") sharing the
teaching duties [213].
We have found very little specific information on the later years
of her life. In the 1880 federal census, he occupation was listed
as "rents houses" [214]. She wrote a poem "Pioneer's
Song," sung to the words of "Auld Lang Syne," for
one of the Oregon Pioneers Reunions [215], and the Native Daughters
of Oregon honored her by naming one of their meeting groups "Jane
McCully Cabin No. 1" [216]. The winter of 1894-1895, she
spent in San Diego, California [217], either visiting with her
brother James L. MASON, or acting as executrix for James' estate.
He died sometime before December 1895 [218]. Jane died in Jacksonville,
Jackson County, Oregon 22 June 1899, and is buried in the Pioneer
Cemetery there [219].
Children of John W. and Jane (MASON) McCULLY:
48. James Cluggage McCULLY born 27 August 1853
49. Mary Bell McCULLY born 7 February 1857
50. Isadora McCULLY born 16 December 1859
15. Mary Jane McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1] was born 29 December
1824, probably on the 110 acre farm near present-day Dillonvale,
Smithfield Township, Jefferson County that her parents had purchased
after arriving from New Brunswick, Canada, in 1822 [31]. The family
lived and farmed there for two more years, selling the property
on 16 September 1826 [32]. We can find no Ohio land records for
the McCullys from September 1826 until February 1829, although
they were apparently in the area 10 April 1827 when in Steubenville
Mary Jane's father applied for United States citizenship [33].
The family may have made a trip to Sussex, New Brunswick, in 1828
[29], but were back in Ohio by February 1829. John McCULLY died
intestate 19 August 1830; Mary Jane's mother Mary (COPP) McCULLY
was appointed administrator of John's estate; and William NEELY
and John NEELY were appointed by the Court as guardians of the
McCully children [36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children, including Mary Jane, probably went with her, leaving
the older sons at the Londonderry farm. She was not shown in the
McPherson household during the 1840 census, so may have been living
with her brother Asa by that time [220].
In February 1844, Mary (COPP McCULLY) McPHERSON sold the Londonderry
property to her sons David and Asa McCULLY. In April 1844, David
and Asa sold the farm [45], and the entire McCully family, including
their mother, moved to Iowa. No record appears to exist on how
they moved from Ohio to Iowa, but the likelihood is that they
traveled down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Burlington,
Iowa. They may have resided briefly in Burlington, but in August
1844, David and Asa bought 120 acres of land in Henry County near
New London, which they farmed [105], with the entire family in
residence. By the spring of 1848, most of their farmland had been
sold and the families were living in New London, where the brothers
had started a mercantile business. In August 1850, Mary Jane was
living with her brother David McCULLY and his family [46].
Just before the rest of her family left for Oregon, Mary Jane
married John D. LOVE in New London 14 March 1852. We have been
able to find out very little about John Love's origins. He is
said to have been born 18 August 1824 in Jackson, Madison County,
Tennessee. There were several LOVE families in Madison County
in 1830 and 1840 (heads of households named James, John and Joseph),
but none that include a male child of John's age (although within
a year or so, so possible). He has been referred to in the family
as John "Diller" Love, which could be John Dillard LOVE,
which could tie him to the family line of Thomas LOVE and Martha
DILLARD, prominent in North Carolina and Tennessee in the 1700s
and early 1800s [221].
The first certain record of him is for New London, Henry County,
Iowa, 1 March 1850 when he sold a town lot [222]. We haven't yet
determined when he bought the property. It appears that he sold
his New London lot as he was leaving for the California gold fields,
as he is recorded (twice) in the 1850 federal census in the California
Mother Lode area, with another New Londoner, Samuel R. SCOTT [223].
Both John and Samuel Scott were back in New London in March 1852,
when John bought a quarter-section of land from Jane STARKEY (David
McCULLY sister-in-law), then immediately sold half of the land
to Samuel SCOTT [224, 225].
Mary Jane and John lived on the Starkey farm land until December
1852, when they bought a lot in New London [225]. Within the next
couple of months, Mary Jane's brother Asa McCully arrived from
Oregon, and purchased some 300 head of cattle, put together a
wagon train of cattle drovers and a few families, and started
overland for Oregon in early March 1853. Mary Jane and John sold
their New London lot, and went west with Asa. The wagon train
arrived in the Willamette Valley 11 August 1853 [163, 164].
The Loves were able to settle a donation land claim 30 August
1853 near the McCully brothers at Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon
[136]. They farmed, and John was a purser (and possibly captain)
on the steamboats of the Peoples' Transportation Company [226].
They bought other land around Harrisburg, part of which was donated
for a church and a railroad station [227, 228]. John did not seem
to be particularly political, but did represent Linn County on
the Credentials Committee at the 1860 Democratic Convention held
in Eugene, Oregon [233].
John Love died in Harrisburg 7 March 1872, after a yearlong illness
[229]. Some of the Love property had to be sold to cover funeral
expenses and various claims against the estate, but the family
was still left with about 500 acres of land [230].
Mary Jane continued to live in Harrisburg with her children, and
also took in boarders. She died 21 January 1902 of paralysis and
other complications [231]. Most of the remaining Love land had
to be sold to cover outstanding expenses, but the estate was still
solvent [232].
Both Mary Jane and John are buried in the Masonic Cemetery near
Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon.
Children of John D. and Mary Jane (McCULLY) LOVE:
51. Mary Louisa LOVE born 5 October 1853
52. Emma Frances LOVE born 11 January 1856
53. John D. LOVE born 5 December 1857
54. Alice Jane LOVE born 29 December 1859
55. Douglas LOVE born 10 February 1861
56. Carrie Gertrude LOVE born 26 July 1864
16. William Hamilton McCULLY [John-2, Samuel-1], or "Ham"
as the family called him, was born 2 December 1829 in Jefferson
County, Ohio -- possibly in the city of Steubenville, where William's
father had bought land in February 1829, but perhaps more likely
in Warren Township south of Steubenville, where the family was
living at the time of the 1830 federal census [37]. Ham's father
John McCULLY died intestate 19 August 1830; his mother Mary (COPP)
McCULLY was appointed administrator of John's estate; and William
NEELY and John NEELY were appointed by the Court as guardians
of the McCully children [36].
On 31 March 1832, Mary McCULLY purchased a 160-acre farm in Londonderry
Township, Guernsey County, Ohio [38]. At the time of the purchase,
she was described as "of Guernsey County," but we haven't
found where the family had been living since October 1830. On
21 March 1833, Mary married 2nd John McPHERSON a recently widowed
Methodist minister, and lived with him on the McPherson land in
nearby Kirkwood Township, Belmont County. The younger McCully
children, including Ham, probably went with her, leaving the older
sons at the Londonderry farm.
In February 1844, Mary (COPP McCULLY) McPHERSON sold the Londonderry
property to her sons David and Asa McCULLY. In April 1844, David
and Mary Ann, and Asa and Eliza sold the property [45], and the
entire McCully family moved to Iowa. No record appears to exist
on how they moved from Ohio to Iowa, but the likelihood is that
they traveled down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River
to Burlington, Iowa. They may have resided briefly in Burlington,
but in August 1844, David and Asa bought 120 acres of land in
Henry County near New London, which they farmed and all the family
lived [105]. By the spring of 1848, everyone had moved into New
London, where the brothers had started a mercantile business.
At the time of the 1850 federal census, Ham was living with his
brother Asa and family [46].
In March 1852, most of the McCully clan left by wagon train for
Oregon. Ham left his mark on the Oregon Trail by inscribing "W.
H. McCully June 11, 1852 New London, Iowa" at Names Rock
on the Sublette Cut-off in western Wyoming [234]. The wagon train
arrived in the Willamette Valley 15 August 1852. It officially
broke up in Salem, but the McCullys and some of the other families
continued south up the Willamette Valley to Harrisburg, Linn County
[47].
Ham settled on a 160 acre donation claim just east of Harrisburg,
and began farming. He may also have worked in the McCully store.
He married 24 October 1856 Margaret Jane CANNON. Margaret, the
daughter of Thomas CANNON and Jane McCOY, was born 3 May 1836
in Illinois (probably Warren County) [235]. Her family came overland
to Oregon from Illinois in 1852, and settled a donation land claim
in Linn County.
Ham and Margaret lived at Harrisburg until about 1866. It has
been reported that they lived in Independence, Marion County,
for a few years, where he was "engaged in merchandising"
but we haven't been able to confirm that [236]. By 1870, they
were living in Salem, Marion County, where Ham was working as
a wharf agent for the Peoples' Transportation Company, as well
as being a "merchant" (business so far undetermined)
[118, 237]. He was a Salem alderman in 1876 [160].
Margaret died in Salem 28 April 1877, and was buried in the Salem
Pioneer Cemetery. That same year, Ham moved his family to Brownsville,
Linn County, Oregon, where he went into the flour milling business
with John M. WATERS, Asa McCully's brother-in-law [236]. About
1883 the family moved to Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon, where
Ham ran the area's first flouring mill until it burned down (after
1886; date not yet determined)[236]. He returned to Brownsville,
where he resided until he died there 20 January 1907, of pneumonia
following a paralytic stroke [238]. He was buried with his wife
Margaret at the Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Children of William H. and Margaret (CANNON) McCULLY:
57. Frank Marion McCULLY born 2 October 1857
58. Margaret McCULLY born 1859
59. Emma Belle McCULLY born 10 August 1861
60. Elsie M. McCULLY born ca April 1865
61. William O. McCULLY born ca April 1870
17. Marion Benson McPHERSON, the only child of John McPHERSON and Mary (COPP) McCULLY, was born 23 December 1835 in Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio. Family tradition is that he was burned to death while the family was clearing brush. He died 11 December 1837 and is buried in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery at Sewellsville, Belmont County, Ohio [42].
18. George M. McCully [Samuel-2, Samuel-1]
was born 1817 in Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick. He lived
his entire life in Kings County, where he was a farmer. He received
an 83-acre Crown land grant in 1845 in Studholm Parish [59], and
in 1852 purchased 210 acres of his father's farmland in Sussex
[28]. I have not made a detailed study of his real estate holdings.
On 20 June 1850, George married Elizabeth (Betsy) GOOD of Studholm
Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick [60]. Betsy was born ca 1824,
probably in Studholm Parish, Kings County. Her parents were probably
John GOOD and Hannah ____, although I haven't been able to verify
this [61, 62]. Betsy died 15 September 1869, age 45, and is buried
in the Pioneer Cemetery at Penobsquis [61]. George died 25 April
1873, age 56. He was found dead in the snow outside a house he
had been visiting; the coroner concluded he had died "from
exposure following excessive alcohol consumption" [63]. He
is also buried at Penobsquis [61].
Children of George and Elizabeth (GOOD) McCULLY:
62. John Good McCULLY born 23 July 1852
63. George Marshall McCULLY born 1855
19. Horatio Nelson McCULLY [Samuel-2, Samuel-1] was born ca 1818
at Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick. He lived his entire life
in the area, apparently as a farmer. I have not investigated his
land transactions, but at some point he acquired at least 220
acres of land from his father Samuel McCULLY, which he sold back
to Samuel 19 July 1852 [28]. No land was mentioned in Samuel's
will, so he likely had distributed it to his sons before his death.
Horatio (or Nelson, as he was generally called) married Mary F.
MORTON, of Sussex, 8 March 1845 [60]. Mary, the daughter of Horatio
Nelson MORTON (ca 1798-16 October 1873) and Jane McLEOD (ca 1796
- 18 June 1891), was born in Sussex in 1823. Nelson and his family
associated themselves with the Free Christian Baptists church.
Mary died 1879 [61]. In the 1881 census, Nelson was recorded in
the household of Elkanah and Carrie HALL in Cardwell Parish, Kings
County, but I don't know if he was living there, or visiting at
the time of the census [67]. Nelson died 1887. Both he and Mary
are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery at Penobsquis, Kings County,
New Brunswick [61].
Children of Horatio and Mary were:
64. Sarah McCULLY born 1846
65. Albert John McCULLY born 1847
66. Mary Jane McCULLY born 1849
67. Horatio McCULLY born 1851
68. Julia E. McCULLY born 1853
69. William Mortimer McCULLY born 1855
70. Melborne McCULLY born 1856
71. George Howard McCULLY born 1860
72. Willard McCULLY born 1862
73. Fred Samuel McCULLY born 1864
20. William McCully [Samuel-2, Samuel-1] was born ca 1820 in Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick. All I have been able to find out about him is he was a harness maker in New Brunswick, and later moved to Australia. He came back to New Brunswick at least once [58].