Zachariah Hilton McCubbins was one of the interesting citizens and enterprising business men of Perry, Oklahoma. He was a factor of wide influence in the community, and has behind him a record of wisely-conducted enterprises and rare devotion to the public good.
The first of the McCubbins family to come to America located in Virginia, subsequently moving to Tennessee where they became prominent and worthy pioneers. They were successful and patriotic, and many of them fought with courage in the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
Zachariah, son of William McCubbins and Phebe Duncan, was born in Grainger County in East Tennessee on July 5, 1826. His father left the family and his mother Phebe divorced him on grounds of desertion in 1833. At age four his mother took he and his older brother Robert to Illinois.
Zach spent his boyhood days on a farm adjacent to the city of Paris, IL. He was an ambitious and independent lad and at age nineteen faced the responsibilities of life alone. The cattle business was where his energy was directed as he began to buy and drive cattle to the Chicago stock yards. After the last animal was sold he'd return to collect another herd for the market. He retired from the cattle business and bought land in Jasper County, IL and built a store, stocked with the necessities of life, with the money he had accumulated.
He married Mary Francis Clemmons, a native of Kentucky, reared and educated in Illinois, in Jasper County on November 12, 1850. Of this union there were 4 children, two sons Churchill Hilton and Pearlye (who died at age 9 by a kick of a horse); two daughters, Callie and Orillia.
The Civil War broke out and Zachariah enlisted in Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Mattoon, IL in August of 1862. He was commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant on September 1862, he was commissioned to 1st Lieutenant on November 1862, and he was commissioned to Captain of Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry on May of 1863. He fought in the Wilderness Brigade and was wounded with a Spencer rifle. He fought with courage and fidelity during the entire war. His brigade went to the relief of Andersonville and was instrumental in securing the capture of Jefferson Davis. He mustered out in July of 1865 and returned to Illinois.
His ambition had outgrown the limits of his original store in Jasper, IL and he built a larger general merchandise store and continued in business for nearly 15 years. He was also interested in raising, buying and selling cattle.
In 1879 Zach moved to Bentonville, Arkansas where he engaged in the nursery business. He spent 2 years cattle trading and moved to Kansas where he traded cattle and owned a ranch. He returned to Arkansas in 1885 and located in Rogers engaging in the grocery business. He was one of the enterprising and thrifty business men in the county and had a large and lucrative trade. He assisted materially in building up the town of Rodgers and was one of the first settlers. There is a red brick building on West Walnut Street in Rodgers with the name McCubbins across the top.
In 1893 Zachariah took up permanent residence in Perry, Oklahoma. He erected a store on the SW corner of the square which consisted of two stories and 35x60 feet in dimensions where he conducted a grocery business until 1898 when he retired.
Zachariah was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and organized the General Thomas Post of Rogers, AR. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee and treasurer. A Republican in national politics, where for many years, he served as a supervisor. He also was one of the organizers of the Chicago & Paducah Railroad, and from the start a director, which position he sustained for many years.
The first of the McCubbins family to come to America located in Virginia, subsequently moving to Tennessee where they became prominent and worthy pioneers. They were successful and patriotic, and many of them fought with courage in the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
Zachariah, son of William McCubbins and Phebe Duncan, was born in Grainger County in East Tennessee on July 5, 1826. His father left the family and his mother Phebe divorced him on grounds of desertion in 1833. At age four his mother took he and his older brother Robert to Illinois.
Zach spent his boyhood days on a farm adjacent to the city of Paris, IL. He was an ambitious and independent lad and at age nineteen faced the responsibilities of life alone. The cattle business was where his energy was directed as he began to buy and drive cattle to the Chicago stock yards. After the last animal was sold he'd return to collect another herd for the market. He retired from the cattle business and bought land in Jasper County, IL and built a store, stocked with the necessities of life, with the money he had accumulated.
He married Mary Francis Clemmons, a native of Kentucky, reared and educated in Illinois, in Jasper County on November 12, 1850. Of this union there were 4 children, two sons Churchill Hilton and Pearlye (who died at age 9 by a kick of a horse); two daughters, Callie and Orillia.
The Civil War broke out and Zachariah enlisted in Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Mattoon, IL in August of 1862. He was commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant on September 1862, he was commissioned to 1st Lieutenant on November 1862, and he was commissioned to Captain of Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry on May of 1863. He fought in the Wilderness Brigade and was wounded with a Spencer rifle. He fought with courage and fidelity during the entire war. His brigade went to the relief of Andersonville and was instrumental in securing the capture of Jefferson Davis. He mustered out in July of 1865 and returned to Illinois.
His ambition had outgrown the limits of his original store in Jasper, IL and he built a larger general merchandise store and continued in business for nearly 15 years. He was also interested in raising, buying and selling cattle.
In 1879 Zach moved to Bentonville, Arkansas where he engaged in the nursery business. He spent 2 years cattle trading and moved to Kansas where he traded cattle and owned a ranch. He returned to Arkansas in 1885 and located in Rogers engaging in the grocery business. He was one of the enterprising and thrifty business men in the county and had a large and lucrative trade. He assisted materially in building up the town of Rodgers and was one of the first settlers. There is a red brick building on West Walnut Street in Rodgers with the name McCubbins across the top.
In 1893 Zachariah took up permanent residence in Perry, Oklahoma. He erected a store on the SW corner of the square which consisted of two stories and 35x60 feet in dimensions where he conducted a grocery business until 1898 when he retired.
Zachariah was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and organized the General Thomas Post of Rogers, AR. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee and treasurer. A Republican in national politics, where for many years, he served as a supervisor. He also was one of the organizers of the Chicago & Paducah Railroad, and from the start a director, which position he sustained for many years.
Zachariah Hilton McCubbins was one of the interesting citizens and enterprising business men of Perry, Oklahoma. He was a factor of wide influence in the community, and has behind him a record of wisely-conducted enterprises and rare devotion to the public good.
The first of the McCubbins family to come to America located in Virginia, subsequently moving to Tennessee where they became prominent and worthy pioneers. They were successful and patriotic, and many of them fought with courage in the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
Zachariah, son of William McCubbins and Phebe Duncan, was born in Grainger County in East Tennessee on July 5, 1826. His father left the family and his mother Phebe divorced him on grounds of desertion in 1833. At age four his mother took he and his older brother Robert to Illinois.
Zach spent his boyhood days on a farm adjacent to the city of Paris, IL. He was an ambitious and independent lad and at age nineteen faced the responsibilities of life alone. The cattle business was where his energy was directed as he began to buy and drive cattle to the Chicago stock yards. After the last animal was sold he'd return to collect another herd for the market. He retired from the cattle business and bought land in Jasper County, IL and built a store, stocked with the necessities of life, with the money he had accumulated.
He married Mary Francis Clemmons, a native of Kentucky, reared and educated in Illinois, in Jasper County on November 12, 1850. Of this union there were 4 children, two sons Churchill Hilton and Pearlye (who died at age 9 by a kick of a horse); two daughters, Callie and Orillia.
The Civil War broke out and Zachariah enlisted in Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Mattoon, IL in August of 1862. He was commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant on September 1862, he was commissioned to 1st Lieutenant on November 1862, and he was commissioned to Captain of Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry on May of 1863. He fought in the Wilderness Brigade and was wounded with a Spencer rifle. He fought with courage and fidelity during the entire war. His brigade went to the relief of Andersonville and was instrumental in securing the capture of Jefferson Davis. He mustered out in July of 1865 and returned to Illinois.
His ambition had outgrown the limits of his original store in Jasper, IL and he built a larger general merchandise store and continued in business for nearly 15 years. He was also interested in raising, buying and selling cattle.
In 1879 Zach moved to Bentonville, Arkansas where he engaged in the nursery business. He spent 2 years cattle trading and moved to Kansas where he traded cattle and owned a ranch. He returned to Arkansas in 1885 and located in Rogers engaging in the grocery business. He was one of the enterprising and thrifty business men in the county and had a large and lucrative trade. He assisted materially in building up the town of Rodgers and was one of the first settlers. There is a red brick building on West Walnut Street in Rodgers with the name McCubbins across the top.
In 1893 Zachariah took up permanent residence in Perry, Oklahoma. He erected a store on the SW corner of the square which consisted of two stories and 35x60 feet in dimensions where he conducted a grocery business until 1898 when he retired.
Zachariah was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and organized the General Thomas Post of Rogers, AR. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee and treasurer. A Republican in national politics, where for many years, he served as a supervisor. He also was one of the organizers of the Chicago & Paducah Railroad, and from the start a director, which position he sustained for many years.
The first of the McCubbins family to come to America located in Virginia, subsequently moving to Tennessee where they became prominent and worthy pioneers. They were successful and patriotic, and many of them fought with courage in the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
Zachariah, son of William McCubbins and Phebe Duncan, was born in Grainger County in East Tennessee on July 5, 1826. His father left the family and his mother Phebe divorced him on grounds of desertion in 1833. At age four his mother took he and his older brother Robert to Illinois.
Zach spent his boyhood days on a farm adjacent to the city of Paris, IL. He was an ambitious and independent lad and at age nineteen faced the responsibilities of life alone. The cattle business was where his energy was directed as he began to buy and drive cattle to the Chicago stock yards. After the last animal was sold he'd return to collect another herd for the market. He retired from the cattle business and bought land in Jasper County, IL and built a store, stocked with the necessities of life, with the money he had accumulated.
He married Mary Francis Clemmons, a native of Kentucky, reared and educated in Illinois, in Jasper County on November 12, 1850. Of this union there were 4 children, two sons Churchill Hilton and Pearlye (who died at age 9 by a kick of a horse); two daughters, Callie and Orillia.
The Civil War broke out and Zachariah enlisted in Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Mattoon, IL in August of 1862. He was commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant on September 1862, he was commissioned to 1st Lieutenant on November 1862, and he was commissioned to Captain of Company E 123rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry on May of 1863. He fought in the Wilderness Brigade and was wounded with a Spencer rifle. He fought with courage and fidelity during the entire war. His brigade went to the relief of Andersonville and was instrumental in securing the capture of Jefferson Davis. He mustered out in July of 1865 and returned to Illinois.
His ambition had outgrown the limits of his original store in Jasper, IL and he built a larger general merchandise store and continued in business for nearly 15 years. He was also interested in raising, buying and selling cattle.
In 1879 Zach moved to Bentonville, Arkansas where he engaged in the nursery business. He spent 2 years cattle trading and moved to Kansas where he traded cattle and owned a ranch. He returned to Arkansas in 1885 and located in Rogers engaging in the grocery business. He was one of the enterprising and thrifty business men in the county and had a large and lucrative trade. He assisted materially in building up the town of Rodgers and was one of the first settlers. There is a red brick building on West Walnut Street in Rodgers with the name McCubbins across the top.
In 1893 Zachariah took up permanent residence in Perry, Oklahoma. He erected a store on the SW corner of the square which consisted of two stories and 35x60 feet in dimensions where he conducted a grocery business until 1898 when he retired.
Zachariah was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and organized the General Thomas Post of Rogers, AR. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee and treasurer. A Republican in national politics, where for many years, he served as a supervisor. He also was one of the organizers of the Chicago & Paducah Railroad, and from the start a director, which position he sustained for many years.
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