THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912
SAMUEL H. McKERNAN, a retired farmer, living in a fine home with ten acres of land adjoining Cottage Grove, was born in Otter Creek township, La Salle county, Illinois, April 19, 1855, the son of Captain J.J. and Mary (Cramer) McKernan. The father, who was a native of Ireland, came to America when nine years of age in company with his parents. The family settled in Livingston county, Kentucky, but removed in 1826 to Illinois, settling at Ottawa, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father of Captain J. J. McKernan passing away in 1831, while the mother's death occurred in 1863.
Captain J.J. McKernan, the father of our subject, remained at home with his mother until he attained his majority and then removed to Otter Creek, Illinois, where he settled on a tract of land under the squatter's right act, residing there until he could obtain a title, when he purchased the land.
His first purchase consisted of one hundred and sixty acres but he later added to his holdings until he owned four hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in Illinois.
In 1862 the father organized, for service in the Civil war, Company F, of the One hundred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made captain. Entering into active service the company did its full duty but at Hartsville, Tennessee, the entire company including the captain was captured by the Confederates and sent to Andersonville prison where they remained until paroled. The captain, being sick and disabled, was mustered out of service and returned to his old farm home, where he continued to live until the time of his death, January 9, 1878, at the age of sixty-six years. He was survived by the mother, who lived on the old homestead until her death in 1900, at the age of eighty-nine years.
She had resided on the homestead during nearly her whole life and had witnessed the raising of seventy-five crops on that farm. She was the mother of eight children: Rose Ann, who is the widow of Aaron Kliber, of La Salle county, Illinois; Candies, who married Henry Ackerman, of North Dakota, deceased; Ann E., the wife of Mathias Goachanour, of La Salle county, Illinois; George, who passed away in Colorado; Samuel H.; Salanda Lockwood, of Streator, Illinois; Charley, of Lenox, Iowa; and Gussie, of Streator, Illinois.
Reared in the state of Illinois and educated in its public schools, Samuel H. McKernan received a good education and training. At the age of twenty years he began farming on his own account, operating in Illinois until 1878, when he removed to Ottawa, Kansas, and purchased land there. He remained on his Kansas farm for ten years, developing it and making of it a very valuable property. At the end of that time he sold his holdings in Kansas and came to. Oregon in 1888, settling in Lane county, where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for twenty years. When he took up his land in Oregon it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He continued working hard, however, until he placed twenty-five acres of it under cultivation and in the earlier days he was compelled to build a high fence around his fields in order to keep the deer from eating his crops. In 1908 he sold his farm for thirty-three hundred dollars and retired to Cottage Grove, where he bought a comfortable home with a ten acre tract adjoining the city limits, for which he paid two thousand dollars. He also owns a business house in Cottage Grove and two residence properties, which he is renting.
Mr. McKernan was married at Streator, Illinois, January 1, 1873, to Miss Laura Welchanse, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1855, the daughter of Jackson and Mary (Corl) Welchanse, the former a native of Pennsylvania while the latter was born in New York city. The marriage of the parents was celebrated in Pennsylvania, where they lived for eight years, after which they removed to Illinois, settling in La Salle county in 1856. There the father purchased land and died at the age of thirty years.
In their family were five children: Benetta, the wife of Henry CunlifFe, of Pontiac, Illinois; George, of Streator, Illinois; Laura, who became Mrs. Samuel H. McKernan; William, who was killed in a railway accident; and Esther, the wife of Lyman Baker, of Streator. After the death of her husband Mrs. Welchanse was again married, her second union being with James Cunliffe, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and they became the parents of three children: Charlotte, the wife of Ross Corl, of Caney, Kansas; Emma, the wife of Arthur Garner; and James, of Streator, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. McKernan six children have been born: James, who died in infancy; Candies, the wife of Martin Foster, of Lane county, Oregon; Clyde, who met death by drowning at the age of eight years; Sylvia, the wife of Hiram Griggs, of Cottage Grove, Oregon; Charles, of Cottage Grove, who married Carrie Dickens, a native of Iowa, by whom he has a son Clyde, born in September, 1910; and Ralph, who died at the age of three and one-half years.
Mr. McKernan gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, and fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 357, B.P.0.E., of Eugene. He is well and favorably known in the community where he resides and although he has been a resident of Cottage Grove a comparatively short time, he has formed a large circle of personal friends, by whom he is held in high esteem.
SAMUEL H. McKERNAN, a retired farmer, living in a fine home with ten acres of land adjoining Cottage Grove, was born in Otter Creek township, La Salle county, Illinois, April 19, 1855, the son of Captain J.J. and Mary (Cramer) McKernan. The father, who was a native of Ireland, came to America when nine years of age in company with his parents. The family settled in Livingston county, Kentucky, but removed in 1826 to Illinois, settling at Ottawa, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father of Captain J. J. McKernan passing away in 1831, while the mother's death occurred in 1863.
Captain J.J. McKernan, the father of our subject, remained at home with his mother until he attained his majority and then removed to Otter Creek, Illinois, where he settled on a tract of land under the squatter's right act, residing there until he could obtain a title, when he purchased the land.
His first purchase consisted of one hundred and sixty acres but he later added to his holdings until he owned four hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in Illinois.
In 1862 the father organized, for service in the Civil war, Company F, of the One hundred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made captain. Entering into active service the company did its full duty but at Hartsville, Tennessee, the entire company including the captain was captured by the Confederates and sent to Andersonville prison where they remained until paroled. The captain, being sick and disabled, was mustered out of service and returned to his old farm home, where he continued to live until the time of his death, January 9, 1878, at the age of sixty-six years. He was survived by the mother, who lived on the old homestead until her death in 1900, at the age of eighty-nine years.
She had resided on the homestead during nearly her whole life and had witnessed the raising of seventy-five crops on that farm. She was the mother of eight children: Rose Ann, who is the widow of Aaron Kliber, of La Salle county, Illinois; Candies, who married Henry Ackerman, of North Dakota, deceased; Ann E., the wife of Mathias Goachanour, of La Salle county, Illinois; George, who passed away in Colorado; Samuel H.; Salanda Lockwood, of Streator, Illinois; Charley, of Lenox, Iowa; and Gussie, of Streator, Illinois.
Reared in the state of Illinois and educated in its public schools, Samuel H. McKernan received a good education and training. At the age of twenty years he began farming on his own account, operating in Illinois until 1878, when he removed to Ottawa, Kansas, and purchased land there. He remained on his Kansas farm for ten years, developing it and making of it a very valuable property. At the end of that time he sold his holdings in Kansas and came to. Oregon in 1888, settling in Lane county, where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for twenty years. When he took up his land in Oregon it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He continued working hard, however, until he placed twenty-five acres of it under cultivation and in the earlier days he was compelled to build a high fence around his fields in order to keep the deer from eating his crops. In 1908 he sold his farm for thirty-three hundred dollars and retired to Cottage Grove, where he bought a comfortable home with a ten acre tract adjoining the city limits, for which he paid two thousand dollars. He also owns a business house in Cottage Grove and two residence properties, which he is renting.
Mr. McKernan was married at Streator, Illinois, January 1, 1873, to Miss Laura Welchanse, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1855, the daughter of Jackson and Mary (Corl) Welchanse, the former a native of Pennsylvania while the latter was born in New York city. The marriage of the parents was celebrated in Pennsylvania, where they lived for eight years, after which they removed to Illinois, settling in La Salle county in 1856. There the father purchased land and died at the age of thirty years.
In their family were five children: Benetta, the wife of Henry CunlifFe, of Pontiac, Illinois; George, of Streator, Illinois; Laura, who became Mrs. Samuel H. McKernan; William, who was killed in a railway accident; and Esther, the wife of Lyman Baker, of Streator. After the death of her husband Mrs. Welchanse was again married, her second union being with James Cunliffe, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and they became the parents of three children: Charlotte, the wife of Ross Corl, of Caney, Kansas; Emma, the wife of Arthur Garner; and James, of Streator, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. McKernan six children have been born: James, who died in infancy; Candies, the wife of Martin Foster, of Lane county, Oregon; Clyde, who met death by drowning at the age of eight years; Sylvia, the wife of Hiram Griggs, of Cottage Grove, Oregon; Charles, of Cottage Grove, who married Carrie Dickens, a native of Iowa, by whom he has a son Clyde, born in September, 1910; and Ralph, who died at the age of three and one-half years.
Mr. McKernan gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, and fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 357, B.P.0.E., of Eugene. He is well and favorably known in the community where he resides and although he has been a resident of Cottage Grove a comparatively short time, he has formed a large circle of personal friends, by whom he is held in high esteem.
THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912
SAMUEL H. McKERNAN, a retired farmer, living in a fine home with ten acres of land adjoining Cottage Grove, was born in Otter Creek township, La Salle county, Illinois, April 19, 1855, the son of Captain J.J. and Mary (Cramer) McKernan. The father, who was a native of Ireland, came to America when nine years of age in company with his parents. The family settled in Livingston county, Kentucky, but removed in 1826 to Illinois, settling at Ottawa, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father of Captain J. J. McKernan passing away in 1831, while the mother's death occurred in 1863.
Captain J.J. McKernan, the father of our subject, remained at home with his mother until he attained his majority and then removed to Otter Creek, Illinois, where he settled on a tract of land under the squatter's right act, residing there until he could obtain a title, when he purchased the land.
His first purchase consisted of one hundred and sixty acres but he later added to his holdings until he owned four hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in Illinois.
In 1862 the father organized, for service in the Civil war, Company F, of the One hundred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made captain. Entering into active service the company did its full duty but at Hartsville, Tennessee, the entire company including the captain was captured by the Confederates and sent to Andersonville prison where they remained until paroled. The captain, being sick and disabled, was mustered out of service and returned to his old farm home, where he continued to live until the time of his death, January 9, 1878, at the age of sixty-six years. He was survived by the mother, who lived on the old homestead until her death in 1900, at the age of eighty-nine years.
She had resided on the homestead during nearly her whole life and had witnessed the raising of seventy-five crops on that farm. She was the mother of eight children: Rose Ann, who is the widow of Aaron Kliber, of La Salle county, Illinois; Candies, who married Henry Ackerman, of North Dakota, deceased; Ann E., the wife of Mathias Goachanour, of La Salle county, Illinois; George, who passed away in Colorado; Samuel H.; Salanda Lockwood, of Streator, Illinois; Charley, of Lenox, Iowa; and Gussie, of Streator, Illinois.
Reared in the state of Illinois and educated in its public schools, Samuel H. McKernan received a good education and training. At the age of twenty years he began farming on his own account, operating in Illinois until 1878, when he removed to Ottawa, Kansas, and purchased land there. He remained on his Kansas farm for ten years, developing it and making of it a very valuable property. At the end of that time he sold his holdings in Kansas and came to. Oregon in 1888, settling in Lane county, where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for twenty years. When he took up his land in Oregon it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He continued working hard, however, until he placed twenty-five acres of it under cultivation and in the earlier days he was compelled to build a high fence around his fields in order to keep the deer from eating his crops. In 1908 he sold his farm for thirty-three hundred dollars and retired to Cottage Grove, where he bought a comfortable home with a ten acre tract adjoining the city limits, for which he paid two thousand dollars. He also owns a business house in Cottage Grove and two residence properties, which he is renting.
Mr. McKernan was married at Streator, Illinois, January 1, 1873, to Miss Laura Welchanse, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1855, the daughter of Jackson and Mary (Corl) Welchanse, the former a native of Pennsylvania while the latter was born in New York city. The marriage of the parents was celebrated in Pennsylvania, where they lived for eight years, after which they removed to Illinois, settling in La Salle county in 1856. There the father purchased land and died at the age of thirty years.
In their family were five children: Benetta, the wife of Henry CunlifFe, of Pontiac, Illinois; George, of Streator, Illinois; Laura, who became Mrs. Samuel H. McKernan; William, who was killed in a railway accident; and Esther, the wife of Lyman Baker, of Streator. After the death of her husband Mrs. Welchanse was again married, her second union being with James Cunliffe, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and they became the parents of three children: Charlotte, the wife of Ross Corl, of Caney, Kansas; Emma, the wife of Arthur Garner; and James, of Streator, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. McKernan six children have been born: James, who died in infancy; Candies, the wife of Martin Foster, of Lane county, Oregon; Clyde, who met death by drowning at the age of eight years; Sylvia, the wife of Hiram Griggs, of Cottage Grove, Oregon; Charles, of Cottage Grove, who married Carrie Dickens, a native of Iowa, by whom he has a son Clyde, born in September, 1910; and Ralph, who died at the age of three and one-half years.
Mr. McKernan gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, and fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 357, B.P.0.E., of Eugene. He is well and favorably known in the community where he resides and although he has been a resident of Cottage Grove a comparatively short time, he has formed a large circle of personal friends, by whom he is held in high esteem.
SAMUEL H. McKERNAN, a retired farmer, living in a fine home with ten acres of land adjoining Cottage Grove, was born in Otter Creek township, La Salle county, Illinois, April 19, 1855, the son of Captain J.J. and Mary (Cramer) McKernan. The father, who was a native of Ireland, came to America when nine years of age in company with his parents. The family settled in Livingston county, Kentucky, but removed in 1826 to Illinois, settling at Ottawa, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the father of Captain J. J. McKernan passing away in 1831, while the mother's death occurred in 1863.
Captain J.J. McKernan, the father of our subject, remained at home with his mother until he attained his majority and then removed to Otter Creek, Illinois, where he settled on a tract of land under the squatter's right act, residing there until he could obtain a title, when he purchased the land.
His first purchase consisted of one hundred and sixty acres but he later added to his holdings until he owned four hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in Illinois.
In 1862 the father organized, for service in the Civil war, Company F, of the One hundred and Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made captain. Entering into active service the company did its full duty but at Hartsville, Tennessee, the entire company including the captain was captured by the Confederates and sent to Andersonville prison where they remained until paroled. The captain, being sick and disabled, was mustered out of service and returned to his old farm home, where he continued to live until the time of his death, January 9, 1878, at the age of sixty-six years. He was survived by the mother, who lived on the old homestead until her death in 1900, at the age of eighty-nine years.
She had resided on the homestead during nearly her whole life and had witnessed the raising of seventy-five crops on that farm. She was the mother of eight children: Rose Ann, who is the widow of Aaron Kliber, of La Salle county, Illinois; Candies, who married Henry Ackerman, of North Dakota, deceased; Ann E., the wife of Mathias Goachanour, of La Salle county, Illinois; George, who passed away in Colorado; Samuel H.; Salanda Lockwood, of Streator, Illinois; Charley, of Lenox, Iowa; and Gussie, of Streator, Illinois.
Reared in the state of Illinois and educated in its public schools, Samuel H. McKernan received a good education and training. At the age of twenty years he began farming on his own account, operating in Illinois until 1878, when he removed to Ottawa, Kansas, and purchased land there. He remained on his Kansas farm for ten years, developing it and making of it a very valuable property. At the end of that time he sold his holdings in Kansas and came to. Oregon in 1888, settling in Lane county, where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, which he occupied for twenty years. When he took up his land in Oregon it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He continued working hard, however, until he placed twenty-five acres of it under cultivation and in the earlier days he was compelled to build a high fence around his fields in order to keep the deer from eating his crops. In 1908 he sold his farm for thirty-three hundred dollars and retired to Cottage Grove, where he bought a comfortable home with a ten acre tract adjoining the city limits, for which he paid two thousand dollars. He also owns a business house in Cottage Grove and two residence properties, which he is renting.
Mr. McKernan was married at Streator, Illinois, January 1, 1873, to Miss Laura Welchanse, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1855, the daughter of Jackson and Mary (Corl) Welchanse, the former a native of Pennsylvania while the latter was born in New York city. The marriage of the parents was celebrated in Pennsylvania, where they lived for eight years, after which they removed to Illinois, settling in La Salle county in 1856. There the father purchased land and died at the age of thirty years.
In their family were five children: Benetta, the wife of Henry CunlifFe, of Pontiac, Illinois; George, of Streator, Illinois; Laura, who became Mrs. Samuel H. McKernan; William, who was killed in a railway accident; and Esther, the wife of Lyman Baker, of Streator. After the death of her husband Mrs. Welchanse was again married, her second union being with James Cunliffe, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and they became the parents of three children: Charlotte, the wife of Ross Corl, of Caney, Kansas; Emma, the wife of Arthur Garner; and James, of Streator, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. McKernan six children have been born: James, who died in infancy; Candies, the wife of Martin Foster, of Lane county, Oregon; Clyde, who met death by drowning at the age of eight years; Sylvia, the wife of Hiram Griggs, of Cottage Grove, Oregon; Charles, of Cottage Grove, who married Carrie Dickens, a native of Iowa, by whom he has a son Clyde, born in September, 1910; and Ralph, who died at the age of three and one-half years.
Mr. McKernan gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, and fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 357, B.P.0.E., of Eugene. He is well and favorably known in the community where he resides and although he has been a resident of Cottage Grove a comparatively short time, he has formed a large circle of personal friends, by whom he is held in high esteem.
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