LOGAN P. MULKEY.
LYMAN'S HISTORY of Old Walla Walla County
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago
1918
Johnson Mulkey was a slave-holder in Kentucky in the early days but freed all his slaves some years prior to the Civil war, as he had become convinced that the practice of holding men and women in bondage was wrong. However, such had been his kindness to his slaves that one old mammy refused to leave the family and accompanied them to the northwest.
It was in 1845 that Mr. Mulkey first came to Oregon territory and he was so pleased with conditions in this section of the country that in 1846 he returned to Kentucky in order to settle up his affairs and in 1847 he again made the long journey to the west, this time accompanied by his family. His wife was ill when they reached the Whitman home and made plans to remain there until she recovered her health while the other members of the family should continue their journey but later she decided to accompany them and did so, thus escaping massacre at the hands of the Indians, for it was only a short time later that the Whitmans were killed by the red men.
Mr. Mulkey located at Corvallis, Oregon, and in the succeeding years acquired extensive farm, timber and sawmill properties, together with valuable mining interests in Idaho, lie became one of the wealthy men of Oregon and at the time of his death in the winter of 1861-2 carried in his belt something more than seven thousand dollars in gold dust. He had made a trip to some of his mining properties in Idaho and on his return reached John Day, Oregon, about fifty miles from The Dalles, where he became snowbound. Anxious to reach home as soon as possible, he started overland on foot and, being weighted down by the gold dust which he carried, he became exhausted and nearly perished from the cold. His companions buried him in the snow and then hurried for help to the home of William Graham, whose sons went after him and brought him to the Graham home, where a few days later he died. This was quite a coincidence, as it was years afterwards when Logan P. Mulkey and Georgia Graham were married that the facts were discovered that it was to her father's house that the dying man had been taken. The body was buried in the cemetery at The Dalles.
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Johnson was the son of Philip Mulkey and Margaret Miller and was most likely born at the family home on Panther Creek, Knox County, Kentucky.
Johnson made his first trip to Oregon in 1844 and spent the winter on the Umatilla River. In 1845 he made a land claim near Corvallis, Oregon. Johnson and Susan settled on their Benton County, Oregon land claim on Christmas Day, 1847. Susan's sons from her previous marriage to Roberts both filed land claims in the same area.
Johnson built a log schoolhouse on his property and hired James Slater as the teacher. He amassed several thousand acres in Benton County and made his living as a cattle rancher. He supplied cattle to the gold mines in Idaho, Oregon and California.
LYMAN'S HISTORY of Old Walla Walla County
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago
1918
Johnson Mulkey was a slave-holder in Kentucky in the early days but freed all his slaves some years prior to the Civil war, as he had become convinced that the practice of holding men and women in bondage was wrong. However, such had been his kindness to his slaves that one old mammy refused to leave the family and accompanied them to the northwest.
It was in 1845 that Mr. Mulkey first came to Oregon territory and he was so pleased with conditions in this section of the country that in 1846 he returned to Kentucky in order to settle up his affairs and in 1847 he again made the long journey to the west, this time accompanied by his family. His wife was ill when they reached the Whitman home and made plans to remain there until she recovered her health while the other members of the family should continue their journey but later she decided to accompany them and did so, thus escaping massacre at the hands of the Indians, for it was only a short time later that the Whitmans were killed by the red men.
Mr. Mulkey located at Corvallis, Oregon, and in the succeeding years acquired extensive farm, timber and sawmill properties, together with valuable mining interests in Idaho, lie became one of the wealthy men of Oregon and at the time of his death in the winter of 1861-2 carried in his belt something more than seven thousand dollars in gold dust. He had made a trip to some of his mining properties in Idaho and on his return reached John Day, Oregon, about fifty miles from The Dalles, where he became snowbound. Anxious to reach home as soon as possible, he started overland on foot and, being weighted down by the gold dust which he carried, he became exhausted and nearly perished from the cold. His companions buried him in the snow and then hurried for help to the home of William Graham, whose sons went after him and brought him to the Graham home, where a few days later he died. This was quite a coincidence, as it was years afterwards when Logan P. Mulkey and Georgia Graham were married that the facts were discovered that it was to her father's house that the dying man had been taken. The body was buried in the cemetery at The Dalles.
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Johnson was the son of Philip Mulkey and Margaret Miller and was most likely born at the family home on Panther Creek, Knox County, Kentucky.
Johnson made his first trip to Oregon in 1844 and spent the winter on the Umatilla River. In 1845 he made a land claim near Corvallis, Oregon. Johnson and Susan settled on their Benton County, Oregon land claim on Christmas Day, 1847. Susan's sons from her previous marriage to Roberts both filed land claims in the same area.
Johnson built a log schoolhouse on his property and hired James Slater as the teacher. He amassed several thousand acres in Benton County and made his living as a cattle rancher. He supplied cattle to the gold mines in Idaho, Oregon and California.
LOGAN P. MULKEY.
LYMAN'S HISTORY of Old Walla Walla County
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago
1918
Johnson Mulkey was a slave-holder in Kentucky in the early days but freed all his slaves some years prior to the Civil war, as he had become convinced that the practice of holding men and women in bondage was wrong. However, such had been his kindness to his slaves that one old mammy refused to leave the family and accompanied them to the northwest.
It was in 1845 that Mr. Mulkey first came to Oregon territory and he was so pleased with conditions in this section of the country that in 1846 he returned to Kentucky in order to settle up his affairs and in 1847 he again made the long journey to the west, this time accompanied by his family. His wife was ill when they reached the Whitman home and made plans to remain there until she recovered her health while the other members of the family should continue their journey but later she decided to accompany them and did so, thus escaping massacre at the hands of the Indians, for it was only a short time later that the Whitmans were killed by the red men.
Mr. Mulkey located at Corvallis, Oregon, and in the succeeding years acquired extensive farm, timber and sawmill properties, together with valuable mining interests in Idaho, lie became one of the wealthy men of Oregon and at the time of his death in the winter of 1861-2 carried in his belt something more than seven thousand dollars in gold dust. He had made a trip to some of his mining properties in Idaho and on his return reached John Day, Oregon, about fifty miles from The Dalles, where he became snowbound. Anxious to reach home as soon as possible, he started overland on foot and, being weighted down by the gold dust which he carried, he became exhausted and nearly perished from the cold. His companions buried him in the snow and then hurried for help to the home of William Graham, whose sons went after him and brought him to the Graham home, where a few days later he died. This was quite a coincidence, as it was years afterwards when Logan P. Mulkey and Georgia Graham were married that the facts were discovered that it was to her father's house that the dying man had been taken. The body was buried in the cemetery at The Dalles.
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Johnson was the son of Philip Mulkey and Margaret Miller and was most likely born at the family home on Panther Creek, Knox County, Kentucky.
Johnson made his first trip to Oregon in 1844 and spent the winter on the Umatilla River. In 1845 he made a land claim near Corvallis, Oregon. Johnson and Susan settled on their Benton County, Oregon land claim on Christmas Day, 1847. Susan's sons from her previous marriage to Roberts both filed land claims in the same area.
Johnson built a log schoolhouse on his property and hired James Slater as the teacher. He amassed several thousand acres in Benton County and made his living as a cattle rancher. He supplied cattle to the gold mines in Idaho, Oregon and California.
LYMAN'S HISTORY of Old Walla Walla County
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Chicago
1918
Johnson Mulkey was a slave-holder in Kentucky in the early days but freed all his slaves some years prior to the Civil war, as he had become convinced that the practice of holding men and women in bondage was wrong. However, such had been his kindness to his slaves that one old mammy refused to leave the family and accompanied them to the northwest.
It was in 1845 that Mr. Mulkey first came to Oregon territory and he was so pleased with conditions in this section of the country that in 1846 he returned to Kentucky in order to settle up his affairs and in 1847 he again made the long journey to the west, this time accompanied by his family. His wife was ill when they reached the Whitman home and made plans to remain there until she recovered her health while the other members of the family should continue their journey but later she decided to accompany them and did so, thus escaping massacre at the hands of the Indians, for it was only a short time later that the Whitmans were killed by the red men.
Mr. Mulkey located at Corvallis, Oregon, and in the succeeding years acquired extensive farm, timber and sawmill properties, together with valuable mining interests in Idaho, lie became one of the wealthy men of Oregon and at the time of his death in the winter of 1861-2 carried in his belt something more than seven thousand dollars in gold dust. He had made a trip to some of his mining properties in Idaho and on his return reached John Day, Oregon, about fifty miles from The Dalles, where he became snowbound. Anxious to reach home as soon as possible, he started overland on foot and, being weighted down by the gold dust which he carried, he became exhausted and nearly perished from the cold. His companions buried him in the snow and then hurried for help to the home of William Graham, whose sons went after him and brought him to the Graham home, where a few days later he died. This was quite a coincidence, as it was years afterwards when Logan P. Mulkey and Georgia Graham were married that the facts were discovered that it was to her father's house that the dying man had been taken. The body was buried in the cemetery at The Dalles.
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Johnson was the son of Philip Mulkey and Margaret Miller and was most likely born at the family home on Panther Creek, Knox County, Kentucky.
Johnson made his first trip to Oregon in 1844 and spent the winter on the Umatilla River. In 1845 he made a land claim near Corvallis, Oregon. Johnson and Susan settled on their Benton County, Oregon land claim on Christmas Day, 1847. Susan's sons from her previous marriage to Roberts both filed land claims in the same area.
Johnson built a log schoolhouse on his property and hired James Slater as the teacher. He amassed several thousand acres in Benton County and made his living as a cattle rancher. He supplied cattle to the gold mines in Idaho, Oregon and California.
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