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From: Dave Wakeman in Pensacola, FL
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 12:03 PM

Bonnie,

I descend from Edward Mulhollan and his wife Martha Keeney of Lane Co., OR. They arrived there in 1851 from Holt Co., Missouri along with their sons Thomas and Edward and a whole passel of Keeney's. Edward was from county Wicklow in Ireland. Here is my writeup on him:

MULHOLLAN/D, Edward

Nothing is known of Edward prior to his arrival in the United States except that he was born 14 January 1799 in County Wicklow, Ireland. In 1798, Ireland experienced a rebel­lion that took the lives of over 30,000 people. As he was raised in an orphanage, it is assumed that his parents were killed in this rebellion. One source claims that Edward came to America with an older brother named Whit. He arrived in 1818, proba­bly through New Orleans, and in 1828 applied for citizenship in Saline county, Missouri. His occupation at this time was as a schoolteacher. This indicates that he was a learned person. He shows up in 1821 as a Tax Delinquent in Saline County, Missouri. It may be noted that Saline, Ray, Rives and Howard Counties overlapped each other at different times and a person may have lived in the same place and be listed under different counties at different times. He next appears in Ray County, Missouri where he married Martha "Patsy" Keeney on October 10, 1824 (daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Fugate) Keeney). He recorded the births of all of their children in his Bible that he had brought with him from Ireland. Edward appears on page 139 of the 1830 Howard County, Missouri census. In 1838, he becomes indentured for land in Rives County along with Thomas KEENEY. The 1840 census of Rives County, Missouri has him as a farmer along with his wife and six children. Before 1843, Edward and his in-laws moved to Holt County, Missouri where he purchased 40 acres of farm­land. In 1848, he purchased 67 more acres. Edward, a farmer, and Martha were listed in the 1850 census of Holt County along with six of their children. His son Thomas Mulholland and his family lived next to Edward. Around 1850-1851, Edward, his son Thomas, and most of the KEENEY families and neigh­bors in Holt County organized a wagon train to go to Oregon. They departed from St. Joseph, Missouri about the first of May in 1851 and arrived in Oregon on 20 September 1851, where he homesteaded 319.06 acres of land at Pleasant Hill near Eugene City. He and his sons operated a General Store in Eugene. He died 16 Jan. 1858 from pneumonia or tuberculosis and is buried near Pleasant Hill, Oregon along with his wife. Children:

  1. Elizabeth, b. 1825 Nov 4 in MO; d. 1843 Feb 3 in MO. Drowned along with her baby in Missouri River. M. Andrew Jackson Keeney 4  Nov 1841 in Holt County, MO.

  2. Thomas, b. 1827 Oct 27 in MO; d. 8 Aug 1903 at Inyan Kara, WY. M. 24 Aug 1848, Mary Davisson in Holt Co., MO.

  3. Edward, b. 1829 Nov 6 in MO. He m.(1) m. Margaret M. on 21 Sep 1854 in Lane Co., OR.

  4. Nancy, b. 1833 Apr 29 in MO; d. 8 Mar 1865 in Eugene, OR. She m. 25 Dec 1851 Daniel Locke.

  5. John, b. 1836 Jan 24 in MO; d. 13 Sep 1866. He m. Mary Chapman.

  6. Martha Jane, b. 1838 Jun 23 in MO18 Jul 1866 in OR. She m. 12 Oct 1854, William Spry in OR.

  7. William Henry (Harry), b. 1838 Jun 23 in MO; d. 1840 Sep 15 in MO.

  8. Mary M., b. 1841 Oct 27 in MO; d. 10 Mar 1846 in MO.

  9. Russell Morgan, b. 1844 Sep 18 in MO; d. 18 Dec 1890. He m. 12 May 1867 in OR at the home of W. S. Ward, Martha Jane Blew.

  10. Catherine, b. 1848 Oct 16 in MO; d. 22 Jan 1919 in Junction City, OR. She m. 2 Jan 1865 in Eugene, OR, James Polk Milliron.

Citizenship of Edward Mulhollan.

The following data was found in County records of Saline County, Missouri.

At a Circuit Court held at Jefferson, July 17th (Thursday) AD 1828 before the Hon. David Todd.

This day appeared in open court Edward MULHOLLAND a native of Ireland born on the four­teenth of January 1799 in the County of Wicklow, came to the United States in 1818 and proved by the oath of Joseph ROBINSON that he had known the applicant since the year 1821. That he then resided in Saline County in the state of Missouri and hath con­tinued to reside in said state ever since. That the appli­cant is a man of good moral characters and attached to the government of the United States he was by the court thereupon admitted as a citizen of the United States and he took the oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of state of Missouri and that he abjures and renounces all allegi­ence to King George the fourth and to every foreign prince, potentate, state or soverenty whatsoever all of which he requested that registory in this office may be made agreeable to a law of the United States pre­pared this 14th of April 1822 entitled an act to estab­lish on uniform oath of Naturalization and to uphold the acts heretofor passed on that subject and registry thereof is made in this office accordingly ———.

Last Will and Testament of Edward Mulhollan Sen.

Filed Feb. 10, 1858

Last Will and Testament of Edward Mulhollan, Sen. Of Eugene City county of Lane, Oregon Territory taken verbatim this thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty eight.

I don't want my goods sold,

I want John to take my place in the store and my wife to have the benefit of all my property while she lives. John if willing to take my place in the store and refund his mother the money I have invested.

I want my wife Patsey to have my farm for her own personal use with all the benefits of said farm while she lives. I want William Spry to have the use of the place under lease if he wants it for the time that he and John rented it from me on the same terms including the use of the stock as before agreed.

I also want my wife to have the full use as owner of all my stock while she lives with all implements as they now use on the place. I want John to have the privilege of having all my town property at cost if he wishes, he paying annually to my wife interest on the same at the sale of ten per cent until the principle is paid.

It is my will that my son John shall have the use of my before mentioned invested funds until he can pay said principal and interest conviently without injuring his benefits.

I will that my dear wife shall at her decease make such disposal of all my property as she may deem just and proper with full power as executrix and legal disposer of the same.

Edward Mulhollan
(signature)

Witness
For Eugene City, Lane Or. Territory
Jonathan Keeny
Gillmond Callihan

I hereby certify that the forgoing instrument was signed and Sealed as herein set forth on the day and date above instrumented.

Daniel Locke
Witness
Of Eugene City, Lane Co., O. Ter.

Received on pages 98 and 99 Book "X" Lane County Probate Records March 8, 1858.

John Whitiker,
Judge of Probate

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