Source: Gilbert, Frank T. Historic Sketches: Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield counties, Washington Territory. Portland, OR: A.G. Walling, 1882. p. Appendix : 44-50

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Michael C. McBride : lives in the city; is a farmer; owns 560 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Belfast, Ireland, May 21, 1832; came to Oregon in 1855, and to this county in 1857.

Mary A. McCool : lives ten miles east of the city; is engaged in farming; owns 240 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. She was born in Winnsborough, Fairfield Co., South Carolina, in 1822, and came to this county in 1862.

Alvin McCown : lives four miles south of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Clackamas Co., Oregon, April 18, 1854; came to the Territory, in 1877, and to the county in 1878.

Frank McCown : lives four miles south of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 320 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Clackamas Co., Oregon, November 18, 1855, and came to this county in 1878.

John McCoy : lives eight miles west of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Kentucky, December 23, 1827, and came to this county, in 1868.

Edward McDonnell : lives one and one half miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 650 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Kilkenny Co., Ireland, in 1846; came to Columbia Co., W. T. in 1872, and to this county in 1880.

J. M. McFarland : lives five miles south east of the city: is a farmer; owns 175 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1846, and came to this county in 1875.

George W. McKee : lives south of the city; is a farmer; owns 327 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Le Sueur co., Minnesota, in 1857, came to Clackamus Co., Oregon, in 1869, and to this county in 1870.

William McKinny : lives one mile west of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 400 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Warren Co., Indiana, May 5, 1836; came to Washington Co., Oregon, in 1845, and to this county in 1858.

John W. McGhee : lives three miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 480 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Washington Co., Virginia, April 29, 1821; came to California in 1850, and to this county in 1859.

Anthony McKinnon : lives one and one-half miles south of the city; is a miller; owns 30 acres of land and a mill; address is Walla Walla city. He was born twenty miles north of Toronto, York Co., Canada, 1846; came to Salinas city, California in 1867, and to this county in 1881.

R. C. McQuiston : lives eight miles south east of the city; is a farmer; owns 600 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, in 1850; came to Marysville, California, in 1877, and to this county in 1878.

George H. McWhirk : lives six miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in this county in 1861.

John Mackin : lives six miles south east of the city; is a farmer; owns 303 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Dundalk, Louth Co., Ireland, in 1838, and came to this county in 1859.

Daniel Malone : lives seven miles north east of the city; is a farmer; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Hendricks Co., Indiana, August 2, 1850; came to Wallowa Valley, Oregon, in 1864, and to this county in 1869.

I. H. Malone : lives ten miles south east of Waitsburg; is a carpenter and farmer; owns 240 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Hendricks Co., Indiana, June 25, 1847; came to Oregon in 1864, and to this county in 1871.

Levi Malone : lives six miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 120 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Hendricks Co., Indiana, March 18, 1848, and came to this county in 1864.

William H. Marks : lives eleven miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Putnam Co., Indiana, November 5, 1826; came to Oregon in 1853; and to this county in 1876.

Patric Martin : lives six miles north of the city; is a farmer; owns 900 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Galway Co., Ireland, December 3, 1830; came to California in 1854, and to this county in 1870.

S. R. Maxson : lives six miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 235 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin, in 1842, and came to this county in 1859.

David Miller : lives ten miles north of the city; is a farmer; owns 300 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Edinburgh County, Scotland, February 9, 1852, and came to this Territory and county in 1877.

J. G. Mitchell : lives eleven miles north of the city; is a farmer; owns 800 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Butler Co., Ohio, November 18, 1827; came to Oregon in 1852, and to this county in 1869.

Ela Moore : lives twenty miles west of the city; is a stock raiser; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Platte Co., Missouri, in 1843; came to Oregon in 1873, and to this county in 1874.

John H. Morgan : is a teacher; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Hendersonville, Henderson Co., North Carolina, September 9, 1852, and came to this county inn 1879.

Milton F. Morgan : lives two miles south of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, in 1850, and came to this county in 1863.

John P. Mullinix : lives four miles south of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 320 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Fentress Co., Tennessee, March 13, 1836; came to Nevada in 1871, and to this county in 1877.

Francis M. Naught : lives four and one half miles south west of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Schuyler Co., Illinois, in 1838; came to Polk Co., Oregon, in 1853, to the Territory in 1856, and to this county in 1873.

Claudius Newcomb : lives six miles south west of Walla Walla river; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in New England, Athens Co., Ohio, in 1837; came to Montesano, Chehalis co., W. T., in 1874, and to this county in 1879.

Micahel Nibler : lives one and one half miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 410 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1828, came to Portland, Oregon, in 1867, and to this county in 1872.

Aaron Nowles : lives six miles north of the city; is a stockraiser; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Iowa, March 21, 1825; came to California in 1852, and to this county in 1862.

William F. Nuttal : lives five miles south east of the city; is a farmer; owns 162 1/2 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Windsor, England, in 1838; came to Oroville, California in 1857, to the Territory in 1860, and to this county in 1863.

James O'Donnell : lives ten miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 200 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Donegal Co., Ireland, December 24, 1837; came to California in 1858, and to this county in 1859.

John O'Donnell : lives nine miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 200 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Donegal Co., Ireland, December 25, 1836; came to California in 1858, and to this county in 1859.

Henry Oster : lives ten miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 80 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Caldwell Co., Missouri, October 21, 1849; came to Puget Sound in 1877, and to this county the same year.

O. Owen : lives eleven miles northwest of Centerville; is a farmer; owns 350 acres of land; address is Centerville, Umatilla Co., Oregon. He was born in Warren Co., Tennessee, December 10, 1836, and came to this county in 1859.

James Parker : lives in Waitsburg; is a farmer and carpenter; owns 445 of land; was born in Rappahannock Co., Virginia, April 25, 1822, and came to this county in 1876.

Nathan A. Patterson : lives five miles east of the city; is a farmer, owns 553 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Iroquois Co., Illinois, in 1852, and came to this county in 1870.

William Pilcher : lives twelve miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Canterbury, Kent Co., England, April 10, 1815, and came to this county in 1864.

John D. Price : lives seven miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 280 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born at Edina, Knox Co., Missouri, January 24, 1849, came to Willamette Valley, Oregon, in 1865, and to this county in 1870.

William Redfords : lives five miles west of the city; is a farmer; owns 40 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was bornin Iowa, March 22, 1855, and came to this county in 1863.

W. P. Reser : lives four and one half miles south east of the city; is a farmer; owns 1420 acres of land, address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, in 1843, and came to this county in 1863.

R. A. Rice : lives six miles south west of the city; is a farmer and stock raiser; owns 652 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Steuben Co., Indiana, in 1837, and came to this county in 1859.

Asbury B. Richman : lives ten miles north east of the city; is a blacksmith; address is Dixie. He was born in Muscatine, Cedar county, Iowa, October 8, 1848; came to California in 1849, and to this county in 1880.

E. Green Riffle : lives four miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 642 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in West Virginia, in 1838, and came to this county in 1862.

Boliver C. Roff : lives eight miles northeast of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address in Walla Walla city. He was born in Kansas, January 11, 1853, and came to this county in 1862.

F. Roff : lives three miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 300 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, March March 22, 1818, and came to this county in 1864.

Millard Roff : lives eight miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Mercer county, Illinois, September 22, 1857, and came to this county in 1864.

John Jacob Rohn : lives ten miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla walla city. He was born in Baden, Germany, November 22, 1835; came to California in 1855, and to this county in 1857.

Andrew Russell : lives six miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Lane county, Oregon, January 16, 1851, and came to this county in 1881.

E. S. Saling : lives seven miles south east of the city; is a farmer and stock raiser; owns 200 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Paris, Monroe county, Missouri, October 9, 1826; came to Yamhill county, Oregon, in 1852, and to this county in 1864.

John Sampson : lives in Waitsburg; is a butcher; was born in Crawford county, Illinois, November 30, 1833; came to Oregon in 1864, and to this county in 1878.

John Sanders : lives twelve miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 200 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Monroe county, Indiana, August 26, 1832, and came to this county in 1865.

Levi B. Sanders : lives at Waitsburg; is a teacher; was born in Lawrence, Douglas county, Kansas, May 13, 1853, and came to this county, June 15, 1881.

Louisa Saunders : lives six miles south west of the city; is engaged in farming; owns 131 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. She was born in Ohio in 1830, and came to this county in 1859.

John Q. Sayler : lives seven miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 80 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, August 21, 1860, and came to this county in 1876.

William H. Sayler : lives seven miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, October 31, 1862, and came to this county in 1863.

William J. Scott : lives seven and one-half miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1844; came to Union county, Oregon, in 1862, and to this county in 1863.

John F. Seeber : is a farmer; owns 249 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Watertown, New York, in 1841, came to Salt Lake in 1857, and to this county in 1862.

William M. Shelton : lives seven miles south east of the city; is a farmer and nurseryman; owns 740 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1827, and came to this county in 1862.

S. Clark Shoemaker : lives nine miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, March 8, 1855, and came to this county in 1864.

Sylvester C. Shoemaker : lives three miles west of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 120 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, August 5, 1852, and came to this county in 1864.

John Singleton : lives south east of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Cork county, Ireland, in 1824; came to Fort Vancouver in 1856, was a soldier with Colonel Wright; was Quartermaster's clerk, and came to this county in 1856.

E. M. Smith : lives four miles south west of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Green Castle, Hancock county, Indiana in 1847, and came to the county in 1864.

J. C. Smith : lives on a ranch on Dry creek; is a farmer; owns 700 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Essex Co., New York, January 25, 1827; came to San Francisco in 1846, and to this county in 1854.

Washington B. Smith : lives seven miles north of the city; is a farmer of 440 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Springfield, Illinois, December 25, 1833; came to California in 1857, and to this Territory in 1873.

William N. Smith : lives in Waitsburg; is Post Master, Notary Public and merchant; was born in Peoria co., Illinois, May 1, 1835, came to Linn Co., Oregon, in 1852, and to this county in 1861.

Greenlief Stacy : lives seven miles west of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 1133 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Oxford Co., Maine, January 19, 1838; came to California in 1860, and to this county in 1877.

J. R. Stalls : lives in the Blue Mountains; is a farmer, owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Williamsburg, Martin Co., North Carolina, in 1832; came to Red Bluff, California, in 1853, to the Territory in 1860, and to this county in 1866.

D. J. Storms : lives two miles south of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 480 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Warren Co., Ohio, March 4, 1814; came to California in 1849, and to this county in 1872.

John U. Strahm : lives twelve miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 200 acres of land; address is Dixie. He was born in Canton, Berne, Switzerland, July 30, 1827; came to Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, in 1853, and to this county in 1864.

James Strong : lives in Waitsburg; is a horticulturist; owns 3 1/2 acres of town property; was born in Champaign C., Illinois, August 14, 1832; came to Oregon in 1852, and to this county in 1878.

C. P. Stroup : is a farmer; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Richland, Keokuk Co., Iowa, November 25, 1858, and came to this county in 1876.

Christian Sturm : lives three miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 450 acres of land; address Walla Walla city. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1834, and came to this county in 1857.

O. D. Taber : lives three-quarters of a mile south of the city; is a farmer; address is Walla Walla city. He was born at Springfield, Tuolumne Co., California, July 27, 1852, and came to this county in 1880.

Simon Taylor : lives six miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 320 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born at Grape Island, Tyler Co., West Virginia, December 20, 1825, and came to this county in 1880.

W. A. Teegarden : lives one and one-half miles south of the city; owns 620 acres of land, also a flume for conveying wood and lumber from the mountains; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Stark co., Ohio, in 1847, and came to this county in 1874.

Mrs. P. J. Thomas : lives eleven miles north east of the city; is engaged in farming; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. she was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, August 23, 1841, and came to this county in 1871.

James McKinzie Torrance : lives eight miles north east of the city; is a farmer; owns 360 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Brown Co., Ohio, July 5, 1828; came to California in 1859, and to this county in 1862.

Joseph A. Van Scoyk : lives nine miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 200 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Clark co., Illinois, April 3, 1844, and came to this county in 1861.

William Vaughan : lives seventeen miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 40 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Platte Co., Missouri, September 25, 1841; came to Willamette valley in 1849, and to this county in 1875.

R. F. Walker : lives seven miles south east of Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 440 acres of land; address is Waitsburg. He was born in Adair co., Kentucky, February 26, 1830; came to Oregon in 1851, and to this county in 1865.

W. W. Walter : lives one mile east of Prescott; is a farmer and stock man; owns 260 acres of land; address is Prescott. He was born in Wayne Co., Indiana; December 7, 1827, came to Oregon in 1845, and to this county in 1859.

Mrs. Jane Waterman : lives five miles south west of the city; is engaged in farming; owns 396 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. She was born in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, in 1841; came to Suisun City, California, in 1860, and to this county in 1861.

W. Waterway : lives two miles south of the city; is a farmer; owns 160 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1798, and came to this county in 1863.

John Welch : lives ten miles east of the city; is a farmer; owns 250 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Mayo county, Ireland, November 14, 1838, and came to this county in 1859.

Martin Weller : lives in Waitsburg; is a merchant; was born at Genesco, Livingston county, New York, September 29, 1842; came to Montana in 1864, and to this county in 1875.

Samuel Wilson : lives in Waitsburg; is a farmer; owns 80 acres of land; was born in Scioto county, Ohio, September 14, 1834; came to the Territory in 1875, and to this county in 1878.

A. P. Woodward : lives thirteen miles west of the city; is a stock man; owns 400 acres of land; address is Walla Walla city. He was born in Muckingum county, Ohio, March 27, 1834, and came to this county in 1852.

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