1865 McDannald-Linn Wagon Train Emigrant List
The following Emigrants have been confirmed with census records
and other documentation
--- McDannald Family ---
Captain John Thomas McDannald, age 48,
wife Margaret Cull McDannald, age 48,
children:
George Washington McDannald, age 24.
Malinda Jane, age 22, married into Hodgen family, descendents still in Milton-Freewater.
Nehemiah, age 16, lived in the old family cabin the rest of his life (1928),
David, age 14, (author of "Crossing the Plains in 1865"), moved to California.
Emma, age 10, the longest living member of the family, passed in 1939, in Milton.
Alice, age 8, passed in 1927 in Walla Walla, Washington.
George McDannald, in 1869 on his return to Mt. Sterling, Illinois.
After the 1865 trip to Oregon, he traveled to Laramie, Wyoming and
worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for two years. Then he returned to
Illinois.
--- Linn Family ---
Co-Captain Philip Edmond Linn, age 53,
(spelled -Lynn- in the 1860 Brown Co. Il., census)
wife Christena "Teena", age 47
note: Christena Long was Philip's second wife; they were married in 1860.
Philip's first wife was Mahala McDannald Linn, mother of 15, who died in 1859, age 46.
Mahala was Captain John McDannald's sister.
Philip and Mahala's children on the journey:
John Alexander Linn, 23
Mary Ellen, age 21,
Benjamin Franklin, age 19,
Mahala Josephine (Josie), age 13,
Philip Edmond, age 11,
Granville Bond, age 9,
Charolette, age 7,
Philip and Christena's children on the journey:
James Oliver, age 4,
Tobias Everett, age 2
Note: In 1865, John Linn was 23, married to Nancy Briggs and
had one child. According to Linn family history, he left his
wife and child in Illinois, and soon after arriving in Oregon,
returned to Illinois via Panama.
John and Nancy remained in Brown County for the rest of their lives.
Adult children of Philip Linn with their own families:
Frederick E Bullard
wife Elizabeth Ann Linn Bullard, age 33
4 children (Rhoda, 10, John, 8, James, 7, "P.A.",6)
Timothy C. Bowen
wife Margaret Jane Linn Bowen age 32
two children (Luella, 4 and Mary Jane, 2)
William Thompson Linn age 29 (1835 Kentucky - 1909 Oregon)
wife Sarah Agnes (Briggle)
one boy "C A Lynn" in 1860 census. (Charles Alexander Linn 1858-1930)
The "Ewan Family Tree" lists 3 other children who died before 1865.
Jonathan Lonsberry age 29
wife Martha Matilda Linn Lonsberry age 28.
(living with father Philip "Lynn" in 1860 census).
Martha died along the trail August 23, 1865 at American Falls, Idaho of mountain fever
otherwise known as heatstroke.
Jonathan died September 26, 1865 close to Baker, Oregon of consumption also known as tuberculosis.
Two children, Matthew, 2 and Phillip 1.
More about the Lonsberry family.
William Henry Shankland age 31,
wife Nancy Catherine Linn Shankland, age 26
child: Elmer Sylvanus age 1 1/2
Benjamin Shankland (brother of Bill Shankland) age 21
wife Henrietta age 24, d. 30 December 1874 @ age 33
children:
James age 3, d. 22 Mar 1866
David age 1 1/2 d. 11 Dec 1867
(Family too frail, turned back to Illinois at Eddyville, Iowa)
(It is not clear in the journal, but, somewhere along
the line, possibly at Fort Hall, Idaho, or at Vale, Oregon,
the Linn family split with the McDannald train
going across central Oregon and the Barlow Road. They settled south
of Eagle Creek in Clackamas County, Estacada Area.)
--- Other Emigants on the wagon train ---
Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Lewis age 34
wife Isabella age 26,
Allen Grant Lewis, age 1 1/2,
S. Seward Lewis born in Idaho along the trail,
Jack's brother, Benjamin W. 'Ben' Lewis, age 28,
Jack's sister Hannah Margaret Lewis, age 14.
Hannah will marry Robert Rockett 2 years after the journey.
Front: Hannah Lewis and Jack (Andrew Jackson Lewis)
Back: Ben Lewis and next to him is Elizabeth Lewis-Cleveland a
sister that came out west later in her life and was not on the wagon
train.
June 20, 1902, 47 years after the wagon train journey.
Henry Knox, wife Evelyn and two children, Eva and Eliza.
(according to the journal, their son Jimmy Knox, age 16,
died in quicksand during the trip; however, there is no
James Knox in the 1860 census for the Henry Knox family)
In the 1870 Clark, Washington Territory census, Henry Knox is
living with wife Evelyn, and two daughters who would have been
on the train, Eva, 11, and Eliza, 9.
In the 1870 Washington Territory census, the Knox family
is living next door to the Jack Lewis family.
Lou McClain - brother-in-law of Henry Knox.
In the journal, when the Knox family oxen all died in Wyoming,
they had to abandon their wagon and join the McClain wagon.
The following Emigrants are mentioned in the journal but have not
yet been confirmed with census or any other documentation
Dave Thompson
Jeff Armstrong
J. A. Briggs,
Frank Briggs
Joe Feddis single man with the J. A. Briggs Wagon.
also spelled Fedder. He was punished for stealing Brigg's shoes.
Dr. C. C. Canterbury, his wife, son James and three daughters, ages
16 and up
Dan Curry
Henry Frazier died Aug 3 but the rest of the "Frazier Wagon" went on.
George Harris, wife 2 child
Henry Johnson, wife and 4 children. (Johnson infant/child died)
Johnson wagon joined another wagon train August 2.
R. Johnson wife and 5 children
Plunkett Sisters, Ann age 18 and Nell age 20
Henry Robinson
Billie Simpson
Dave Thompson
Bill Dawsen, unmarried hired hand of W.T.Linn?
James Webber (scalping and recovery probably fiction added by David's son John)
Joe Geddis, wife, two daughters and toddler son�joined along Platte,
all killed by Indians when the McDannald wagon train accidently left them behind.
Research by Erma Stevenson
Sources:
1860 and 1870 U.S. Census records
David McDannald's "Crossing the Plains in 1865"
Shankland genealogy page - http://www.shankland.name/Sethne-p/p6.htm
Linn genealogy page - http://www.pelinn.com/genealogy.html
Griffith/Lewis genealogy by Charlie Cook ([email protected])
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=charliecook&
id=I44091
Note: 'Emigration' is the act of relocation from one place to another in
the perspective of those left behind. 'Immigration' is the process of
relocation from the perspective of those who are greeting the newcomers.
To the people of Illinois, the travelers to Oregon
were 'emigrants'. To the people of Oregon, the incoming wagon train
travelers were 'immigrants', because they have traveled from somewhere else.
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