[or-roots] HARPOLE in 1851
Cuprum4445 at aol.com
Cuprum4445 at aol.com
Mon Sep 15 22:53:53 PDT 2008
Dear Albert,
Thank you for sending what you have on the Oregon Harpole's. I see you have
our family's bare bones data. However, it was James Walker Harpole's wife
who died on the Oregon Trail near Baker City, Oregon, and he returned east to
marry her cousin, who helped raise his younger children and they had more
kids. William Pope Harpole did not return east to remarry.
There's much more about the Harpoles, along with various spellings, in the
HARPOLE COUSINS book. I've found excerpts of this HARPOLE COUSINS book online
and people can order an updated CD of the book, which I plan to do. Here's
the address for this source: _http://mysite.verizon.net/res736wu/_
(http://mysite.verizon.net/res736wu/) This book tells which of our Harpole family
came in the 1851 Harpole Wagon Train. It also tells that all of Wm. P. & Nancy
M. Harpole's children were born in Pike County, Illinois and they did come
west with their parents. Our Nancy E. Harpool/Harpole was only three years
old that year, so of course she was with her parents. Susan was eight and Paul
was eleven when they came to the Oregon Territory with their parents.
Our line comes from Nancy Eveline Harpool/Harpole, daughter of Nancy Mary
McMullen & William Pope Harpole, and who married John Milton Hagey. They and
their children lived mostly in Union County, Oregon. I'll gather the rest of
my sources to share with you and Stephanie Flora, but it may take a while.
When is your deadline to complete your book? I'd like to get our
information to you before it's too late. We don't have any 1851 Trail Journals, but
the HARPOLE COUSINS book does have stories about the journey.
The PIONEER MEMORIAL CEMETERY website has obituaries and much other
information on all the Harpole family buried there. The website is:
_http://www.marioncountycemetery.com/brooks/groups/record_group.php?start=H&en
d=I_
(http://www.marioncountycemetery.com/brooks/groups/record_group.php?start=H&end=I) I just noticed the cemetery's notes for William P. Harpole
doesn't mention that their is a large family plot marker that says HARPOLE behind
the families individual stones. That large marker is nearly covered with a
shrub surrounding it however. Their notes don't mention Wm. P. Harpole's
Oregon Donation Land Claim number, but I see you have that.
I've driven by Three Mile Island many times, where there was a Harpole wagon
train Indian attack. I assume that's what you mean by Massacre Rock?
The Marion County Historical Society, in 1975-1976, reprinted the
ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS MAP of MARION and LINN COUNTIES OREGON, by Edgar Williams
& Co., originally published in 1878. This book lends a lot of light to our
Oregon pioneers, including the Harpoles, and our Hagey family as well. This
book shows town plats with owners' names clearly shown.
I respect Stephanie Flora's website, as she is a very good researcher.
However, you'd be much safer referring to primary and/or secondary printed sources
rather than individual people, like me. I will gather more sources for you
about the Harpole family and get back to you. I am willing to correspond
with other Harpole/Harpool researchers.
Respectfully, Gerrie Stults
In a message dated 9/15/2008 5:57:17 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
skipb at rcn.com writes:
Bonjour, Gerrie,
Below is what I have collected in my Master List of 1851 O.T. Pioneers.
The initials between the –‘s are the sources from which I documented their
trek : - NP - is Nancy Prevost who sent me the HARPOLE info.; - SF - is
Stephenie Flora ; - l&rm - refers to Lewis and Rachel (Jackson) MILLER and the
three accounts I have of the Massacre Rock incident ; – DLC – refers to the
Donation Land Claim Harpole took out ; HRCW is Here Rolled the Covered Wagons
-- by Albert and Jane Salisbury in which is an article: “Massacre Rocks and
Rock Creek Camp.”
Where I was not absolutely sure that a person was on the Trail that year, I
added a ? If you have verification that Nancy, Paul, and Susan were on the
Trail in 1851 I’d sure like to add that documentation. If you like, I’ll add
your name and contact info to my list, in case someone wants to contact you
about sharing info.
Do you have any 1851 Trail journals or recollections that mention these
folks?
Your humble servant &c., &c.,
Albert
HARPOLE (Attacked at Massacre Rock) - HRCW -
HARPOLE, James Walker [Captain ] (Captain of 28 Wagon Train group) - “WTME”
- ; (Led train of 20 wagons attacked by Indians) - HO - ; - l & r m –
HARPOLE, Lafayette "Fleck" (1834 - 1916 in Brooks, Marion Co., OR ; s/o
William P. and Nancy Mary [McMullen] ) - NP - ; - SF -
HARPOLE, Marion D. (b. 1831 Pike Co., IL; child of William P. and Nancy
Mary [McMullen]; m’d Mary A. LIVERMORE Aug. 2, 1866 Polk Co., OR; d. 1900
Yakima, WA; rejected DLC 4220; arrived Sept. 19, settled in Marion Co., OR) - NP
- ; (DLC #4220 ) - OR DLC 4 -
HARPOLE, Nancy (DLC #1882) - SF -
HARPOLE, Nancy E. ? (b. ca. 1847-8; m’d John M. Hagey April 25, 1867 in
Marion Co.; child of William P. and Nancy/Mary [McMullen] ) - NP -
HARPOLE, Paul (1840 -1912 in Brooks, Marion Co., OR; child of William P. and
Nancy/Mary McMullen] ) - NP - ; m'd Grace VALENTINE Sept. 28, 1898) - SF
-
HARPOLE, Susan ? (b. 1845; m’d Shaffer; child of William P. and Nancy/Mary
[McMullen] ) - NP -
HARPOLE, Thomas ? (b. 1835; d. Jan. 24, 1903 in Brooks, Marion Co., OR ;
child of William P. and Nancy / Mary [McMullen] ) - NP -
HARPOLE, William P. (Child of Paul P. and Barbara [Conrad]; b. Jan. 6,
1807 Wilson Co.,IN; m’d Oct. 19, 1829 Nancy Mary Mc MULLEN, b. Feb. 1808 in KY,
d. March 21, 1906 in Marion Co., OR; d. May 17, 1862 in Marion Co., OR;
possibly went to OR first in 1847, then returned for children in 1851, then
returned east, remarried, and returned to OR) - N - ; (DLC #1882) - SF - ; - OR DLC
1 -
HARPOOL [See HARPOLE]
HARPOON [See Harpole]
Albert Edward Belanger
128 Middle Road
Brentwood, NH 03833
Researching the 1851 Oregon Trail Migration
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From: Cuprum4445 at aol.com [mailto:Cuprum4445 at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:05 PM
To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Historical maps - 1851 Willamette Valley
Monsieur Belanger,
Pardon my high school French, but I couldn't resist. Do you have our
ancestor, William P. Harpole & family in your book, as they came to Oregon in
1851. His brother, James Walker Harpole was captain of that wagon train I
believe. The Oregon State Library and the Salt Lake City Family History Center
have copies of HARPOLE family books, if you need their information. I don't
have pictures of the family, but there are some interesting stories of this
family in the books I've read. Our William P. Harpole was an Oregon
politician, who died on the campaign trail while running for another term. I have
his widow, Nancy M. Mc Mullen Harpole's informative obituary, and could share
it with you.
Respectfully,
Gerrie Stults, Idaho
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