MULINO MAN DIES; 102 YEARS OF AGE
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N. R. Mulvaney, probably the oldest resident of Clackamas county, if not in Oregon, died at his home in the Mulino community east of Canby Sunday. He was 102 years of age at the time of his departure and had been active to the end. The funeral was held Tuesday.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn., December 5, 1824, Mr. Mulvaney spent his youth in Tennessee and Iowa. In 1853 he crossed the plains, coming to Oregon with the Hinkle train as an employed ox driver. Mr. Mulvaney and his brother left the train on the west side of the Cascades and went to Lafayette, where they met a third brother, and the three brothers then proceeded to Jackson county, where they engaged in mining.
For several years they operated a saw mill at Drain, and in 1860, Mr. Mulvaney married Mary Roberts and moved to Wamic, Wasco county.
Mr. Mulvaney fought in the Rouge River Indian was. In 1921 he proved up on a homestead in Lake county having been the oldest man to have acquired government land by that process, according to the records.
Surviving are two sons and three daughters, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Canby Herald newspaper, Thur., Dec. 30, 1926, front page, column 5
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N. R. Mulvaney, probably the oldest resident of Clackamas county, if not in Oregon, died at his home in the Mulino community east of Canby Sunday. He was 102 years of age at the time of his departure and had been active to the end. The funeral was held Tuesday.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn., December 5, 1824, Mr. Mulvaney spent his youth in Tennessee and Iowa. In 1853 he crossed the plains, coming to Oregon with the Hinkle train as an employed ox driver. Mr. Mulvaney and his brother left the train on the west side of the Cascades and went to Lafayette, where they met a third brother, and the three brothers then proceeded to Jackson county, where they engaged in mining.
For several years they operated a saw mill at Drain, and in 1860, Mr. Mulvaney married Mary Roberts and moved to Wamic, Wasco county.
Mr. Mulvaney fought in the Rouge River Indian was. In 1921 he proved up on a homestead in Lake county having been the oldest man to have acquired government land by that process, according to the records.
Surviving are two sons and three daughters, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Canby Herald newspaper, Thur., Dec. 30, 1926, front page, column 5
MULINO MAN DIES; 102 YEARS OF AGE
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N. R. Mulvaney, probably the oldest resident of Clackamas county, if not in Oregon, died at his home in the Mulino community east of Canby Sunday. He was 102 years of age at the time of his departure and had been active to the end. The funeral was held Tuesday.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn., December 5, 1824, Mr. Mulvaney spent his youth in Tennessee and Iowa. In 1853 he crossed the plains, coming to Oregon with the Hinkle train as an employed ox driver. Mr. Mulvaney and his brother left the train on the west side of the Cascades and went to Lafayette, where they met a third brother, and the three brothers then proceeded to Jackson county, where they engaged in mining.
For several years they operated a saw mill at Drain, and in 1860, Mr. Mulvaney married Mary Roberts and moved to Wamic, Wasco county.
Mr. Mulvaney fought in the Rouge River Indian was. In 1921 he proved up on a homestead in Lake county having been the oldest man to have acquired government land by that process, according to the records.
Surviving are two sons and three daughters, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Canby Herald newspaper, Thur., Dec. 30, 1926, front page, column 5
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N. R. Mulvaney, probably the oldest resident of Clackamas county, if not in Oregon, died at his home in the Mulino community east of Canby Sunday. He was 102 years of age at the time of his departure and had been active to the end. The funeral was held Tuesday.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn., December 5, 1824, Mr. Mulvaney spent his youth in Tennessee and Iowa. In 1853 he crossed the plains, coming to Oregon with the Hinkle train as an employed ox driver. Mr. Mulvaney and his brother left the train on the west side of the Cascades and went to Lafayette, where they met a third brother, and the three brothers then proceeded to Jackson county, where they engaged in mining.
For several years they operated a saw mill at Drain, and in 1860, Mr. Mulvaney married Mary Roberts and moved to Wamic, Wasco county.
Mr. Mulvaney fought in the Rouge River Indian was. In 1921 he proved up on a homestead in Lake county having been the oldest man to have acquired government land by that process, according to the records.
Surviving are two sons and three daughters, 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Canby Herald newspaper, Thur., Dec. 30, 1926, front page, column 5
Inscription
MULVANY, Nelson R.; 1824-1926; Mary his wife; 1844-1879
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Nelson is almost always seen with his last name spelled Mulvany. It was spelled Mulvaney in this obit. It was Mulvany on his State of OR death certificate and his daughter was the informant and spelled her name that way also.
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