From: KyArchives Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 12:33 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Mccallister.Hardin.1915.Hardin.OBIT Hardin McCallister April 14, 1915 Hardin County KyArchives Obituaries Oregon Daily Journal, Portland, Oregon From the Oregon Daily Journal, Portland, Oregon Wednesday, 14 April 1915 Hardin McCallister, 87, Dies at Pratum, Oregon Was Well Known for His Generosity and Was Friend to Early Settlers Native of Hardin County, Kentucky Salem, OR. Hardin McCallister who crossed the plains from Illinois in 1848, died at Pratum this morning, aged 87 years. He established McCallister’s mill on the historic site at Pratum, on the Pudding river, and ground flour for the pioneers of Oregon. This mill was later burned, and in 1895 W. B. McCallister, son of the decedent, built a new mill, and is still running it. Mr. McCallister was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, and he was named after that county. The family moved to Illinois and later started for Oregon. On the trip Mr. McCallister acted scout and general overseer. He understood the hardships of the trip, and when emigrants arrived in Oregon he always had his latchstring out. He was widely known for his generosity to the poor, and his desire to make everyone happy. He is survived by his second wife, two sons, W. B. of Pratum and T. F. of Prineville, and a daughter, Mrs. George Swegel, residing in Washington. He is also survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Willard church in the Waldo hills and interment will be in the Warren cemetery. Submitted by: Anne Livingston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000466 Additional Comments: Noted that Hardin consistently gave Illinois as his birthplace on census. His father was John McCallister b. 1793 who did live in Hardin Co. before Illinois and finally Oregon, but who married Mahala Smith 15 Nov 1824 in White Co. IL. It seems improbable that Hardin was born in Hardin Co. KY as the obit says but this is a Hardin Co. family. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/