Celebrating our Republican Family: Charles L. McNary Request

We are in receipt of a request (July 24, 2006) to help track down witnesses/participants of/in the 1940 Wilkie/McNary Presidential Race. Below, please find the McNary family tree we just mocked up. Charles McNary was the grandson of Oregon pioneers of 1845, James and Elizabeth Sharp McNary. Reminded me that his adopted daughter, Charlotte, was born in 1935,.. so may very well be alive. If anyone has any first hand information regarding the events of this election, or knows someone that does, please contact me direct at: TonyLarson@aol.com

A rootsweb search found this:

U.S. Oregon Senator
Notable Oregonians: Charles McNary- Senator

Charles Linza McNary was born on a farm near Salem, Oregon on June 12, 1874. He graduated from Stanford University and returned to Salem to begin a law career in which he served as a deputy district attorney from 1906 to 1913; dean of the Willamette University Law School from 1908 to 1913; and Oregon Supreme Court associate justice from 1913 to 1915.

Following the death of Harry Lane in 1917, McNary was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate. His seat was taken by Frederick Mulkey in the 1918 election, but Mulkey resigned within weeks to allow for McNary's appointment. In the Senate McNary advocated farmand reclamation legislation including the McNary-Haugen farm bill of 1927. He served as minority leader from 1933 to 1944 and supported a great deal of New Deal legislation, although he opposed the reciprocal trade agreements and President Franklin Roosevelt's proposals for Supreme Court reform. In 1933 McNary wasthe original and principal sponsor of the Bonneville Dam. He ran unsuccessfully for vice president with Wendell Wilkie in 1940 against the Roosevelt ticket.

McNary died in office in 1944. Seen by many as the leading figure in Oregon politics in the first half of the 20th century, he was later honored when McNary Dam on the Columbia River and McNary High School in Keizer were named for him.
(Sources: Columbia Encyclopedia | Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | Dictionary of Oregon History)

http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/primary/chasmcn.htm
The following document comes from pages 12-14 of A TrainingManual for Interpreters McNary Lock and Dam, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, Revised January, 1999

Charles McNary was born June 12, 1874 on a homestead five miles north of Salem Oregon. Charles was the third son, and the ninth of ten children born to Hugh Linza and Mary Calggett McNary. Charles can be describe as a true son of the Oregon soil with a direct link to the Oregon Trail. Charles received his first name from Charles Claggett who had crossed the plains in 1852, and established the homestead where Charles was born. His other grandfather, James McNary is known to have been the captain of an 1845 wagon train that brought 100 families to the Pacific Northwest. It is said thatCharles never lost touch with his pioneer roots.

By the time Charles was 9 years old, both of his parents had passed away. Care of the McNary family fell tothe able hands of the older children, John, Nina and Martha. Rare for her time, Nina a graduate of Willamette University gave up her teaching career to help raise the family. Martha on the other hand kept her teaching position with the Salem public school system, thus providing income for the large McNary family. John provided income for the family as a journalist, later becoming a lawyer with his own firm in Salem. In addition to providing family income, John assumed the role of leader and mentor to his young brother Charles. During his younger days he was known for his energetic and fun loving personality. He is said to have had a wry sense of humor, loved to sing and dance, and was such a good baseball player that many of his friends believed him capable of a career in professional baseball.

Based on his biography, Charles used his mind energetically as he used his body. During his life Charles never lost his passion for knowledge and reading. In addition to his intellectual curiositites he maintained a strong connection to his agricultural heritage. As a young boy, he earned income for the family milking cows, and as a helper in a tree nursery near the state capital. As an adult he became noted for his poineering efforts in farming and experimental horticulture. One of his experiments resulted in the establishment of a successful filbert industry in the Pacific Northwest where there had never been one. In 1909 Charles formed the Salem Fruit

Descendants of James McNary

1 James McNary b: 28 Feb 1790 in Lexington, Kentucky d: 11 Oct 1871 in Marion Co., Oregon
.. +Elizabeth Sharp b: 31 Mar 1795 in Fayette Co., New York m: 11 Nov 1818 in ,Crawford Co., Indiana d: 01 May 1840 in Pittsfield, Pike Co. Illinois
........ 2 Harriet Vanneva McNary b: 19 Aug 1819 in Kentucky d: 1879
............ +Alanson Perry Smith b: 1815 in Union Co. IN m: 1847
................... 3 Mary Smith b: 1849
................... 3 John Smith b: 1852
................... 3 Amanda Smith b: 1859
................... 3 Anna Smith b: 1861
........ 2 Rachel Emaline McNary b: 09 Feb 1821 in Shelby Co., Illinios d: 1889
............ +Isaac Lasswell m: 06 Jan 1848 in Clackamas County, Oregon
................... 3 James Henry LASWELL
....................... +Eliza Weddle
............................. 4 Lillian Lasswell
........ 2 Tabitha Ann McNary b: 07 Mar 1823 in Illinios
........ 2 Rosanna McNary b: 04 Jan 1827 in Shelby Co., Illinios d: 05 Feb 1904 in Jackson County, Oregon
............ +William D. Cole b: 1823 in Knox Co., KY m: 25 Mar 1847 in Clackamas County, Oregon d: 1880 in Marion Co., OR
................... 3 Erwin Oliver COLE b: 11 Apr 1856 in Yoncalla, Douglas Co., OR d: 01 Aug 1931
....................... +Arabelle Owen b: 06 Aug 1855 in Belleville, St. Clari Co., IL m: 22 Feb 1877 in Polk Co., OR d: 02 Dec 1931 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., WA
............................. 4 Frank Cole
............................. 4 E.O. Cole b: 1879 in Waterloo, Linn Co., OR
............................. 4 William Oliver Cole b: 12 Dec 1884 in Lane Co., OR d: 14 Apr 1956 in Oyehut, WA
................................. +Lillian Mae Steadman b: 17 Apr 1891 in England m: 12 Jun 1909 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., WA d: 11 Nov 1918 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., WA
........ 2 Hugh Linza McNary b: 30 Aug 1829 in Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinios d: Aug 1883 in Oregon
............ +Mary Margaret Claggett b: 1834 in Kentucky m: 21 Dec 1854 in ,Clackamas Co., Oregon d: 1878
................... 3 Sarah Elizabeth McNary b: 08 Aug 1857 in ,Marion Co., Oregon Territory d: 27 Feb 1932 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
................... 3 Martha McNary b: 1860 in Marion Co., OR d: 1898
................... 3 Martin McNary b: 1862 in Marion Co., OR d: 1898
................... 3 Nancy Eliza McNary b: 1863 in Marion Co., OR d: 1887
................... 3 Harriett McNary b: 1865 in Marion Co., OR d: 1879
................... 3 John Hugh McNary b: 31 Jan 1867 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon d: 25 Oct 1936 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
....................... +Esther Hall b: 13 Feb 1869 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon m: 29 Jan 1893 d: 21 Nov 1934 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
................... 3 Ella McNary b: 1870 in Marion Co., OR d: 1951 in Marion Co., OR
....................... +Walter Stolz b: Mar 1872 in Ohio d: 28 Jan 1940 in Marion Co., OR
............................. 4 Margaret Stolz b: 1905 in Oregon
................................. +William Marshall
........................................ 5 Margaret McNary MARSHALL
............................. 4 Richard McNary Stolz b: 1908 in Oregon
................... 3 James McNary b: 1872 in Marion Co., OR d: 1872
................... 3 Charles Linza McNary b: 12 Jun 1874 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon d: 25 Feb 1944 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida
....................... +Sara Kate Johns
................... *2nd Wife of Charles Linza McNary:
....................... +Jessie Breyman m: 19 Nov 1902 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon d: Jul 1917
................... *3rd Wife of Charles Linza McNary:
....................... +Cornelia Martin m: 1923
............................. 4 Charlotte McNary b: 1935 in Adopted Baby Girl
................... 3 Julia M. McNary b: 1876 in Marion Co., OR d: 1880
................... 3 Mary Elizabeth McNary b: 1855 in Marion Co., Oregon
....................... +Henry Thomas Bruce
............................. 4 Walter Wallace Bruce d: Abt. 1940 in Portland, Oregon
................................. +Effie Johnson
............................. *2nd Wife of Walter Wallace Bruce:
................................. +Mary Lucy Edwards m: 1906
........................................ 5 Angela Beth Bruce
............................................ +William C Brandon
........................................ 5 Edward Bruce
............................................ +Yvonne Watselle
.................................................. 6 Living Bruce
............................. 4 Lenore Linza Bruce
................................. +Lacy DeLess Heater m: 1910
........................................ 5 Lyle DeLess Heater
............................................ +Elizabeth Luedder
.................................................. 6 Living Heater
............................. 4 Buelah Boss Bruce
................................. +Walter Johnson m: 1907
........................................ 5 Gordon Gammons Johnson
............................................ +Maureen M Russell
........................................ 5 Robert Bruce Johnson
............................. 4 Minnie Margaret Bruce b: Abt. 1882 in Oregon
................................. +Howard D Still b: in Ohio
............................. *2nd Husband of Minnie Margaret Bruce:
................................. +Hayes Temple m: 1900 d: Bef. Jan 1920
........................................ 5 Bruce H Temple
............................................ +Pearl Lee
........................................ 5 Helen Temple
............................................ +Morris X Little
.................................................. 6 John Morris Little
.................................................. 6 Margaret Ann Little
.................................................. 6 Terry Allan Little
........ *2nd Wife of Hugh Linza McNary:
............ +Julia A. Johnson m: Bef. 1880
........ 2 Elizabeth McNary b: 29 Aug 1836 in Illinios d: 1861
........ 2 Caroline McNary b: 07 May 1839 in Illinios
........ 2 Sarah Eliza McNary b: 14 Nov 1831 in Shelby Co. IL d: 1872 in Oregon
............ +Francis "Marion" Phillips b: Apr 1833 in IL m: 07 Jun 1858 in Clackmas Co. OR d: Aft. 1900 in Oregon
................... 3 Ella Phillips b: 1859 in Oregon d: 26 May 1950 in Spokane, Spokane Co., WA
....................... +John D. Colson d: Bef. 1930
............................. 4 June Clemetine Colson
................................. +Wm. M. Cathey
........................................ 5 Wm. Colson Cathey
............................. 4 Zulenia May Colson
................................. +Earl B. Newton
........................................ 5 Jean Newton b: Abt. 1916
............................. 4 Martin Claydene Colson b: Abt. 1880 in Oregon
................................. +Mima Davis b: Abt. 1889 in Oregon
........................................ 5 Irene Colson
........................................ 5 Female) (Living
........................................ 5 Jasper Dudley Colson b: Abt. 1909 in OR
........................................ 5 Gracie May Colson b: Abt. 1912
........................................ 5 Ida A. Colson b: Abt. 1915
........................................ 5 Winifred Colson b: Abt. 1916
........................................ 5 Ada J. Colson b: Abt. 1918
................... 3 Caroline Elizabeth "Carrie" Phillips b: 12 Aug 1861 in Clackamas Co., OR
....................... +William Walter Jones b: 22 Oct 1860 in Clackamas Co., Oregon m: 19 Sep 1888 in Clackamas Co., OR d: 20 Nov 1931 in Seattle, King Co., WA
............................. 4 Victor Wayne Jones b: 07 Feb 1891 in Oregon d: 30 Jul 1981 in Seattle, King Co., WA
............................. 4 Luella Eliza Jones b: 22 Mar 1899 in Oregon
................... 3 Frances Irene Phillips b: Oct 1863 in Oregon d: Aft. 1930
....................... +Charles Davis
............................. 4 Dorris Phillips Davis b: Jul 1892 in Oregon d: 1919
................... 3 Mary Bell Phillips b: 1866 d: 1866
*2nd Wife of James McNary:
.. +Nancy M. Brookes m: 21 Feb 1841 in Pike Co., Illinois