Update – June 5, 2010 I received the Obituary for Dewey S. Mercer in the mail today from the Tillamook Historical Society. In it it mentions a living sister “Hazel McCall, Sublimity”. This is much too much of a coincidence not to be her brother. Success! Another family member found. Now if I could...
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Robert Lee “Bob” McCall was my Great Grandfather. I always knew him as “Grandpa” and would climb up into his lap and listen to his pocket watch he kept in the front pocket of his overalls. I remember many meals over at my Great Grandparents house where “supper” was served at near noon and...
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John Keener McCall was my 2nd Great Grandfather. He is buried in the Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton, Marion County, Oregon. I have visited there and have seen his grave. The Lone Oak Cemetery is on a nice hill on the edge of Stayton in a mostly residential neighborhood overlooking the valley. It is...
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James Ewell “J.E.” McCall is my 3rd Great Grandfather through his son John Keener “J.K” McCall who married Married Martha Olive “Ollie” Johnson in 1893. Much of the information of his life, I have gathered through a history that was written about him and his connection to the Clan Cholla charts. I spent many...
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I found the following photo among some photocopies that my mother made of some of my Great Grandmother’s photos in the 1970′s. Even though I don’t know who had this original, I am grateful to have the photocopy. I was looking at this photo, and thought this location looked vaguely familiar. After looking closely...
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The following is a great picture of the extended family of my Great Great Grandfather John Keener McCall and his second wife Azle (Mercer) McCall. It was taken about 1926 in Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico. I’m sorry about the quality, but I’m afraid I only have a rough photocopy of the original. I...
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She bore him 9 kids in their 23 years of marriage (one died as an infant), but she never lived to see any of her children married or have children of their own. Martha Olive “Ollie” Johnson McCall (1874-1916) was my Great-Great Grandmother, but it was John Keener’s second wife Martha Azle “Miss Azle”...
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This picture was scanned from a color copy of the original photo, so I’m afraid the quality is not much good. Either way, it’s a great picture showing John Keener “J.K.” McCall and his sons from his two wives. The youngest is on the left, to the oldest on the right, ending with J.K....
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The following is the family group record for John Keener “J.K.” McCall. J.K. and Ollie (Johnson) McCall were the parents of my Great-Grandfather Robert Lee McCall who married Etoyl Montgomery in 1920. I had the pleasure of knowing both Etoyl and Robert “Bob” McCall and spending time at their house in Stayton, Oregon when...
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