Obituary
Oregonian, February 26, 1886
Mr. Henry McGinn yesterday received a dispatch from Mrs. M.F. Mulkey, at Oakland, Cal., informing him that Mr. Mulkey was dead. The news was quite unexpected, as from the latest accounts it was supposed his health was improving. He was a man of fine physique, and was apparently in the enjoyment of perfect health, until about two months ago when he took a severe cold, and it was then found that he was affected with some form of heart disease. He was very sick for a short time but soon rallied, and about three weeks ago left with his wife for Oakland, Cal.
His friends hoped that nothing more serious than some asthmatic affection ailed him and that a change of climate might restore him to health.
Only a few days since his wife wrote that his condition seemed improving and that she was much encouraged. But his improvement appears to have been deceptive and the end came suddenly and unexpectedly to his friends here, though it is known that his family feared the worst.
Mr. Mulkey has led an active life, both as a public man and as a private individual. He was one of our self-made men, and from obscurity in early life attained a prominence in the legal fraternity highly flattering to a gentleman of his age.
He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836, and with his father, Mr. Johnson Mulkey, came to Oregon in 1847, and settled on Oak creek, about three miles west of Corvallis. There they took up a donation claim and lived a pioneers' life in every sense of the word. Among the teachers in the traditional log school house of those early days, who taught young ideas, how to shoot, and who gave young Mulkey his first thirst for knowledge were ex-Senator James H. Slater and Hon. Philip Ritz.
Endowed with more than ordinary ambition, and with a view of getting outside the ruts of routine life on the farm, Mr. Mulkey, in 1854, entered the Pacific university at Forest Grove and, under the late Dr. Marsh, commenced fitting himself for a course in college. In the fall of 1858 he entered Yale college, at New Haven, Conn., from which he graduated with high honors as one of the class of 1862. He returned to Oregon, came to reside in Portland, read law iwth Judge E.D. Shattuck, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He was appointed deputy provost marshal in 1868, and assisted in making the enrollment of that year. In 1866 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fourth judicial district, and in 1867 represented the citizens of the Third ward in the Portland city council.
In 1872 he was elected city attorney and re-elected in 1873. Since that year and up to the time of his death he was associated in the practice of his profession with Hon. John F. Caples. He filled the responsible position of deputy district attorney during the three terms to which Mr. Caples was successively chosen. As an attorney Mr. Mulkey had few superiors. In his profession he ranked with men who were his senior by years. As a speaker, he was forcible -- at times eloquent -- while his cool and logical reasoning had great influence with a jury. He was an unswerving republican, and an active worker in the party.
Mr. Mulkey was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Porter, of New Haven, Conn., in 1862. A loving, devoted wife and two sons - Frank aged about 21, and Fred aged 13 - survive.
The remains will be brought to Portland for interment. There will doubtless be a meeting of the bar in a few days to take suitable action in relation to the dead.
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Excerpt from his biography in"History of the Pacific Northwest" by Elwood Evans, 1889, Vol. II, Page 486.
This gentleman, the eldest son of Johnson Mulkey, and who took up, and conducted in the spirit, and to some extent the method, the pioneer activities of his father, was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836. He was therefore but a boy of ten when, in 1847, he accompanied his father across the continent to Oregon. His, however, was one of those old heads on young shoulders; and so responsible was he, and so capable of affairs, that he was entrusted with the driving of oxen, and all work adapted to his strength, with the same confidence as a grown man.
Upon arriving in Oregon and beginning life anew on the Donation Land Claim in Benton County, he played his part of felling timber, breaking and fencing land, and erecting the frontiersman's temporary buildings as vigorously as anyone in the family.
He early drew from his parents a desire for education, and after his first essays in learning at the log school house, under the tuition of such men as Senator J.H. Slater and Honorable Philip Ritz, was eager to take advantage of the assistance furnished by his father to pursue higher studies at Forest Grove, under the guidance of the late Doctor S.H. Marsh. This assistance he supplemented by labor of his own, following the traditional method of the youth ambitious of self-improvement-teaching school during vacations.
It was while at school that the Indian war of 1856 broke out; and, although then but a boy of eighteen, young Mulkey saddled his pony and rode off to the seat of hostilities.
He was united in marriage, in 1862, to Miss Mary E. Porter of New Haven, Connecticut, a New England lady of great intelligence and large culture, who has brought to bear, in the society and intellectual and moral life of Portland, much the same strong influence for the best things as was exercised by her husband in the professional, political and business fields. Of their two sons, Frank, an alumnus of the State University, will follow his father's profession; while Fred, some years younger, is still at school.
The death of Mr. Mulkey, which occurred the 25th of February, 1889, was felt as a blow to the community, and as a personal loss to very many throughout the state and the Pacific Northwest.
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Youngest son is Frederick William Mulkey.
Oregonian, February 26, 1886
Mr. Henry McGinn yesterday received a dispatch from Mrs. M.F. Mulkey, at Oakland, Cal., informing him that Mr. Mulkey was dead. The news was quite unexpected, as from the latest accounts it was supposed his health was improving. He was a man of fine physique, and was apparently in the enjoyment of perfect health, until about two months ago when he took a severe cold, and it was then found that he was affected with some form of heart disease. He was very sick for a short time but soon rallied, and about three weeks ago left with his wife for Oakland, Cal.
His friends hoped that nothing more serious than some asthmatic affection ailed him and that a change of climate might restore him to health.
Only a few days since his wife wrote that his condition seemed improving and that she was much encouraged. But his improvement appears to have been deceptive and the end came suddenly and unexpectedly to his friends here, though it is known that his family feared the worst.
Mr. Mulkey has led an active life, both as a public man and as a private individual. He was one of our self-made men, and from obscurity in early life attained a prominence in the legal fraternity highly flattering to a gentleman of his age.
He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836, and with his father, Mr. Johnson Mulkey, came to Oregon in 1847, and settled on Oak creek, about three miles west of Corvallis. There they took up a donation claim and lived a pioneers' life in every sense of the word. Among the teachers in the traditional log school house of those early days, who taught young ideas, how to shoot, and who gave young Mulkey his first thirst for knowledge were ex-Senator James H. Slater and Hon. Philip Ritz.
Endowed with more than ordinary ambition, and with a view of getting outside the ruts of routine life on the farm, Mr. Mulkey, in 1854, entered the Pacific university at Forest Grove and, under the late Dr. Marsh, commenced fitting himself for a course in college. In the fall of 1858 he entered Yale college, at New Haven, Conn., from which he graduated with high honors as one of the class of 1862. He returned to Oregon, came to reside in Portland, read law iwth Judge E.D. Shattuck, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He was appointed deputy provost marshal in 1868, and assisted in making the enrollment of that year. In 1866 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fourth judicial district, and in 1867 represented the citizens of the Third ward in the Portland city council.
In 1872 he was elected city attorney and re-elected in 1873. Since that year and up to the time of his death he was associated in the practice of his profession with Hon. John F. Caples. He filled the responsible position of deputy district attorney during the three terms to which Mr. Caples was successively chosen. As an attorney Mr. Mulkey had few superiors. In his profession he ranked with men who were his senior by years. As a speaker, he was forcible -- at times eloquent -- while his cool and logical reasoning had great influence with a jury. He was an unswerving republican, and an active worker in the party.
Mr. Mulkey was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Porter, of New Haven, Conn., in 1862. A loving, devoted wife and two sons - Frank aged about 21, and Fred aged 13 - survive.
The remains will be brought to Portland for interment. There will doubtless be a meeting of the bar in a few days to take suitable action in relation to the dead.
_______________________
Excerpt from his biography in"History of the Pacific Northwest" by Elwood Evans, 1889, Vol. II, Page 486.
This gentleman, the eldest son of Johnson Mulkey, and who took up, and conducted in the spirit, and to some extent the method, the pioneer activities of his father, was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836. He was therefore but a boy of ten when, in 1847, he accompanied his father across the continent to Oregon. His, however, was one of those old heads on young shoulders; and so responsible was he, and so capable of affairs, that he was entrusted with the driving of oxen, and all work adapted to his strength, with the same confidence as a grown man.
Upon arriving in Oregon and beginning life anew on the Donation Land Claim in Benton County, he played his part of felling timber, breaking and fencing land, and erecting the frontiersman's temporary buildings as vigorously as anyone in the family.
He early drew from his parents a desire for education, and after his first essays in learning at the log school house, under the tuition of such men as Senator J.H. Slater and Honorable Philip Ritz, was eager to take advantage of the assistance furnished by his father to pursue higher studies at Forest Grove, under the guidance of the late Doctor S.H. Marsh. This assistance he supplemented by labor of his own, following the traditional method of the youth ambitious of self-improvement-teaching school during vacations.
It was while at school that the Indian war of 1856 broke out; and, although then but a boy of eighteen, young Mulkey saddled his pony and rode off to the seat of hostilities.
He was united in marriage, in 1862, to Miss Mary E. Porter of New Haven, Connecticut, a New England lady of great intelligence and large culture, who has brought to bear, in the society and intellectual and moral life of Portland, much the same strong influence for the best things as was exercised by her husband in the professional, political and business fields. Of their two sons, Frank, an alumnus of the State University, will follow his father's profession; while Fred, some years younger, is still at school.
The death of Mr. Mulkey, which occurred the 25th of February, 1889, was felt as a blow to the community, and as a personal loss to very many throughout the state and the Pacific Northwest.
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Youngest son is Frederick William Mulkey.
Obituary
Oregonian, February 26, 1886
Mr. Henry McGinn yesterday received a dispatch from Mrs. M.F. Mulkey, at Oakland, Cal., informing him that Mr. Mulkey was dead. The news was quite unexpected, as from the latest accounts it was supposed his health was improving. He was a man of fine physique, and was apparently in the enjoyment of perfect health, until about two months ago when he took a severe cold, and it was then found that he was affected with some form of heart disease. He was very sick for a short time but soon rallied, and about three weeks ago left with his wife for Oakland, Cal.
His friends hoped that nothing more serious than some asthmatic affection ailed him and that a change of climate might restore him to health.
Only a few days since his wife wrote that his condition seemed improving and that she was much encouraged. But his improvement appears to have been deceptive and the end came suddenly and unexpectedly to his friends here, though it is known that his family feared the worst.
Mr. Mulkey has led an active life, both as a public man and as a private individual. He was one of our self-made men, and from obscurity in early life attained a prominence in the legal fraternity highly flattering to a gentleman of his age.
He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836, and with his father, Mr. Johnson Mulkey, came to Oregon in 1847, and settled on Oak creek, about three miles west of Corvallis. There they took up a donation claim and lived a pioneers' life in every sense of the word. Among the teachers in the traditional log school house of those early days, who taught young ideas, how to shoot, and who gave young Mulkey his first thirst for knowledge were ex-Senator James H. Slater and Hon. Philip Ritz.
Endowed with more than ordinary ambition, and with a view of getting outside the ruts of routine life on the farm, Mr. Mulkey, in 1854, entered the Pacific university at Forest Grove and, under the late Dr. Marsh, commenced fitting himself for a course in college. In the fall of 1858 he entered Yale college, at New Haven, Conn., from which he graduated with high honors as one of the class of 1862. He returned to Oregon, came to reside in Portland, read law iwth Judge E.D. Shattuck, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He was appointed deputy provost marshal in 1868, and assisted in making the enrollment of that year. In 1866 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fourth judicial district, and in 1867 represented the citizens of the Third ward in the Portland city council.
In 1872 he was elected city attorney and re-elected in 1873. Since that year and up to the time of his death he was associated in the practice of his profession with Hon. John F. Caples. He filled the responsible position of deputy district attorney during the three terms to which Mr. Caples was successively chosen. As an attorney Mr. Mulkey had few superiors. In his profession he ranked with men who were his senior by years. As a speaker, he was forcible -- at times eloquent -- while his cool and logical reasoning had great influence with a jury. He was an unswerving republican, and an active worker in the party.
Mr. Mulkey was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Porter, of New Haven, Conn., in 1862. A loving, devoted wife and two sons - Frank aged about 21, and Fred aged 13 - survive.
The remains will be brought to Portland for interment. There will doubtless be a meeting of the bar in a few days to take suitable action in relation to the dead.
_______________________
Excerpt from his biography in"History of the Pacific Northwest" by Elwood Evans, 1889, Vol. II, Page 486.
This gentleman, the eldest son of Johnson Mulkey, and who took up, and conducted in the spirit, and to some extent the method, the pioneer activities of his father, was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836. He was therefore but a boy of ten when, in 1847, he accompanied his father across the continent to Oregon. His, however, was one of those old heads on young shoulders; and so responsible was he, and so capable of affairs, that he was entrusted with the driving of oxen, and all work adapted to his strength, with the same confidence as a grown man.
Upon arriving in Oregon and beginning life anew on the Donation Land Claim in Benton County, he played his part of felling timber, breaking and fencing land, and erecting the frontiersman's temporary buildings as vigorously as anyone in the family.
He early drew from his parents a desire for education, and after his first essays in learning at the log school house, under the tuition of such men as Senator J.H. Slater and Honorable Philip Ritz, was eager to take advantage of the assistance furnished by his father to pursue higher studies at Forest Grove, under the guidance of the late Doctor S.H. Marsh. This assistance he supplemented by labor of his own, following the traditional method of the youth ambitious of self-improvement-teaching school during vacations.
It was while at school that the Indian war of 1856 broke out; and, although then but a boy of eighteen, young Mulkey saddled his pony and rode off to the seat of hostilities.
He was united in marriage, in 1862, to Miss Mary E. Porter of New Haven, Connecticut, a New England lady of great intelligence and large culture, who has brought to bear, in the society and intellectual and moral life of Portland, much the same strong influence for the best things as was exercised by her husband in the professional, political and business fields. Of their two sons, Frank, an alumnus of the State University, will follow his father's profession; while Fred, some years younger, is still at school.
The death of Mr. Mulkey, which occurred the 25th of February, 1889, was felt as a blow to the community, and as a personal loss to very many throughout the state and the Pacific Northwest.
____________________
Youngest son is Frederick William Mulkey.
Oregonian, February 26, 1886
Mr. Henry McGinn yesterday received a dispatch from Mrs. M.F. Mulkey, at Oakland, Cal., informing him that Mr. Mulkey was dead. The news was quite unexpected, as from the latest accounts it was supposed his health was improving. He was a man of fine physique, and was apparently in the enjoyment of perfect health, until about two months ago when he took a severe cold, and it was then found that he was affected with some form of heart disease. He was very sick for a short time but soon rallied, and about three weeks ago left with his wife for Oakland, Cal.
His friends hoped that nothing more serious than some asthmatic affection ailed him and that a change of climate might restore him to health.
Only a few days since his wife wrote that his condition seemed improving and that she was much encouraged. But his improvement appears to have been deceptive and the end came suddenly and unexpectedly to his friends here, though it is known that his family feared the worst.
Mr. Mulkey has led an active life, both as a public man and as a private individual. He was one of our self-made men, and from obscurity in early life attained a prominence in the legal fraternity highly flattering to a gentleman of his age.
He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836, and with his father, Mr. Johnson Mulkey, came to Oregon in 1847, and settled on Oak creek, about three miles west of Corvallis. There they took up a donation claim and lived a pioneers' life in every sense of the word. Among the teachers in the traditional log school house of those early days, who taught young ideas, how to shoot, and who gave young Mulkey his first thirst for knowledge were ex-Senator James H. Slater and Hon. Philip Ritz.
Endowed with more than ordinary ambition, and with a view of getting outside the ruts of routine life on the farm, Mr. Mulkey, in 1854, entered the Pacific university at Forest Grove and, under the late Dr. Marsh, commenced fitting himself for a course in college. In the fall of 1858 he entered Yale college, at New Haven, Conn., from which he graduated with high honors as one of the class of 1862. He returned to Oregon, came to reside in Portland, read law iwth Judge E.D. Shattuck, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He was appointed deputy provost marshal in 1868, and assisted in making the enrollment of that year. In 1866 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the Fourth judicial district, and in 1867 represented the citizens of the Third ward in the Portland city council.
In 1872 he was elected city attorney and re-elected in 1873. Since that year and up to the time of his death he was associated in the practice of his profession with Hon. John F. Caples. He filled the responsible position of deputy district attorney during the three terms to which Mr. Caples was successively chosen. As an attorney Mr. Mulkey had few superiors. In his profession he ranked with men who were his senior by years. As a speaker, he was forcible -- at times eloquent -- while his cool and logical reasoning had great influence with a jury. He was an unswerving republican, and an active worker in the party.
Mr. Mulkey was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Porter, of New Haven, Conn., in 1862. A loving, devoted wife and two sons - Frank aged about 21, and Fred aged 13 - survive.
The remains will be brought to Portland for interment. There will doubtless be a meeting of the bar in a few days to take suitable action in relation to the dead.
_______________________
Excerpt from his biography in"History of the Pacific Northwest" by Elwood Evans, 1889, Vol. II, Page 486.
This gentleman, the eldest son of Johnson Mulkey, and who took up, and conducted in the spirit, and to some extent the method, the pioneer activities of his father, was born in Johnson County, Missouri, November 14, 1836. He was therefore but a boy of ten when, in 1847, he accompanied his father across the continent to Oregon. His, however, was one of those old heads on young shoulders; and so responsible was he, and so capable of affairs, that he was entrusted with the driving of oxen, and all work adapted to his strength, with the same confidence as a grown man.
Upon arriving in Oregon and beginning life anew on the Donation Land Claim in Benton County, he played his part of felling timber, breaking and fencing land, and erecting the frontiersman's temporary buildings as vigorously as anyone in the family.
He early drew from his parents a desire for education, and after his first essays in learning at the log school house, under the tuition of such men as Senator J.H. Slater and Honorable Philip Ritz, was eager to take advantage of the assistance furnished by his father to pursue higher studies at Forest Grove, under the guidance of the late Doctor S.H. Marsh. This assistance he supplemented by labor of his own, following the traditional method of the youth ambitious of self-improvement-teaching school during vacations.
It was while at school that the Indian war of 1856 broke out; and, although then but a boy of eighteen, young Mulkey saddled his pony and rode off to the seat of hostilities.
He was united in marriage, in 1862, to Miss Mary E. Porter of New Haven, Connecticut, a New England lady of great intelligence and large culture, who has brought to bear, in the society and intellectual and moral life of Portland, much the same strong influence for the best things as was exercised by her husband in the professional, political and business fields. Of their two sons, Frank, an alumnus of the State University, will follow his father's profession; while Fred, some years younger, is still at school.
The death of Mr. Mulkey, which occurred the 25th of February, 1889, was felt as a blow to the community, and as a personal loss to very many throughout the state and the Pacific Northwest.
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Youngest son is Frederick William Mulkey.
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MARION F. MULKEY
BORN NOV.
14TH 1836.
DIED
FEB. 25TH 1889
PEACE
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