Elias S. Buell

His son Cyrus Buell, a highly esteemed Oregon pioneer of 1847, and one of Polk County's most prosperous farmers, was born in Indiana, December 19, 1836. His father, Elias Buell, was born in Benton, Yates, New York, July 20, 1797. William Buell, the ancestor of the Buell family in America, was one of the Pilgrim Fathers, coming from England in the Mayflower and landing at Plymouth Rock. Grandfather Samuel Buell was born at Fort Edward, Washington, New York, in 1763, and Grandmother Buell, nee Jerusha Griswold, a native of New York, was born in 1776. They were married in 1796, and of their seven children, Elias, our subject's father, was the oldest

Elias Buell was married in Maryland, October 19, 1817, to Miss Sarah Hammond, who was born in Maryland, January 22, 1800. Her father, Lott Hammond, was of New York ancestry. After his marriage Mr. Buell worked at his trade, that of blacksmith. In the early days he was converted and joined the Methodist Church, and all his life was a firm adherent to that faith. He and his wife have had a family of nine children, three of whom had died in infancy, and in 1847, with his wife and surviving children, he crossed the plains to Oregon. The children who made the journey with them are as follows: Elizabeth, now the widow of Nathan Conner; Caroline first married Mr. Finley, and after his death became the wife of Mr. Courtney; Emeline married Thomas Blair, had nine children and died in 1877; Melissa, a resident of Polk county, has been twice married and is now a widow, her first husband being Isaac Hinshaw, and the second, Mr. Vanhorn; Paulina married Daniel Rowell and had six children, of whom two died in infancy, she and her entire family being lost at sea on the Brother Jonathan while making the return voyage from the East in 1865; Cyrus and Sarah Ann, who married Robert McKune, died in her fifty-first year, leaving seven children. Mr. Buell started with his family from Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1840, and got as far as Holt county, Missouri, where they spent the winter, continuing their way westward the following spring. His brother, Samuel Buell, and his wife and six children were in the company; also Mr. Buell's two sons-in-law, Finley and Conner. After a safe journey of 6 months' duration, they made the first stop at Vancouver. Clark, Washington, where they remained during the winter and learned all they could of the country. In the spring of 1848, they came to the northern part of Polk County, took claim to a section [640 acres] of land, built a log house, and moved in, their relations settling near them.

In the fall of 1848, Mr. Buell went overland to California and mined on the American river, and the following spring returned with $2,000 the result of his mining. He then built a sawmill and flouring mill on his donation claim on Mill Creek, eight miles south of the present site of Sheridan. These mills were of great value to the settlers in that part of the country. He was the prime mover in the Methodist Chapel on Mill creak, which was named in honor of him.

Politically he is a Republican. He conducted his farming operations and ran his mills until the time of his death, in 1871, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. His wife died in 1885. Both were earnest Christians and typical pioneers, people distinguished for their honesty, their geniality and their hospitality, and loved by all who knew them.

Cyrus Buell remained with his father until the latter's death, and the donation claim was left to him. He remained on it until 1874, when he came to his present locality, one mile south of Sheridan. Here he purchased 240 acres of land, afterward added to it, and is now the owner of 485 acres, one of the finest tracts of farming land in the county. He raises large crops of grain and also gives much attention to the stock business, raising shorthorn cattle. Clydesdale and Cleveland bay horses, and Cotswold and Merino sheep.

July 30, 1859, he married Miss Amanda Ellen Carey, who was horn in Illinois in 1843, daughter of John Carey. Her father was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1802, came to Oregon in 1847, settled on a donation claim near Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon, and subsequently moved to Independence, Polk county, where he died In his seventy-ninth year. His wife lived to be eighty-two. They reared a family of eight children, all of whom are settled on the Pacific Coast, occupying useful and honorable positions in life. Mr. and Mrs. Buell have had six children, four of whom are living: Charles Walter, born September 10, 1860, is married and resides on a farm near his father. The other children are at home and are as follows; Marion H., born February 25, 1862; Frank Lawrence, November 15, 1803; and Laura Belle, November 25, 1866.

Mr. Buell affiliated with the Republican party during its early history and until the past eight years, now giving his support to the Prohibition cause.

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From the book, An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, by Rev H. K. Hines, D. D., CHICAGO, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, page 664-5. This is an open source book being as it was never copyrighted. Provided by, Library Division, Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Canada.

Harvey Kimball Hines (1828–1902) was a Methodist minister and an early historian of the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1878 he ran for Congress, and drew criticism for neglecting his religious vows in so doing.[1] He was known, along with Frances Fuller Victor, as a historian who delved through early original documents.[2] Gustavus Hines was his older brother.[3] In 1901 he joined Harvey Whitefield Scott and governor Geer in dedicating a monument to the framers of the Provisional Government of Oregon.

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Elias Buell, b. July 20, 1797, Benton, NY., m. Oct. 15, 1817 to Sarah Hammond (b. Jan. 22, 1800) in Allensville, Ind. They went over the Oregon trail in 1847. He died Nov 14, 1871 and she d. Jan. 6, 1885. DLC 4165, Polk Co.; arrived Oregon Nov.15, 1847.

The book Treasures in the Trunk, and has info about the Sarah Buell quilt in the Horner museum of the University of Oregon.

See History of Oregon, Pg 664, for Buell information with biography of Cyrus. This notes Elias was a blacksmith. In the fall of 1848, Elias went to California, mining gold on the American River and coming back with $2,000, which he used to open a sawmill and a flour mill on Mill Creek.

The family has an account of the 1847 trip over the Oregon Trail by the Buell family, along with a family history written in 1870 by Elias Buell, and copied by Charles Buell in 1890. By marriage, the Buells are connected to these families: Blair, Carey, Conner, Findley, Hinshaw, McKune, Rowell.

Buell, in the northern part of Polk Co., Or. was named for Elias Buell, who started a mill there and a small store in pioneer days, per Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A McArthur, Fifth Edition. The town of Buell is mentioned in the books All Quiet on the Yamhill, The Civil War in Oregon, the journal of Corporal Royal A. Bensell. George F. Walker's book A Slice of Country Life describes how his family ran the store at Buell during 1902-1915, and makes reference to some Blair and Ridgeway descendents of Elias Buell.

The children of Elias and Sarah were Emeline, Polina, Cyrus, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Caroline, Jerusha and Melissa.

Elias was a blacksmith, a Methodist, a Republican.

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Elias Buell, was born in Benton, New York, July 20, 1797. William Buell, the ancestor of the Buell family in America, was one of the Pilgrim Fathers, coming from England in the Mayflower and landing at Plymouth Rock. Grandfather Samuel Buell was born at Ford Edward, New York, in 1763, and Grandmother Buell, nee Jerusha Griswold, a native of New York, was born in 1776. They were married in 1796, and of their seven children, Elias, our subject’s father, was the oldest.

           Elias Buell was married in Maryland, October 19, 1817, to Miss Sarah Hammond, who was born in Maryland, January 22, 1800. Her father, Lott Hammond, was of New York ancestry. After his marriage Mr. Buell worked at his trade, that of blacksmith. In the early days he was converted and joined the Methodist Church, and all his life was affirm adherent to that faith. He and his wife have had a family of nine children, three of whom had died in infancy, and in 1847, with his wife and surviving children, he crossed the plains to Oregon. The children who made the journey with them are as follows: Elizabeth, now the widow of Nathan Conner; Caroline first married Mr. Finley, and after his death became the wife of Mr. Courtney; Emeline married Thomas Blair, had nine children and died in 1877; Melissa, a resident of Polk county, has been twice married and is now a widow, her first husband being Isaac Hinshaw, and the second, Mr. Vanhorn; Paulina married Daniel Rowell and had six children, of whom two died in infancy, she and her entire family being lost at see on the Brother Jonathan while making the return voyage from the East in 1865; Cyrus; and Sarah Ann, who married Robert McKune, died in her fifty-first year, leaving seven children. Mr. Buell started with his family from Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1846, and got as far as Holt county, Missouri, where they spent the winter, continuing their way westward the following spring.  His brother, Samuel Buell, and his wife and six children were in the company; also Mr. Buell’s two sons-in-law, Finley and Conner. After a safe journey of six months’ duration, they made the first stop at Vancouver, where they remained during the winter and learned all they could of the country. In the spring of 1848 they came to the northern part of Polk county, took a claim to a section of land, built a log house, and moved in, their relations settling near them.

In the fall of 1848 Mr. Buell went overland to California and mined on the American river, and the following spring returned with $2,000, the result of his mining. He then built a sawmill and a flouring mill on his donation claim on Mill creek, eight miles south of the present site of Sheridan. These mills were of great value to the settlers in that party of the country. He was the prime mover in the Methodist Chapel on Mill creek, which was named in honor of him. Politically he was a republican. He conducted his farming operations and ran his mills until the time of his death, in 1871, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. His wife died in 1885. Both were earnest Christians and typical pioneers, people distinguished for their honesty, their geniality and their hospitality, and loved by all who knew him.
(from An Illustrated history of the state of Oregon, Rev. H.K. Hines, Lewis Pub. Co. 1893, entry on Cyrus Buell)

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Blacksmith by trade. Crossed the plains to Oregon in 1847 with his wife and surviving children. Elias Buell was Captain of 1847 wagon train to Oregon. In the fall of 1848 Mr. Buell went overland to California and mined on the American River, The following spring he returned to Oregon with $2,000, the result of his mining. He then built a sawmill and a flouring mill on his Donation Claim Land (550.96 acres) on Mill Creek. He conducted his farming operations and ran his mills until the time of his death, in 1871, at 74. Both Elias Buell and his wife, Sarah Hammond were earnest Christians and typical pioneers, people distinguished for their honesty, their geniality and their hospitality, and loved by all who knew them. The community of Buell, OR, is named after him. There was the Buell post office. He also operated a small store. Elias and Sarah (and relatives) are buried at the Mt. Pleasant (Red Hill) Cemetary in Polk Co., OR.

BUELL FAMILY RESEARCHER:

• 11) BUELL, Caroline (1826-1897): m1. 1847 FINDLEY, James Lindsay; husband died in 1847 at Ft. Vancouver of typhoid fever; m2. 1849 COURTNEY, John R.; buried Weston Cemetery, Umatilla Co, OR
• 11) BUELL, Cyrus (1836-1920): m'd 1859 CAREY, Amanda Ellen; s/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Elias (1797-1871): m'd 1817 HAMMOND, Sarah; s/o Samuel and Jerusha (Griswold) Buell; farmer, miller, Methodist; reached Ft. Vancouver 15 Nov 1847; worked as blacksmith through winter; went to Polk Co where he plowed 25 acres and put up blacksmith shop; went to CA gold fields returning May 1849 with a little over $2000; built a sawmill in 1851which was destroyed by high water in 1863; buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Yamhill Co, OR
• 11) BUELL, Eliza (1840-1910): m'd 1858 BROOKS, William; d/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Elizabeth (1823-1902): m'd 1841 CONNER, Nathan; d/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Emeline (1829-1877): m'd 1850 BLAIR, Thomas Rainey; d/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell; buried Blair Cemetery, Polk Co, OR
• 11) BUELL, John: m'd 1856 FORD, Elizabeth J.; possibly s/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell and may have come 1847
• 11) BUELL, Martha Ann (1837-1922): m'd 1855 MANN, Lafayette; d/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Matilda (1843-aft 1880): m'd 1859 CAREY, Joseph D.; d/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Melissa (1831-1923): m1. 1850 HINSHAW, Isaac; m2. 1875 VANHORN, Isaac; m3. 1894 CONLEY, James Reuben; d/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell; buried Blair Cemetery, Polk Co, OR
• 11) BUELL, Polina (1833-1865): m'd 1851 ROWELL, Daniel C.; d/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell; Paulina and her husband and 4 of their children died in the wreck of the "Brother Jonathan"
• 11) BUELL, Samuel (1811-1886): m'd 1836 SEWARD, Mary; s/o Samuel and Jerusha (Griswold) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Samuel (1845-1927): m'd 1868 THARP, Margaret Jane; m2. Sleppy, Nancy Sophia BROWN; s/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell
• 11) BUELL, Sarah Ann (1839-1889): m'd 1854 MCKUNE, Robert; d/o Elias and Sarah (Hammond) Buell; buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Yamhill Co, OR
• 11) BUELL, Sarah Frances (1836-1916): m1. 1854 GRIFFIN, Simeon Lang; m2. 1869 WALKER, Lycurgus F.; d/o Samuel and Mary (Seward) Buell

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Elias Buell, b. July 20, 1797, Benton, NY., married Oct. 15, 1817 to Sarah Hammond (b. Jan. 22, 1800) in Allensville, Ind. To this union were born:

Elizabeth Buell Conner 1823–1902
Caroline Buell Courtnay 1826–1897
Emeline Buell Blair 1829–1877
Melissa Buell Hinshaw 1831–1923
Cyrus Buell 1836–1920
Sarah Ann Buell McKune 1839–1890
Polina Buell Rowell 1843–1865
They went over the Oregon trail in 1847 arrived Oregon Nov.15, 1847. He died Nov 14, 1871 and she d. Jan. 6, 1885. DLC 4165, Polk Co.;

The book Treasures in the Trunk has info about the Sarah Buell quilt in the Horner museum of the University of Oregon.

See History of Oregon, Pg 664, for Buell information with biography of Cyrus. This notes Elias was a blacksmith. In the fall of 1848, Elias went to California, mining gold on the American River and coming back with $2,000, which he used to open a sawmill and a flour mill on Mill Creek. AH Reynolds, a millwright from NY, built the mill for Elias (information from Charlotte Wirfs, printed in Benton County Bulletin, 2/18/1981)

The family has an account of the 1847 trip over the Oregon Trail by the Buell family, along with a family history written in 1870 by Elias Buell, and copied by Charles Buell in 1890. By marriage, the Buells are connected to these families: Blair, Carey, Conner, Findley, Hinshaw, McKune, Rowell.

Buell, in the northern part of Polk Co., Or. was named for Elias Buell, who started a mill there and a small store in pioneer days, per Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A McArthur, Fifth Edition. The town of Buell is mentioned in the books All Quiet on the Yamhill, The Civil War in Oregon, the journal of Corporal Royal A. Bensell. George F. Walker's book A Slice of Country Life describes how his family ran the store at Buell during 1902-1915, and makes reference to some Blair and Ridgeway descendents of Elias Buell.

Elias was a blacksmith, a miller, a Methodist, and a Republican.

Places Elias lived included: born July 20, 1797 Benton, NY. November 1816: His father Samuel moved the family to Allensville, Indiana. Married Oct 15, 1817. In 1820, in Switzerland Co. Indiana when 1st daughter Jerusha was born. March 1821, moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana. Moved to Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Moved to Alexandra, on the Red River, in Louisiana, leaving Tippecanoe July 4, 1834, arrriving in October. Moved back to Tippecanoe County, Indiana March 1835. In Switzerland Co in December 1836 when Cyrus was born. Started to Iowa at end of April 1837, landed at Burlington May 4, moved to Louisa County and improved a claim. In 1844, moved to Mahkiska County Iowa, took up and improved a claim. May 1846, left to go to Oregon. Got as far as Holt Co. MO, too late to cross the plains. Left May 14, 1847 to go on Oregon Trail, arriving at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River on November 15, 1847 Established a claim in Polk County OR in May 1848 Left for California gold fields 14 Sep 1848; returned to family May 1849 with about $2000 gold. Established new claim in Polk County 7 Sep 1849, where he established 2 sawmills and a grist mill. [1]

Elias died 4 Nov 1871 (aged 74), and is buried in Pleasant Hill Pioneer Cemetery, Polk County, Oregon.

Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2020), memorial page for Elias Buell (20 Jul 1797–4 Nov 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #10439625, citing Pleasant Hill Pioneer Cemetery, Polk County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Jon Ridgeway (contributor 47287704) .
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFZG-FZ4 : 10 December 2017), Elias Buel and Sarah Hammond, ; citing Switzerland, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004646665.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-NH4 : 4 April 2020), Elias Buel, Polk county, Polk, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family 173, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-CWT : 19 March 2020), Elias Buell, 1870.
History of Oregon, Pg 664
A Slice of Country Life by George F. Walker