Person:Duncan McCallum (5)

Duncan McCallum had married Ellen Guthrie ("of a Pennsylvania Revolutionary family") and they had five children. The first two sons (born before 1820) left for the gold rush in California, arriving in San Francisco on the Ohio in 1851. They are named "D" and "M" on the passenger list (see note below); in 1852 word was received in Indiana that they were ill and Ellen sent younger son John Guthrie, who had graduated from the University of Indiana Law School and begun his practice, to bring his brothers home. By the time his ship arrived in 1854, he found both had died, but seeing the opportunities for legal work around Placerville, John G. decided to stay on.

(Note: cemetery records in Sacramento City Cemetery in Sacramento, California identify the two older sons of Duncan McCallum and Ellen Guthrie as Manasseh McCallum (1816-1854) and Ephraim McCallum (1818-1853)).

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Notes

John, Neil and Duncan McCallum emigrated from Scotland to New York State, then abt. 1814-1815, crossed the mountains of Pennsylvania to reach the Ohio River and continued their journey by flatboat accompanied by the Donald Cowan family, the Malcolmsons and John Anderson. Just above the town of Rising Star, as the river was at low ebb, the boat was grounded on a bar which, over time, has been known as "McCallum's Ripple." They settled a few miles further downstream at Vevay, originally settled by the Swiss/French ca. 1800 the town being surrounded by vineyards for wine making. The Scots chose a site on Long Run, about two miles from the town of Vevay and entered land patents from the government. Surrounding them were the "rugged hills and dreamy music of flowing water. Robert Bakes grist mill was nearby and Malcomsons's smithy, both of great consideration to the early settlers." John Knight in 1991 wrote that "the original barn stands and the land is well maintained". The overgrown cemetery and the stone-walled spring house, used to keep food cool also are present.

Neil McCallum built an historic stone house in Long Run which was later dismantled and sold "down the river" to be rebuilt at a new site.

Source: http://www.bdhhfamily.com/mccallum_files_of_jim_tillotson.htm

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