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Facts and Events
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Neil McCallum |
| Gender |
Male |
Notes
From "Brief History of Switzerland County, Indiana":
- Some Scotch people settled back of what is now Moorefield, among whom were the Dows, Taits and Aliens. (Mabel Brindley) In 1817, 1818 and 1820 several families settled on Long Run. Among them were Neil McCallum, John McCallum, Donald Cowan and the Malcomsons. These people were Sevenday Baptists and always held Saturday as their sacred day. (Court House) Lamb was settled by an Irishman whose name was Macintyre. He called the place Erin. Florence was called Little York, after New York, which was a thriving city at this time. It was surveyed by Benjamin Drake in the year 1816. The population at this time was less than seventy.
- [Source: http://ingenweb.org/inswitzerland/switzbriefhist.html]
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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