Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 640.

ALEXANDER W. McNARY

     Born in Illinois in 1833; is the son of the preceding, and came with his
father to Oregon.  Lived in Polk County, engaged in stock-raising and farming.
Served in the Yakima war as a volunteer under Captain B. F. Burch.  Married Miss
Seatta Grubbs in 1857, and by her had two children -- Elizabeth and Ella.  That
lady died in 1862, and in 1874 Mr. McNary married Mrs. E. J. Miller, and by her
has one child, named Archie A.  Mr. McNary lives at Eola, and is the oldest
settler of that place.  That village was first settled by William Durand about
1849, was laid out in 1851, and called Cincinnati, and was once proposed as the
State Capital.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.