Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 400. JOHN M. HULERY A retired Sherman county farmer, now living with his son, resides six miles northwest of Wasco. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, October 17, 1827. His father, Michael Hulery, was a native of the Keystone State, a member of an old Pennsylvania Dutch family. Michael Hulery was a millwright. He moved to Indiana when our subject was about one year old, and purchased a farm eleven miles from the old Tippecanoe battle ground, on the Tippecanoe river. Here our subject was reared on the farm with his parents and in the town of Delphi, the county seat of Carroll county. When nine years of age he began learning the trade of a carpenter, with his father. At this period he was so small that he was compelled to stand on a platform to reach the bench. During three months of each winter he attended district schools, in log buildings. At the age of sixteen he had finished his apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, and about this time his father died. John M. then took full charge of the shop. The father had enjoyed a good business, having from fifteen to twenty-five men at work at carpentry and cooperage. At the age of twenty-two our subject began the cooper business on his own account, and was quite prosperous, employing on an average from ten to twenty men, and sometimes forty or fifty. In this enterprise he continued until 1853. He then came to Oregon with his wife and children. They enjoyed a fine trip with the exception of slight Indian troubles. They located a donation claim six miles from Eugene, but abandoned it the following year. In the fall of 1855 he went to Portland and once more engaged in the cooper business. He manufactured the first whiskey barrel ever made in Oregon. During three years he transacted a lucrative business and then he disposed of his interests and engaged in a dray and trucking enterprise, buying and selling horses, for ten or twelve years. Following this he was at McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon, for twelve years engaged in the saloon business. In 1886 he came to Sherman county and has since lived with his son. At times he had acquired considerable money, which he lost through injudicious investments. June 17, 1848, Mr. Hulery was married to Martha Davidson, born in Carroll county, Indiana. For several years she was a great sufferer from disease, and died August 17, 1873. She was the daughter of John and Mary Davidson. Her father came to Oregon the same time that our subject did, and settled in the Willamette valley, where he died. He was a farmer located on a donation claim. The parents of Mary Davidson were Indiana farmers, and quite prominent in church work. For many years our subject was a member of the I.O.O.F., of which he is past noble grand. He was a member of Samaritan Lodge, which he and four or five brothers who had cards, assisted in building up when it was nearly extinct. When only twenty-one years of age he joined the order in Indiana, and was ever an enthusiastic member, having passed through all the chairs. For the past six months he has been confined to his bed through ill health. At the age of seventy-eight years our subject can look back upon a long, eventful and useful life. He has ever been a good husband and kind and indulgent father, a man highly respected in all communities in which he has cast his lot, and esteemed by all with whom he has been thrown into intercourse. Since the above was written, Mr. Hulery has gone to his long rest. The death occurred at the home of Mrs. E. J. Bray, in Oakland, California, on October 23, 1904. Transcriber's additional notes: CENSUS 1860, July 29; Multnomah Co, OR; Sandy Pct, p 514 John M. Hulery, 39, OH, farmer, $3000 / $500 Martha, 26, IN Mary, 9, IN John Scott, 8, IN Ann, 6, OR George, 4, OR Frank S, 8/12, OR Peter Cooper, 36, France, laborer 1870, June 17; Multnomah Co, OR; Portland, p 194 John M. Hulery, 42, OH, cooper, $3000 / $1000 Martha A, 36, IN, keeping house John W, 19, IN, at home Ann Eliza, 16, OR, att. school Geo. W, 14, OR, att. school F. W., 12, OR, att. school Edward, 10, OR, att. school Josephine, 5, OR Minnie, 1, OR 1880, June 7; Yamhill Co, OR; Amity Pct, p 461 John Huelery, 53, boarder, OH, PA, PA, saloon keeper, Wd, (boarding with Jerdon Rollins family, hotel keeper) 1900, June 12; Sherman Co, OR; Grant Pct, p 113 Frank Hulery, 38, Oct 1861, OR, OH, IN, mar 18 yrs, farmer Sarah A, wife, 37, --- 1863, OR, Scot., CAN, mar 18 yrs, 6 children -4 living Pearl, dau, 15, Nov 1884, OR, OR, OR, att. school Thomas E, son, 13, Dec 1886, OR, OR, OR, att. school Frank, son, 8, Oct 1891, OR, OR, OR, att. school Minnie L, dau, 5, Aug 1894, OR, OR, OR John M, father, 72, Oct 1827, OH, PA, PA, farmer, owns farm free Daniel Deardorff, servant, age?, IL, OH, OH, farm laborer ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.