Henry Lewelling

Notes:

In 1847, Luelling, his wife, and eight children came west on the Oregon Trail, bringing a wagon loaded with an assortment of 50 or 60 varieties of apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, quince, black walnuts, hickory nuts, gooseberries, currants, and grapes. All told, the wagon had about 700 young plants. By fall, he and his family had arrived safe and sound in Oregon. Settling in Milwaukie, Luelling started a nursery with his son-in-law, William Meek. He planted his "traveling orchard," and began grafting trees. By 1853, he had 100,000 trees for sale, selling them for $1 to $1.50 each. Orchardists snapped up these trees, using them to plant orchards and start nurseries. Before Luelling, growers relied on seedling fruit, which was often small, with insipid flavor, and other problems. By bringing the finest varieties of fruit to Oregon, Luelling moved gardening a giant step forward.

Source: Thomas C. McClintock, "Henderson Luelling, Seth Lewelling and the Birth of the Pacific Coast Fruit Industry," Oregon Historical Quarterly 60, no. 2 (June, 1967}: 153-174.


Died:
from complications of diabetes.

Henry married Rachael Presnell on 8 Mar 1827. Rachael (daughter of John Presnell and Hannah Littler) was born on 26 Dec 1806 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah H. Lewelling was born on 5 Jan 1842.
2. Martha Ann Lewelling was born on 4 Aug 1846.
3. Elizabeth Lewelling was born on 2 May 1839.
4. Henry Clayton Lewelling was born on 18 Dec 1843.
5. Jane Lewelling was born on 27 Feb 1830; died in 1917 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.
6. Jonathan Lewelling was born on 14 Jan 1828; died on 10 May 1848.
7. Meshach Lewelling was born on 2 Sep 1836; died in May 1844.
8. John P. Lewelling was born on 14 Dec 1831 in Henry Co., Ind.; died on 15 Nov 1876 in Ca..
9. Jehu Lewelling was born on 22 Jan 1834; died in in California, USA.
10. Rachael E. Lewelling was born on 8 Aug 1849.

Meshach married Jane Brookshire about 1806 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Jane (daughter of Thomas Brookshire and Sarah Fincher) was born on 25 Aug 1789 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died on 11 Aug 1835 in Greensboro, Henry, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Dawson. Mary was born in 1740 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died on 16 Apr 1802 in BuriedLewallen family cemetary, Mack, North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah Fincher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]