Notes for Henry Clinton MCNALLY

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Notes for Henry Clinton MCNALLY

H. C. McNally was born in New Brunswick, Casnada, in 1846. His parents
were Moses and Martha (Gurue) (spelling as per newspaper article)
McNally. Henry C. McNally's ancestor's on his father's side were British
army people and his fraternal grandfather was a lieutenant in Tarleton's
dragoons durring the Revolutionary War.

A small exerpt from : "Profile of Early Ovando" compiled and edited by
Hazel Jacobsen. Printed by Platen press, Deer Lodge, Montana.

He came to Montana when he was 22 years old. He first worked in placer
mines and on his own claims. He worked for the Bratton Bar Pioneer
Company in the vicinity of Gold Creek. After working at Bratton's Bar, he
went to Greenhorn Gulch. mear Helena and bought into the diggings there.
He stayed ten years, working two years for practically nothing. From
Greenhorn Gulch, Mr McNally went into the Blackfoot country and there
married Esther Jones in 1883. There were three children of this union but
a daughter died at an early age. He raised horses in the Blackfoot
country. He sold that ranch in 1912 and finally settled in the small town
of Ovando, 17 miles from Helmville. His family is still running a small
ranch in that area.
(Exerpts from a newspaper article writen in the Missoula Herald in the
early 30's, writen by Grace Stone Coates )
Henry Clinton McNally, born in 1845, worked his way through Canada, then
traveled into the United States where he arrived in Fort Benton, Montana
in 1868. due to his early settling in the state, the Sons and Daughters
of Montana Pioneers have since proclaimed Henry a "pioneer" of Montana,
thus a member of the Montana Historic Society.
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According to "Doc" McNally of Dade City, FL, Henry was named for General
Henry Clinton of the Revolutionary War.
Ref: personal letters from "Doc".
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