Third Generation

17. Martha Jane MCMULLEN was born on 22 July 1875 in Monroe County, WI.^9,38 She appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR.⁷ Martha appeared in the census in 1930 in Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR.³⁹

Martha Jane MCMULLEN and Frederick Michael "Fred" EBREL were married on 16 February 1902 in Monroe County, WI.^2,9,10,29,39 (No date is listed for their marriage in the Marriage Registration Index. According to the 1910 Census, they had been married for 3 years; according to the 1930 Census, they had been married for 29 years.) Frederick Michael "Fred" EBREL was born on 5 January 1876 in Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, WI.^9,40 (According to the 1900 Census, his father was born in Germany and his mother in Holland.)

Fred M EBERL Birth: 5 Jan 1876 in Grand Rapids, Wood Co, WI; Death: 22 Nov 1942 in Pendleton, OR.

Note: "When Fred's mother died, he and Mary and Anna went to live with their cousins the Hammonds (should be Ross??). When he was 12 and 13 years old he lived with the Femling family. From 16 on he was in a lumber camp (1892) in WIsconsin. In 1895 his leg was badly broken near Auburndale, WI and this bothered him the rest of his life. In 1896 he spent the winter around Brule and Iron River, WI doing some freighting.

In 1898 he worked around Dawson, Kidder Co, ND (with brother ???) and was lured into going to Spokane, WA to take up a homestead claim or a timber claim. He had been in the stock business with his brother Frank, but it had been a bad winter, so he headed west. In Spokane he found timber claims at a premium.

He decided to file a homestead claim near Line, WA on Oct 31, 1900. He turned down a chance to file on land in the Palouse, Whitman Co, AS area and went in the woods near Sandpoint, Bonner Co, Idaho, living in a little open gabled log cabin. He worked two winters in the woods there, while doing work on his claim at odd times. He began doing odd jobs at threshing, well drilling, building etc.

He drilled his first well near Lind, Adams Co, WA. Mr. Dougherty was one of his first associates in that business. By 1903 he had worked his way to Pendleton, Umatilla Co, OR and began drilling wells. He was one of the pioneers in the steam threshing in the area and was said to be the first man to drive and operate a track type tractor, driving the one purchased by R.L. Jones. He became the mechanic who serviced many of the tractors and combines in the area and later became a partner in the firm of Eberl and Temple, harvest equipment and suppliers."
He appeared in the census in 1900 in Superior, Douglas County, WI.⁴⁰ He was living in the household of his brother-in-law, William McMullen. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR.⁷ Frederick appeared in the census in 1930 in Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR.³⁹ His occupation was "Implement Merchant." He died on 22 November 1942 at the age of 66 in Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR.⁹

Martha Jane MCMULLEN and Frederick Michael "Fred" EBREL had the following children: