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Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men Mc CHRYSTAL, JOHN (son of Philip McChrystal of Montreal, Canada). Born July 14, 1834, Belfast, Ireland. Came to Utah in 1857.
Married Sarah Hancock April 15, 1869, in Houghton county, Mich. (daughter of John Hancock and Margaret Gorham of Michigan). She was born Feb. 10, 1843. Their children: John H. H., m. Belle Robins; Jackson C., m. Miss Earls; Noah, m. Stella Lafeet; Alexander; Sadie, m. Edward Parsons; Mark A., m. Grace Schuster; Jason. Family home, Salt Lake City. Mining man. Died July 14, 1897, Eureka, Utah.
JOHN MCCHRYSTAL
State: MI
County: Houghton County
Township: Portage Township
Year: 1860
John McChrystal
1870 Census Nevada White Pine County, Hamilton pg.538
1874 Census of Houghton County Michigan
Place:L'Anse -- John McChrystal, occupation miner
Year: 1880 J.* MCCHRYSTAL
State: UT
County: Juab County
Township: Eureka
Federal Population Schedule Page: 413
Database: UT 1880 Federal Census Index
Treasures of Pioneer History: Vol 4
So Our Children May Know Richard
Richard Johnson, Jr., and family, did very well on the farm. The Denver & Rio Grande built a track through Goshen to Eureka and Silver City in 1890. After the railroad was completed he peddled produce to the mining camps. While on a peddling trip to Eureka on July 14, 1896, a cloudburst caused a flood of water to rush through the streets. He was standing in the McChrystal Butcher Shop entrance when he saw two boys in the stream among the debris calling for help. He rescued Rawl McQueny then tried to save the other boy but was not successful. The bystanders threw a rope to help Richard, but just at that time, a plank hit the boy and pushed him into a flume that ran under the Union Pacific track. After hunting three days, they found the body under about nine feet of debris just north of the Beck mine dump, 20 rods away.
Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 7
The Story of Mining in Utah
Tintic Mining District
Emigrant's Guide
John McChrystal and two of his sons, John H. and Jackson C., were instrumental in the early development of several of the mines of the district, among them the Eureka Hill, Gemini, or Keystone; Eagle and Blue Bell and Godiva. The senior McChrystal established the Eureka Mercantile Company and for years was the town's leading merchant.
Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical. Volume I.
Chapter XXXII: Miscellaneous Events
A Few Utah Men
?John Q.
Packard, in connection with John McChrystal he located the Gemini and Godiva mines, and was also interested in Eureka Hill properties,becoming in a few years one of the wealthiest men in Utah. He was a bachelor and for years made his home at the Walker House. Mr. Packard was charitable, rarely refusing to contribute money to build school houses or buy books for libraries. But his charity was of that kind that "lets not the left hand know what the right hand doeth."A few years before his death he purchased the lot where the public library in Salt Lake City now stands and offered it to the city, with $75,000 for the erection of a library building. The offer was accepted and the Packard Public Library is pointed out to visitors as a monument to one of the public spirited citizens. Mr. Packard died on October 4, 1908
Mining in the West
Tintic District
John McChrystal was one of the most skillful and wisest mining men that ever hit the west. He was superintendent of Eureka Hill Mine, also the Gemine Mine. Other men whose faith in the possibilities of the district was never shaken were Sam and Will Mclntyre, Pat
Donnelly, Denny Peck Sullivan.
source Information:
1880 Census Place Eureka, Juab, Utah
Family History Library Film 1255336
Page Number 413A
J. MC CHRYSTAL Self M Male W 46 IRE Miner SCOT SCOT
Sarah MC CHRYSTAL Wife M Female W 36 MI Keeping House ENG SCOT
Anna MC CHRYSTAL Dau S Female W 18 MI At School IRE MI
John H. MC CHRYSTAL Son S Male W 16 MI At School IRE MI
Jackson MC CHRYSTAL Son S Male W 13 MI At School IRE MI
Noah MC CHRYSTAL Son S Male W 11 MI At School IRE MI
Alaxander MC CHRYSTAL Son S Male W 5 MI IRE MI
Florance MC CHRYSTAL Dau S Female W 5M UT IRE MI
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1832 - 1896 (64 years)
