HUKELL BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HUKELL, Ellen CHASTAIN - b: 1836 Logan Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 644
residence: Tebo Twp

Mrs. Ellen Hukell, daughter of Jacob and Eleanor Chastain, was born in Logan 
County, Kentucky, August 9, 1836. In April, 1837, she accompanied her parents to 
Benton County, Missouri, they settling near Warsaw, where her father entered a 
tract of 360 acres. Upon this he settled, occupying it until 1873 when he gave a 
portion of the land to his son, and exchanged the remainder for property in 
Springfield Township, Henry County. He died October 17, 1874, leaving besides 
his widow, three children to mourn his loss: John H., Susan A. and Ellen. The 
latter was married January 28, 1854, to Mortimer Hukell, who was born in 1817 
in Kentucky. His early youth was passed there and at the age of seventeen he 
moved to Bourbon County, which was his home for four years. He came to Henry 
County, Missouri, in 1838, and subsequently, in company with J. C. McDaniel, 
improved a farm four miles southeast of Calhoun. In 1844 he married Miss E. 
Parazette and to them were born two children, one of whom now survives, she 
now being the wife of Henry Dodson, a resident of Kansas, and ex-sheriff of this 
county. In 1849 Mr. H. went overland to California, remaining there for three 
years. He returned but subsequently visited the same locality in the spring of 
1853, retracing his steps to Missouri the same year. His first wife died in 1847, 
and he remained a widower until his marriage to Miss Chastain. They had a family 
of four daughters and two sons, of whom there are now living: Amanda L., born 
March 26, 1859, married E. B. Gutridge, October 5, 1880; Jacob A., conductor on 
the Missouri Pacific Railroad; Kate L., born April 26, 1864, and Bud, born 
September 18, 1866. Mr. H. died July 30, 1881, and from numerous newspaper 
articles written at his death we find that though prosperous in early life, and in 
possession of a fortune at the commencement of the war, he, like others, met 
with reverses during that conflict, which swept away a greater portion of his 
property, after which he resided in Calhoun. He was a man of generous impulses, 
ever ready to afford help to the needy, and the esteem in who he was held was 
manifested by the large concourse of friends which attended his funeral. Mrs. 
Hukell now resides with her aged mother. She is a member of the Christian 
Church. Mrs. Chastain still owns a fine farm of 100 acres in Springfield 
Township. She is one of the constituent members of the Clear Creek Baptist 
Church.

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