Individual Details

The Seattle Times, 19 February 1949, had this article, primarily on Julia's second husband, Gen. Morton M. McGarver, but with considerable information about her - digitized copy at genealogybank.com. I have transcribed only the portions that pertain to her.

"She was born Julia Ann McCoy in Missouri in 1825. Before she was 14 years old she married Garret Buckalew. In 1847, the Buckalew family yielded to the Oregon fever and set out with their two small children for the new land of promise. One child died while crossing the plains and Mr. Buckalew passed away just as they reached Oregon. There was Mrs. Buckalew, a young widow of 22, in a wild and primitive land, with a 5-year old daughter. It is not strange that when General McCarver, a leading figure in the territory, proposed to her she accepted without undue diffidence for it was McCarver's letters in an eastern newspaper which had started them on their westward trek. Years of varied experiences followed - on a great farm, on the California goldfields and in San Francisco, where they slept on the floor under the dining room table in the one lone little hotel. The rough life in California was so disagreeable and her little children back in Oregon so pulled on her heart strings, that she finally came back north alone. It was a tempestuous voyage, the ship nearly was wrecked and the final stage of the journey to Oregon was on horseback and by canoe. Then followed more years on the farm, a period in Idaho and ultimately their removal to Puget Sound and the birth of Tacoma."
There is considerably more detail about Gen. McCarvew, including that he died in 1875 and that she passed away in 1897.

Birth	18 Nov 1825	Missouri
Marriage	23 Apr 1839	Pike Co., Illinois - Garrett BUCKALEW
Marriage	20 Jan 1848	Linn Co., OR - Morton Mathew MCCARVER
Census	1 Jun 1850	Clackamas Co., Oregon Territory, pg. 66; Julia Ann McGarver, 25 (1824-25), born MO.
Census	1 Jun 1860	Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, pg. 46; Julia McCarver, 34 (1825-26), born Missouri.
Census	1 Jun 1870	Pullayup Valley, Pierce Co., Washington Territory, pg. 30; Julia A. McCarver, 35[sic] (1834-35), born MO, housewife.
Census	1 Jun 1880	Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington Territory, ED 12 pg. 11; Julia A. McCarver, head, widow, 56 (1823-24), born MO both parents born KY. Daughters Betty and Naomi are with her.
Census	1885	Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, state census; Julia A McCarver, 59, born MO.
Census	1887	Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA, state census; Julia A McCarver, 60, born MO.
Death	14 May 1897

Spouse	Garrett BUCKALEW (1794 - 1847)
Child	Unknown BUCKALEW ( - 1847)
Child	Mary Ann BUCKALEW (1841 - 1860)

Spouse	Morton Mathew MCCARVER (1807 - 1875)
Child	Virginia MCCARVER (1852 - 1882)
Child	Elizabeth Morton MCCARVER (1853 - 1925)
Child	Florence MCCARVER (1859 - )
Child	Hattie L. MCCARVER (1860 - 1954)
Child	Nelma Naomi MCCARVER (1862 - 1887)