Lake County Biographies

Phillip Thurman McCabe

Contributed by Gary & Caprice (McCabe) Cottle

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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Phillip T. McCabe was born in Jefferson County, Missouri on February 3, 1822. 
His wife Lucinda McCutcheon McCabe was also born in Missouri on September 30, 
1821. Phillip and Lucinda were married in MO. on August 27, 1843. They started 
their western migration stopping first at Navarro County, Texas. They left for 
California with three children in 1854. They traveled to California on the Santa 
Fe Trail using oxen and wagons. A child was born enroute and three more children 
were born in California. Children of Phillip and Lucinda McCabe were Mary 
Elizabeth 1846-1917, Narcissus Asinath 1848-1937, William Branham 1851-1926, 
Alpheus Branham 1854-1895, Phillip Thurman II 1857-1936, Lucinda Amanda 
1859-1935, and Thomas Jefferson 1863- . Two children died in infancy while they 
lived in Texas. 
They bought 160 acres at Hell's Bend, Big Valley in 1858. Lucinda McCabe died 
there on December 29, 1863. Phillip sold the ranch in Big Valley in 1865 and 
moved to Scott's Valley, where he lived until 1875. He also lived a number of 
years in Little Lake Valley. Phillip kept the family together and raised the 7 
children. Phillip outlived Lucinda 49 years and never remarried. Phillip died in 
Upper Lake in December 21, 1912 at the age of 90 years old. Phillip and Lucinda 
McCabe are buried at the Hartley Cemetery in Lakeport.