Emigrant to California in 1849.
Samuel V. Tripp was born in New York in 1829 or 1830, and moved with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, sometime before 1838. Around then Tripp's father deserted the family (mother Nancy, and siblings William and Sarah Ann). Bound out to the Lamson family of Milford, Ohio, Samuel Tripp was released early to go overland to the gold fields in 1850. Tripp traveled via Indiana, Illinois, Independence, Mo., and Salt Lake City to California. After prospecting for about a year, Tripp engaged at least until 1855 in vegetable farming, packing, stock-raising, and storekeeping in the gold region (South Deer Creek, El Dorado County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Mill Creek, Sacramento Valley; and Shasta County). In 1860, Tripp was living in Southern California at San Bernardino, where he farmed and ran a store, and by 1876 he was in Temecula, where he also farmed. Married to Rose Anna Ramsey in 1854, Tripp was widowed around 1870. He soon remarried and by 1876 had three more children.
From the description of Samuel V. Tripp letters, 1849-1906, bulk 1849-1876. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 44078976
