Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Hezekiah John Crumpton, Sausalito, 1901.

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Autobiography and Reminiscence of Dr. Hezekiah John Crumpton, Sausalito, 1901.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.53-66, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The original handwritten version exists in the member's Biographical File. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. Crumpton wrote this reminiscence when he was 72-years old. The reminiscence details his overland journey to California from Alabama, offering a description of the trip, tales about Indians and challenges on the trail. His life in California, mining years and some family history are discussed. Covering roughly 1849 to 1852, he writes briefly about his later years in California.

[14] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

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Crumpton, H.J (Hezekiah John), 1828-1913.

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Crumpton was born in Waltenborough, South Carolina (1828), the son of Henry Tally Crumpton and Matilda Smith Bryant. Crumpton lived in Alabama on his father's farm, which was sold and the family moved to Barbersville (Camden), Alabama to run a hotel. The hotel failed and Crumpton worked in a printing office, resolving to attend medical school. After 2 terms Crumpton left for California with about 500 people on April 1st, 1849. The first California points reached were Warner's, then Workman's and...