Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
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Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader Autobiography & Reminiscence of Dr. Hezekiah John Crumpton, Sausalito, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers 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 William's Ranches. He then went to Los Angeles, San Pedro, then on Bark "Hector" to San Francisco. While in L.A., Crumpton worked with a wealthy merchant, who took him under his wing until getting a job on a cargo ship to S.F. Once in S.F., Crumpton worked at manual labor until a mining outfit was secured. By 1851 he had saved enough money to return home and resume his medical studies. He went back and forth between Ala. and Cal. 3 times while in school, each time returning to Cal. compelled by a "fascination with mining". A member of the American Medical Assn. and the Cal. State Medical Society, he served 4 terms in the Cal. State Legislature and in the municipal government of Sausalito. He served as VP of the Society of California Pioneers and was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.53-66, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, 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.
Crumpton, H.J. (Hezekiah John)--1828-1913 Santa Fe National Historic Trail Pioneers--California--Biography Frontier and pioneer life Gold mines and mining Overland journeys to the Pacific Indians of North America--Arizona California--Biography California--History--19th century
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California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography Indians of North America Arizona. History 19th century. California, Northern.
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