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Godfrey C. Crowder

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Godfrey C. Crowder

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
30 Dec 1895 (aged 79–80)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
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Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
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Godfrey C. Crowder, was a native of North Carolina, where he was born in 1815, and where, in 1841, he was married to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Mooney, who was also born in North Carolina.
For a while Godfrey Crowder settled on a ranch, but in 1854 he started for the Coast, and reaching Benton County, Ark., he tarried there for a couple of years. In 1856, in the month of April, he set out with ox teams and wagons to cross the plains, the party starting with three wagons and arriving in California after a six monthtrip with one wagon and one pair of oxen. On the way the Indians stampeded their stock, and some died; but in September of that year he arrived with his family at Chico Creek. In 1857, he settled on Rock Creek, and took up land, which he improved, and there he resided until his wife died, in 1892. Then he removed to Mud Creek, but on account of ill health went back to Rock Creek, where he died on December 39, 1895.
Nine children were born to this deserving pioneer couple: William Pinkney was killed accidentally on the plains by a rifle being prematurely discharged; Doctor Franklin; Drurey D. died in 1901; Zacharia Taylor died in 1913; Mary Elizabeth died when she was two years old; Martha A. is Mrs. Richardson, of Chico; James Allan lives in Eastern Oregon; Margaret Jane, Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, died in 1895; Sarah Ellen, who died in February, 1881. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 511-512, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918
Godfrey C. Crowder, was a native of North Carolina, where he was born in 1815, and where, in 1841, he was married to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Mooney, who was also born in North Carolina.
For a while Godfrey Crowder settled on a ranch, but in 1854 he started for the Coast, and reaching Benton County, Ark., he tarried there for a couple of years. In 1856, in the month of April, he set out with ox teams and wagons to cross the plains, the party starting with three wagons and arriving in California after a six monthtrip with one wagon and one pair of oxen. On the way the Indians stampeded their stock, and some died; but in September of that year he arrived with his family at Chico Creek. In 1857, he settled on Rock Creek, and took up land, which he improved, and there he resided until his wife died, in 1892. Then he removed to Mud Creek, but on account of ill health went back to Rock Creek, where he died on December 39, 1895.
Nine children were born to this deserving pioneer couple: William Pinkney was killed accidentally on the plains by a rifle being prematurely discharged; Doctor Franklin; Drurey D. died in 1901; Zacharia Taylor died in 1913; Mary Elizabeth died when she was two years old; Martha A. is Mrs. Richardson, of Chico; James Allan lives in Eastern Oregon; Margaret Jane, Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, died in 1895; Sarah Ellen, who died in February, 1881. Source: "History of Butte County, Cal.," by George C. Mansfield, Pages 511-512, Historic Record Co, Los Angeles, CA, 1918

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