Contra Costa-Tuolumne County CA Archives Biographies.....Hough, E. F. 1823 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

E. F. HOUGH, M. D.—Was born in Genesee county, New York, October 30, 1823. When
six years of age he was taken by his parents to Chautauqua county, in the same
State, but at the end of two years moved with them to Cleveland, Ohio, our
subject the meanwhile attending the common schools in New York and Cleveland. He
afterwards attended college in Berea, Ohio, whence he graduated in 1839. On
receiving his degree the Doctor proceeded to Wisconsin and Illinois, and for
four years conducted a hotel in Chicago, where, too, he graduated in medicine
under Doctor Delamuter, of Cleveland, Ohio, a noted physician of that place, his
earlier studies in pharmacy, however, being under the supervision of an uncle in
Cleveland. Determining to try his fortune in the Land of Gold, we find Dr. Hough
starting for Waukegan, Illinois, on April 6, 1849, with a train of eight wagons,
accompanied by his wife and family, a sister and sister-in-law, and a brother.
The journey across the plains was the usual one of pleasures and pains, and
finally after a trip of five months and eight days, they arrived at Sacramento,
August 8, 1852. Here Doctor Hough established himself in the practice of his
profession, but at the end of six months he abandoned the Sacramento field, and
betook himself to the Sonora mines, in Tuolumne county, where he practiced for
about eighteen months. From there the Doctor established himself in San
Francisco, where he resided until coming to Contra Costa county in October,
1853. He then settled in the beautiful Ygnacio valley, and was, if not the
first, one of the earliest settlers in that district. In his solitude he
suffered considerable animosity at the hands of the native Californians, who
were inimical, in many instances, to the presence of Americans; on finding out,
however, that he was a healer of the sick and wounded, their conduct changed,
and that popularity which has never since waned was then established. In the
Ygnacio valley he opened a store and house of entertainment, which he parted
with in 1855, when he moved to Martinez and erected the hostelry known as
Hough's Hotel, and conducted it for a quarter of a century, until he leased it
in June, 1880, still owning the block of buildings, however. After thirty-one
years of hotel-keeping: the Doctor has now retired from an active participation
in business affairs, and has full time to give to other congenial tastes, chief
among them being the perfecting of a patent on car trucks. Married in Lorain
county, Ohio, October 12, 1842, Miss Sybel Marsh, a descendant of Asa Marsh, one
of the pioneers of Madina county, Ohio, and has two surviving children, Jane E.,
(now Mrs. Bennett), and William J. The Doctor is possessed of one of the finest
cabinet collection of gems, as he is also the first discoverer of mineral paints
in California. A notice of this will be found on page 134 of this work.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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