Merced-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Hollingsworth, Lucy Drummond 1868 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

MRS. LUCY DRUMMOND-HOLLINGSWORTH

   Among the pioneer women of Merced County, none is held in greater respect
than Mrs. Lucy Drummond-Hollingsworth, who has been an eye-witness to the
wonderful growth and development of Merced County, where she has borne her part
as a substantial citizen. She was born near Ashton, Ill., a daughter of John
Quincy and Eliza Jane (Rosecrans) Drummond, both natives of Ohio. Her father was
born June 20, 1827, a son of Andrew Drummond, who was born and reared in
Pennsylvania and became an early settler of Ohio, where for a number of years he
was engaged in farming in Licking County. Removing to Illinois in 1838, he took
up land in Ogle County, and there pursued his chosen vocation until his death.
He married Elizabeth Lutzenhizer, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in
Illinois, at the age of sixty years. She bore him eleven children, five of them
being boys.

   John Q. Drummond acquired his education in the little log cabin, with its
customary puncheon floor, shake-covered roof, and slab benches. Settling in
Ashton, Lee County, Ill., when a young man, he was engaged for a time as a
merchant and grain dealer. In 1850 he came to California with the gold seekers,
crossing the plains with ox-teams, and being six months en route. Locating in
Eldorado County, he worked in the Georgetown mines for nine years, meeting with
average success. Then, after making a visit in Illinois, he located in
Sacramento, and for three years was engaged in freighting to the Washoe mines,
in Nevada, and while thus employed hauled the first battery for crushing ore
used in Virginia City, an undertaking that took six months, being snowed in on
the way. Losing his horses by drowning in 1862, Mr. Drummond entered the employ
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and assisted in grading the road bed
from San Jose to Gilroy, from San Quentin Point to San Rafael, and other parts
of the road, and also helped in the building of the road through the Livermore
Mountains. Coming to San Joaquin Valley in 1871, Mr. Drummond took a prominent
part in the construction of the Kings River canal, beginning work as foreman of
a gang of men, becoming superintendent of construction, and later was general
manager of the work, his services in all covering a period of eighteen years.
Turning his attention then to agricultural pursuits, Mr. Drummond bought
three-fourths of a section of land near Ingomar and later added to this holding
until he owned 600 acres irrigated by water from the ditch, 160 acres in the
mountains, and 320 acres in the Panoche district. As a stockraiser and dairyman
he carried on a large and lucrative business, and was also financially
interested in the Ingomar warehouse. In 1852, Mr. Drummond was married in
Illinois to Miss Eliza Jane Rosecrans, a native of Ohio and cousin of Gen.
William S. Rosecrans, who acquired fame in the Civil War. She died, in
Sacramento, Cal., in 1866, aged thirty years. There were four children in this
family; Lucy, the subject of this review; Walter, deceased; Arthur, residing at
Gustine; and May, deceased. Mr. Drummond lived within six weeks of having
reached the age of ninety-four years. He was a Republican in politics, and for
one term served as county supervisor. Fraternally he belonged to Los Banos
Lodge, F. & A. M.

   Lucy Drummond received a common school education in Lee County, Ill., and at
Sacramento on December 4, 1878, she was married to James Edwin Hollingsworth,
born at Granville, Mo., May 30, 1850, who came to California a few years before
his marriage to Miss Drummond. The young couple located on twenty acres which
they purchased just across the canal from the old Drummond homestead. When the
town of Gustine was started, Mr. Hollingsworth purchased two acres within the
city limits and here the home was built. Three children were born of this union.
Ruby is now the wife of A. D. Davenport, a native of Massachusetts, who owns a
magnesite mine in the hills of Merced County; they have four children, Dorothy,
Austin, Arthur and John Drummond. John resides in Oakland. Leslie is the wife of
Henry P. Green. Mr. Hollingsworth passed away December 4, 1915, at the family
home in Gustine. He was a Democrat in politics, and for a number of years served
as a deputy county assessor of Merced County.


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From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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