Yolo-Mariposa-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Drummond, Lewis Craig 1828 - 1882
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Author: Tom Gregory

p. 176-177

LEWIS CRAIG DRUMMOND

    Probably no citizen of Davis, Yolo county, was more sincerely mourned than
L. C. Drummond, whose demise occurred April 23, 1882. His influence among his
many friends and acquaintances who were fortunate enough to know him well was
both permanent and uplifting. Mr. Drummond was born February 2, 1828, in Rahway,
N. J., where he was educated and spent his early life. At the age of fourteen he
accompanied his parents to Monmouth, N. J., and seven years later found him on
his way to the Golden West, via Panama, in quest of a goodly portion of the pot
of gold to be found "at the end of the rainbow." Youth and hope are bosom
friends, therefore the young emigrant gave no thought to the hardships and
failures to be met in his great venture. But, like all brave hearts, he endured
his trials with quiet perseverance and courage, recognizing them as an important
part of the woof of the character that was one day to crown his life.

    In 1850 Mr. Drummond located in Mariposa county, Cal., later removing to
Sacramento, where he remained until 1852, when he purchased in Yolo county three
fine farms aggregating seventeen hundred acres, upon which he raised grain and
stock with great success. He established also the first hardware store in Davis,
taking as his partner E. W. Brown. Known as the Davis Hardware Company, this
store is still in successful operation. Though much occupied with his business
interests, Mr. Drummond served for some time as justice of the peace, and was
always a zealous worker in the Methodist Church of Davis. Of a truth, if a duty
is to be done, the busy man will find time for it, while he who never has time,
accomplishes little of real worth.

    In 1857 Mr. Drummond married Miss Eliza Reid, of Tennessee, whose parents in
1857 brought their family of fourteen children to Yolo county, locating on the
Drummond place. Mr. and Mrs. Drummond were blessed with four children: Mrs.
Jennie D. Read resides in Davis; Mary I. Long is a resident of New Jersey; M. M.
Drummond resides in the Sandwich Islands; and Elizabeth Holman died in Oakland.

   To both Mr. and Mrs. Drummond life was replete with opportunities for doing
good work and for making happy others as well as themselves, and the widow
continued in the name of her husband and herself to perform many unobtrusive
acts of kindness and to lend in every way possible her assistance toward the
betterment of the community until her death in 1909. For many years Mr. Drummond
was a Mason in high standing.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
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
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]



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