Clementine Mathilda (Graham) Zumwalt was born on March 31, 1845 in Tippecanoe Ohio, and was the daughter of a "forty-niner," who came overland, bringing his family west.
Her father, John Graham was of Scottish-Irish descent. He came to Laurel Creek, Harrison County, Ohio (near Tippecanoe), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania around 1842. He was the Justice of the Peace in Tippecanoe and lived there until 1849, when he came overland to California during the Gold Rush. He mined the Feather River near Oroville, accumulated a little fortune, and returned to Ohio in the fall of 1850. In 1853, he brought his family to California by water, landing in San Francisco on Dec. 17th. They settled at White Rock in El Dorado County. He went to the mines in El Dorado County, where he owned some valuable ditch property. In addition to mining, he also did a little farming. He then engaged in keeping a hotel, conducting it as long as the mining camp continued there for four years. Then he purchased the hotel called the White House on the Wire Bridge and Placerville Roads, keeping that hostelry for 12 years, as well as a part-time venture in the livestock business.
Mrs. Zumwalt was enrolled in the seminary at San Jose shortly after the Civil War began. In 1869 she married John Henry Zumwalt, a cattle rancher of San Luis Obispo, and relocated to that part of the state.
She lived both there and in Kern County for a number of years, before eventually returning to San Jose, to give her children an education. She purchased a home in College Park, and made her home there for the remainder of her days.
Her father, John Graham was of Scottish-Irish descent. He came to Laurel Creek, Harrison County, Ohio (near Tippecanoe), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania around 1842. He was the Justice of the Peace in Tippecanoe and lived there until 1849, when he came overland to California during the Gold Rush. He mined the Feather River near Oroville, accumulated a little fortune, and returned to Ohio in the fall of 1850. In 1853, he brought his family to California by water, landing in San Francisco on Dec. 17th. They settled at White Rock in El Dorado County. He went to the mines in El Dorado County, where he owned some valuable ditch property. In addition to mining, he also did a little farming. He then engaged in keeping a hotel, conducting it as long as the mining camp continued there for four years. Then he purchased the hotel called the White House on the Wire Bridge and Placerville Roads, keeping that hostelry for 12 years, as well as a part-time venture in the livestock business.
Mrs. Zumwalt was enrolled in the seminary at San Jose shortly after the Civil War began. In 1869 she married John Henry Zumwalt, a cattle rancher of San Luis Obispo, and relocated to that part of the state.
She lived both there and in Kern County for a number of years, before eventually returning to San Jose, to give her children an education. She purchased a home in College Park, and made her home there for the remainder of her days.
Clementine Mathilda (Graham) Zumwalt was born on March 31, 1845 in Tippecanoe Ohio, and was the daughter of a "forty-niner," who came overland, bringing his family west.
Her father, John Graham was of Scottish-Irish descent. He came to Laurel Creek, Harrison County, Ohio (near Tippecanoe), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania around 1842. He was the Justice of the Peace in Tippecanoe and lived there until 1849, when he came overland to California during the Gold Rush. He mined the Feather River near Oroville, accumulated a little fortune, and returned to Ohio in the fall of 1850. In 1853, he brought his family to California by water, landing in San Francisco on Dec. 17th. They settled at White Rock in El Dorado County. He went to the mines in El Dorado County, where he owned some valuable ditch property. In addition to mining, he also did a little farming. He then engaged in keeping a hotel, conducting it as long as the mining camp continued there for four years. Then he purchased the hotel called the White House on the Wire Bridge and Placerville Roads, keeping that hostelry for 12 years, as well as a part-time venture in the livestock business.
Mrs. Zumwalt was enrolled in the seminary at San Jose shortly after the Civil War began. In 1869 she married John Henry Zumwalt, a cattle rancher of San Luis Obispo, and relocated to that part of the state.
She lived both there and in Kern County for a number of years, before eventually returning to San Jose, to give her children an education. She purchased a home in College Park, and made her home there for the remainder of her days.
Her father, John Graham was of Scottish-Irish descent. He came to Laurel Creek, Harrison County, Ohio (near Tippecanoe), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania around 1842. He was the Justice of the Peace in Tippecanoe and lived there until 1849, when he came overland to California during the Gold Rush. He mined the Feather River near Oroville, accumulated a little fortune, and returned to Ohio in the fall of 1850. In 1853, he brought his family to California by water, landing in San Francisco on Dec. 17th. They settled at White Rock in El Dorado County. He went to the mines in El Dorado County, where he owned some valuable ditch property. In addition to mining, he also did a little farming. He then engaged in keeping a hotel, conducting it as long as the mining camp continued there for four years. Then he purchased the hotel called the White House on the Wire Bridge and Placerville Roads, keeping that hostelry for 12 years, as well as a part-time venture in the livestock business.
Mrs. Zumwalt was enrolled in the seminary at San Jose shortly after the Civil War began. In 1869 she married John Henry Zumwalt, a cattle rancher of San Luis Obispo, and relocated to that part of the state.
She lived both there and in Kern County for a number of years, before eventually returning to San Jose, to give her children an education. She purchased a home in College Park, and made her home there for the remainder of her days.
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