Aged 66 years
Son of Samuel Clayton 1798–1879 and Cynthia G Hampshire 1800–1883. (Samuel and Cynthia were the parents of 10 children (per familysearch.org): Sarah, John, Marion, Elsey, Shannon, Cynthia, Samaantha, Charles, Balona, and Samuel.)
Graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute (Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1855, he married Sarah Davis and had four children. He practiced medicine in Indiana and Ohio, but then decided to "go west" in 1859. Leaving his wife and children behind until he became established, he made he way overland arriving in Placerville, California, where he "arrived barefoot, almost naked, and nearly starved" in 1859. He ministered to the sick in Placerville for 8 years before moving to Sacramento, living and working at J Street between 5th and 6th. His family joined him in 1870. He created the Pacific Water Care and Health Institute (7th and L Streets) which was based on principles he had learned back in Cincinnati, Ohio involving Turkish, Russian, and medicated water and vapor baths.
(Research from Wm. Willis, History of Sacramento County, 1913)
Aged 66 years
Son of Samuel Clayton 1798–1879 and Cynthia G Hampshire 1800–1883. (Samuel and Cynthia were the parents of 10 children (per familysearch.org): Sarah, John, Marion, Elsey, Shannon, Cynthia, Samaantha, Charles, Balona, and Samuel.)
Graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute (Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1855, he married Sarah Davis and had four children. He practiced medicine in Indiana and Ohio, but then decided to "go west" in 1859. Leaving his wife and children behind until he became established, he made he way overland arriving in Placerville, California, where he "arrived barefoot, almost naked, and nearly starved" in 1859. He ministered to the sick in Placerville for 8 years before moving to Sacramento, living and working at J Street between 5th and 6th. His family joined him in 1870. He created the Pacific Water Care and Health Institute (7th and L Streets) which was based on principles he had learned back in Cincinnati, Ohio involving Turkish, Russian, and medicated water and vapor baths.
(Research from Wm. Willis, History of Sacramento County, 1913)
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