On Aug 14, 1832, in Fairfield County, Ohio, Asenath married James Larimer, and they had 6 children together (one died in infancy). Soon they moved to Elkhart County, Indiana as pioneer farmers.
After James died in early 1847, Asenath still had five children under the age of 10 to raise. She made a bold but difficult decision: Sell the family farm, leave the children in care of family and friends, and use the money to accompany her brother John Cornwell to the Gold Rush in California. They left on their westward journey in March of 1852.
By September of 1852, Asenath and her brother John reached Volcano (east of Sacramento). They went 8 miles further to Clinton, where they set up a tent. Her brother prospected for gold while Asenath took in washing and patching and baking. John did not strike it rich, so he returned to his family in Ohio while she put down roots in California and built a new life.
Asenath opened a small bakery in San Francisco and later moved south to Santa Monica, Calif., where she was among those who organized the first public library. Her granddaughter Elfie Asenath Mosse (1867-1939) was the first librarian in 1890. Asenath never remarried and died weeks before she would have turned 89.
Her yearlong journal of the wagon train journey can be seen at: https://books.google.com/books/about/Asenath_Larimer_Journal.html?id=JRottwAACAAJ
Contributor: M Wood (47749921)
After James died in early 1847, Asenath still had five children under the age of 10 to raise. She made a bold but difficult decision: Sell the family farm, leave the children in care of family and friends, and use the money to accompany her brother John Cornwell to the Gold Rush in California. They left on their westward journey in March of 1852.
By September of 1852, Asenath and her brother John reached Volcano (east of Sacramento). They went 8 miles further to Clinton, where they set up a tent. Her brother prospected for gold while Asenath took in washing and patching and baking. John did not strike it rich, so he returned to his family in Ohio while she put down roots in California and built a new life.
Asenath opened a small bakery in San Francisco and later moved south to Santa Monica, Calif., where she was among those who organized the first public library. Her granddaughter Elfie Asenath Mosse (1867-1939) was the first librarian in 1890. Asenath never remarried and died weeks before she would have turned 89.
Her yearlong journal of the wagon train journey can be seen at: https://books.google.com/books/about/Asenath_Larimer_Journal.html?id=JRottwAACAAJ
Contributor: M Wood (47749921)
On Aug 14, 1832, in Fairfield County, Ohio, Asenath married James Larimer, and they had 6 children together (one died in infancy). Soon they moved to Elkhart County, Indiana as pioneer farmers.
After James died in early 1847, Asenath still had five children under the age of 10 to raise. She made a bold but difficult decision: Sell the family farm, leave the children in care of family and friends, and use the money to accompany her brother John Cornwell to the Gold Rush in California. They left on their westward journey in March of 1852.
By September of 1852, Asenath and her brother John reached Volcano (east of Sacramento). They went 8 miles further to Clinton, where they set up a tent. Her brother prospected for gold while Asenath took in washing and patching and baking. John did not strike it rich, so he returned to his family in Ohio while she put down roots in California and built a new life.
Asenath opened a small bakery in San Francisco and later moved south to Santa Monica, Calif., where she was among those who organized the first public library. Her granddaughter Elfie Asenath Mosse (1867-1939) was the first librarian in 1890. Asenath never remarried and died weeks before she would have turned 89.
Her yearlong journal of the wagon train journey can be seen at: https://books.google.com/books/about/Asenath_Larimer_Journal.html?id=JRottwAACAAJ
Contributor: M Wood (47749921)
After James died in early 1847, Asenath still had five children under the age of 10 to raise. She made a bold but difficult decision: Sell the family farm, leave the children in care of family and friends, and use the money to accompany her brother John Cornwell to the Gold Rush in California. They left on their westward journey in March of 1852.
By September of 1852, Asenath and her brother John reached Volcano (east of Sacramento). They went 8 miles further to Clinton, where they set up a tent. Her brother prospected for gold while Asenath took in washing and patching and baking. John did not strike it rich, so he returned to his family in Ohio while she put down roots in California and built a new life.
Asenath opened a small bakery in San Francisco and later moved south to Santa Monica, Calif., where she was among those who organized the first public library. Her granddaughter Elfie Asenath Mosse (1867-1939) was the first librarian in 1890. Asenath never remarried and died weeks before she would have turned 89.
Her yearlong journal of the wagon train journey can be seen at: https://books.google.com/books/about/Asenath_Larimer_Journal.html?id=JRottwAACAAJ
Contributor: M Wood (47749921)
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