El Dorado County Biographies


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LUCIEN BINGHAM
 
            A son of Simon and Dolly Parkhurst Bingham, was born in the town of 
Vernon, Oneida county, New York, on the 18th of November, 1823.  When but a 
small boy his father moved to Clinton, in Michigan, and died there when Lucien 
was but thirteen years old.  In the spring of 1852 he joined a company of five 
others and with horses crossed the plains to California. They arrived in July, 
and he and R. Demuth formed a partnership in a store at American Flat, and he 
did all the hauling of goods from Sacramento.  In 1861 or �62 he run a team 
across the mountains to Virginia city, consuming from fifteen to sixteen days in 
making the round trip.  In 1866 he abandoned freighting and was employed in the 
railroad depot at Colfax; afterwards drove a team from Cisco to Truckee.  In 
1872 he purchased the place on which he lives, of 200 acres.  He was married 
December 27th, 1865, to Emma m. Ricker, a native of Eastern Pennsylvania.  She 
came to California with her parents in 1852, and settled in Natoma valley.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 232
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler