Tuolumne County Biographies

W.E. EICHELROTH M.D.

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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The subject of this memoir was born in Schwara, princi�pality of Reuss, Germany, 
on May 31, 1824. He received his academic education in his native country, and, 
studying medicine, received therefor his diploma. In 1846 he came to the United 
States, and settled in Carbon County, Penn�sylvania, where he resided two years, 
and then moved to Brookville, Indiana, thence to Burlington, Iowa, where he 
practiced medicine, leaving Burlington in 1851, for Cali�fornia. He crossed the 
Plains, and after spending the Winter of 1851-2 in Salt Lake City, came on to 
this State, and settled at Taylorsville, Plumas County. Here he engaged in 
farming and mining, as well as practicing his profession, and had for partner in 
farming and mining the celebrated pioneer Peter Lassen.  The Doctor afterwards 
moved to Marysville, but remained there only a short time, going thence to 
Foster�s Bar, the Yuba River, thence to North San Juan, Nevada County, and in 
1851 settled in Carson City. He joined the Major Ormsby party, as its surgeon, 
and went out to fight the Indians, but was for�tunate enough to be one of the 
survivors of the ill-fated expedition. He next settled at Placerville, El Dorado 
County, and was in charge of the County Hospital there, and was elected County 
Coroner. In 1863, he moved to Aurora, Nevada. In 1866 he came to Sonora, and in 
1870 was elected to the Lower House of the Legislature, serving one term. He is 
is now in charge of the County Hospital, which position he has held for the past 
seven years. He married Frances, daughter of Calhoun Colwell, on May 1, 1850. 
Mrs. Jennie Rooney, Lilian, Frederick, Frank. and Paul, are the names of their 
children.

�A History of Tuolumne County, California� B.F. Alley, 1882. Pg. 355-356.