California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

H. W. CRABB.   Was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, January 1, 1828, and is the eldest child of Henry 
and Esther Walker Crabb. When he was twelve years of age, he, with his parents, moved to Adams 
County, Ohio, and he received his education at the common schools of that county. January 4, 1853, he 
sailed from New Orleans for California, and arrived in the State on the 31st. He immediately proceeded 
to the mines, and engaged in that occupation in Placer and Nevada Counties for about six months. He 
then settled in Alameda County, and engaged in farming near the town of Haywards. He remained 
here till 1865, when he came to Napa County and began the grape business, and he is now one of the 
largest wine makers in the county. A full description of his wine cellar, etc., will be found in its proper 
place. He was married in 1851 to Rebecca A. Donohoo, who died in 1862, leaving three children, 
Amanda M., Adda H. and Horace A. He married secondly Miss Elizabeth P. Carmer, a native of New 
York, and by this union they have one daughter, Cora Carmer, born in 1864.