Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Grummett William 370507 p1
William Grummett Passes Away; William Grummett, pioneer homesteader in Ingram Canyon, who has spent half a
century on his place there, passed away at an Oakland hospital Wednesday following an illness of several years.  He was
70 years of age. Burial will be in Grayson cemetery, the remains being brought up from the Bay Saturday for graveside
services at 1 p.m. He is survived by his brother, A . Grummett, Sr., who has an adjoining homestead in the canyon, and A
Grummett, Jr., a nephew, and two nieces, Mrs. George Cookson and Mrs. L. P. Mazzena, all of Westley.


Grummett William 370514 p1   

Was One of First To Be Born in This Area
The remains of William Grummett, who passed away at Oakland last week following an illness of several years, were
interred in Grayson Cemetery Saturday.

The account of his death, given last week was incomplete, further information reveals, as he was a real �old timer,* being
one of the first native sons of this area, where he had resided all of his seventy years, with the exception of his final
period of illness, and his death recalls the romantic era of the first white settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.
His father, John Grummett, was a noted hunter of those days, and was originally attracted to the West Side in the 40*s by
the immense herds of elk and antelope that roamed the plains of this area, destined always to be a desert, according to the
first explorers.

Deciding to settle here, he homesteaded a tract north of what is now Westley and here a family of eight were raised of
which William was the youngest.

Always famous as a crack shot, tradition relates that he was barred from the turkey shoots of those days, a favorite sport,
because he was just too good, even under tile difficult conditions of the shoots.

With his death, William inherited a portion of the tract, which he farmed until 1915, when it was sold to W. W. Cox and
is now the northern portion of the Cox ranch. He then homesteaded a tract near the head of Ingram Canyon adjoining one
occupied by his brother, A. Grummett Sr. and has resided there since until his removal to Oakland.