Siskiyou County
Biographies
E. WALLACE CROCKETT
One
of the most valued employees of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at Weed is E.
Wallace Crockett, who for a number of years has filled the responsible position
of foreman of construction work in a very capable and satisfactory manner. He was born in Oregon, April 21, 1868, and is
a son of Garrett and Euridica (Trimbell) Crockett, of whom the former was born
in Indiana and the latter in Iowa. They
came across the plains and located in Oregon, where the father followed the
sawmill business, but later turned his attention to ranching. He is now deceased, and his widow now resides
at Grants Pass, Oregon, which is but a comparatively short distance from Weed,
so that mother and son visit back and forth at frequent intervals.
E.
Wallace Crockett acquired a public school education and has followed railroad
construction work during practically all of his life. He was for twelve years with the McCloud
Lumber Company as construction engineer, later spent one and a half years in
construction work with the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company at Fresno, this state,
and in 1910 came to Weed, where he has since held the position of general
foreman of construction work, including all outside work, such as the building
of the logging railroad into the woods for the transportation of logs to the
mill. He also has full charge of truck
and teaming work, as to a great extent during the past few years the logs have
been hauled by teams. He has been
foreman for the Long-Bell Lumber Company during all of this period, knows every
angle of the transportation game, takes pride in keeping up his end of the
logging operations and is regarded as a very efficient and competent man.
Mr.
Crockett was united in marriage to Miss Lena Ruster, whose father was of German
birth. Her family came across the plains
and located in Shasta County, where she was born. Mr. and Mrs. Crockett are the parents of a son,
Elmer, who is employed in the retail yard of the Long-Bell Company at Weed. He married Miss Alta Austin and they reside
in Weed. E. Wallace Crockett gives his
political support to the Republican Party and is keenly interested in public
affairs, particularly in relation to his home community. He is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Grants Pass, Oregon, and Mrs. Crockett belongs to the Daughters
of Rebekah. Mr. Crockett greatly enjoys
hunting and fishing and a year seldom passes that he does not shoot a deer or
two. He is a hard worker, is well liked
by the men under him and enjoys the confidence of the officers of the company.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J. W. Major, History of
Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 Pages 336-337. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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