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AYLMER DRULLARD
AYLMER DRULLARD was born in Upper Canada, February 28, 1832. When he was ten years of age his
parents moved to DuPage
County, Illinois, where he grew up to manhood. April 13, 1849, he left
his home for California, made the journey across the plains with a company of
twenty-one persons, all told, commanded by Captain Wilson, arriving at Hangtown
September 18. He, with another young man, left the remainder of the party at
the Twenty-Mile Desert in Carson valley, and traveled on foot the rest of the way. He
worked for a while with a man herding cattle, then went to San Francisco, from
there came to Stockton and went to work on a farm, where he remained six years,
until he had saved up money enough to buy a claim of 400 acres, situated in
O’Neil Township, and is now residing on the Waterloo and Stockton road. He
moved upon it the next fall, 1859. His landed possessions amounted to 290 acres,
which is as fine grain land as can be found in this county, improved with good
buildings and in fact everything that goes to make up a fine ranch. During all
this time there has been but one failure in crops, which was in 1864; there was
almost a failure in 1871. He has been most successful in the farming industry,
which is mostly due to this own good business management.
Politically he is a Republican, although
he has never taken an active part in politics.
He was married in 1862, in the month of
February, to Miss Elvira M. Dodge, a daughter of Elisha Dodge of Illinois. She is a native of St. Lawrence County, New York;
when a mere child her parents moved to McHenry County, Illinois, where she was raised. They have a family of six
children, three sons and three daughters. They have lost two sons, the oldest
of whom died at the age of seventeen years.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 350-353. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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