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DANIEL DWELLY TRIPP
D. D. TRIPP, proprietor of
the Eureka market, native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was born June 1, 1833,
his parents being Ichabod and Hannah (Macomber) Tripp. Both parents were born
in Massachusetts, and the father, a cooper, died when our subject was but
fourteen months old. D. D. Tripp was the youngest of six children. He was
reared at New Bedford till five years old, and from that time until his was
fifteen, at Westport. He then went back to his birthplace. He then learned the
butcher’s trade at New Bedford. In 1853 he came to California via Panama,
making the journey on the Atlantic side on the steamer Illinois, and on the
John L. Stephens on the Pacific side, landing at San Francisco September 15. He
went to Secret Diggings mines in Placer County, and after tempting fortune
there for a while tried his luck at Yankee Bar, on the middle fork of American
river. He voted for the first time in California, casting his ballot for
Governor Johnson. He went back East, and returning to New Bedford, bought out
his brother and a partner in the butchering business, which he carried on until
the outbreak of the civil war. He enlisted at New Bedford in defense of the old
flag and the Union, and on the 20th of August, 1862, he was mustered
into Company A, Forty-first Massachusetts Infantry, Colonel Chickering. The
regiment was organized and drilled at Camp Boxford, and went by sea to New
Orleans, accompanying Banks to relieve Butler. They steamed up to Baton Rouge,
and were at the retaking of the city. They drilled there till March, then went
to the vicinity of Opelousas, and brought a big train of negroes to Brazer
city. They then proceeded to Algiers, and there took steamer for Port Hudson,
disembarking at Springfield Landing. From that time until Port Hudson fell,
they served as mounted infantry. About the 1st of June, they were
merged into the Third Massachusetts Cavalry and in the new command participated
in the fight at Irish Bend, head of Brazer bay. During the least year of the
war, Mr. Tripp was on detached duty, and was mustered out at Burlington,
Vermont, July 25, 1865. He then went back to New Bedford, and engaged again in
the butchering business. In 1868 he removed his family to California via
Panama, on the steamers Star of the West and Montana. He came to Stockton and
obtained employment at his trade. In December, 1881, he engaged in business for
himself on the corner of Market and California streets, opposite his present
location. He erected his present building, and moved into it, in 1884. He has
built up a large trade, and won a reputation for fair, honest and considerate
treatment of his patrons.
Mr. Tripp was married at New Bedford,
Massachusetts, August 14, 1856, to Miss Sarah A. Allen, a native of that city.
They have two children, viz: Annie, wife of George Ray; Susie, widow of John M.
Brown of Oakland.
Mr. Tripp was one of the early members of
Rawlins Post, G. A. R., and served the last term as Senior Vice Commander. He
was chosen a delegate to the San Jose encampment, at the election held December
4, 1889. He has also held other positions in the Post, and it can be said to
his credit he has never missed but one meeting and one burial, and never missed
a parade. Politically he is a Republican.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 301-302. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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