he was not cured of tuberculosis as he had hoped and thot that to live in California might cure him.
He and my mother were married in the spring of 1852 and early in May started the long journey to California. With them were Mr & Mrs James Allen and another couple whose name I've tried to recall in vain. My fathers sister Sarah Hull and her two daughters Jerusha & Angeline came with them too.
There were many young men in the party but only few of them I remember. My mothers brother Mahlon Bill [?] Barney Leonarad Wal[t]er and Jay Greene a distant relative of my fathers.
The McTucker brothers, James and Nat came with my father too but I don[ot] know whether on the first or second trip.
I dont know how long they were on the way but the[y] reached California befor[e] the fall rains came so my father and mother remained in the mountains with the cattle an[d] horses until there was feed in the valley.
They brot both cattle and horses for breeding and had a ranch near the present site of Galt.
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