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CRIGLER, HONORABLE J. C. This worthy pioneer of Lake County was born in Kentucky December 21, 1819. When he
was five years of age his parents moved to Missouri, where his father engaged in hotel keeping. At the age of twenty
three Mr. Crigler was employed as collector by Dr. Luffington, for whom he traveled for four years. At the end
of that time he was appointed sheriff of the county in which he resided, and continued in office for a period of
four years. In March, 1849, he started across the plains with ox teams, bound for California, arriving in Hangtovrn
(Placerville) in August of that year. He engaged at once in mining, which he followed until the spring of 1852.
He then engaged in the stock business and followed it till the fall of that year, when he returned East via Nicaragua.
In the spring of 1853 he, in company with B. J. Payne, purchased a drove of cattle and brought them overland to
California, arriving at Sacramento about September 1st of that year. Mr. Crigler located in Colusa County, where
he followed stock raising until 1857. He then moved to Napa County and settled near Berryessa Valley, engaging
in his former occupation until 1862, when he moved to Lakeport. That fall he was elected to the office of Sheriff,
to which he was re elected in the fall of 1863 and 1865, holding the office till 1867. At the election of that
year he was chosen to represent Napa and Lake Counties in the Assembly and was again elected to the same position
in 1869. He then returned to the life of a civilian, making his home at Lower Lake, until called to public life
again by the voice of the people by being elected Sheriff in the fall of 1877. He then returned to Lakeport, where
he made his home during the term of his office, and continued to reside there till the fall of 1880. He then moved
to Middletown, where he remained about four months. In March, 1881, he moved to Bartlett Springs, where he is acting
as agent for Mr. Greene Bartlett. Mr. Crigler has always been characterized as an enterprising, honorable and genial
citizen, always having the best interest of the community in which he resides at heart. That he made a popular
and efficient officer is evinced by the fact that the people called upon him so often to serve them in an official
capacity. It is safe to say that no man in Lake County enjoys a greater amount of confidence and esteem by the
people at large than does Mr. Jrigler. In Colusa County he held the office of Associate Justice for about eighteen
months, also Supervisor for one term. He was married March 8, 1855, to Miss Amanda Adams, a native of Missouri.
They have three children, Octavia, Katie and Jennie.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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