Alley, B. F. and Munro-Fraser, J. P.  "History of Clarke County, Washington
Territory : compiled from the most authentic sources ; also biographical
sketches of its pioneers and prominent citizens." Portland, Or. : Washington
Publishing Co., 1885.

CRUMLINE LA DU - Was born in Dutchess county, New York, November 1, 1808, and
there resided and was educated, until he went to Providence, Rhode Island, where
he worked at the hatter's trade.  There he married Caroline Matherson, and
subsequently took up his abode in Dutchess county, but, in 1837, made his
permanent home in Providence.  In 1849 he sailed around Cape Horn to San
Francisco, arriving in September of that year, and thereafter engaged in mining
until he removed to Oregon, where he landed, November 27, 1850.  After a
residence in Portland until February, 1851, he located his present farm on the
Columbia river, in Cowlitz county, where he was joined by nearly all his family
in 1857.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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