Charles Frederick Crocker

Charles Frederick Crocker
Charles Frederick Crocker
Born	December 26, 1854; Sacramento, California
Died	July 17, 1897 (aged 42); San Mateo, California
Occupation	Railroad leader
Spouse	Jennie Mills Easton (1858–1887)
Children	Mary Crocker (1881–1905); Charles Templeton Crocker (1884–1948); Jennie Adeline Crocker (1887–1974)

Charles Frederick Crocker (December 26, 1854 – July 17, 1897) was vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and a member of the wealthy Crocker family.^[1]^[2]

Biography

He was born in Sacramento on December 26, 1854, the eldest son of Mary Ann and Charles Crocker.^[1]^[2] He was educated in Sacramento public schools, graduated from Oakland Military Academy in 1872 and attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic School (1875), but did not graduate as a result of poor eyesight.^[2]

After taking a trip to Japan, Crocker entered the family railroad business at the age of 22 as a clerk in the Fourth and Townsend Streets office of Southern Pacific.^[2] When George C. Perkins was elected governor in 1879, he appointed Crocker as a colonel in the National Guard.^[2] By 1888, Crocker was president of the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad.^[3]

Crocker purchased the 'Uplands' estate (then part of San Mateo and later incorporated into Hillsborough) from William Henry Howard in 1894.^[4] Crocker died at 'Uplands' on July 17, 1897, from complications of Bright's Disease following a brief, acute paralysis.^[2] His wife, the former Jennie Marine Easton, had died during the birth of their third child.^[2]

Legacy

Crocker was survived by three children: Mary Crocker (who would later marry the congressman Francis Burton Harrison), Charles Templeton Crocker (who became a noted scientist),^[5] and Jennie Adeline Crocker.

Crocker was notably active in public affairs, serving as one of the Regents of the University of California (appointed in 1888 by Governor Waterman), as president of the California Academy of Sciences, and as a trustee of Stanford University.^[2]

Family members

Crocker's brothers were banker and investor William H. Crocker, president of the Crocker Bank and George Crocker, second vice-president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. His cousin was the mystic, princess and author Aimee Crocker. His uncle Edwin B. Crocker built Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum.

Family tree

Family of Charles Frederick Crocker

Nancy Crocker
1792–1854

Isaac Crocker
1781–1856

Mary Norton
1821–47

Edwin B. Crocker
1818–75

Margaret Rhodes
1822–1901

Mary Ann Deming
1827–89

Charles Crocker
1822–88

Clarke Crocker^[a]
1827–90

Henry S. Crocker^[b]^[c]
1832–1904

Mary Norton Crocker
1846–1923

[two marriages]

Edwin Clark Crocker
1856–56

Nellie Margaret Crocker
1856–79

Aimée Isabella Crocker
1864–1941

[five marriages]

Henry J. Crocker^[d]^[e]
1861–1912

Kate Eugenie Crocker
1854–74

James O.B. Gunn
1846–1923

Jennie Louise Crocker
1860–1939

Jacob Sloat Fassett
1853–1924

[multiple children]^[f]

[multiple children]

Emily Elizabeth Crocker
1853–53

Emma Hanchett
1855–1904

George Crocker
1856–1909

Harriet Valentine Crocker
1859–1935

Charles Beatty Alexander^[g]
1849–1927

Jennie Easton^[h]
1858–87

Charles Frederick Crocker
1854–97

Francis Crocker
1858–62

Ethel Sperry
1861–1934

William Henry Crocker^[6]
1861–1937

Mary Crocker
1881–1905

Francis Burton Harrison
1873–1957

Harriet Crocker Alexander
1888–1972

Winthrop W. Aldrich
1885–1974

[multiple children]

Helene Irwin^[i]
1887–1966

Charles Templeton Crocker
1884–1948

Janetta Alexander
1890–1973

Arnold Whitridge
1892–1989

Harry Crocker^[e]
1893–1958

Malcolm Whitman
1877–1932

Jennie Adeline Crocker
1887–1974

Robert Henderson
1877–1940

Mary Crocker Alexander
1895–1986

Sheldon Whitehouse
1883–1965

[multiple children]

[one child]

[multiple children]

[multiple children]^[j]

Notes

^ Married to Julia A Kimball (1830–1901)
^ Married to Clara Ellen Swinerton (1845–1910)
^ At least one son, Charles Henry (1865–1935)
^ Married to Mary Virginia Ives (1863–1929)
^ ^a ^b Multiple siblings (not shown)
^ Including actress Kate McComb (1871–1959), from Mary Crocker's first marriage to Charles L. Scudder.
^ Uncle of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (1888–1960)
^ Niece of Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910)
^ Daughter of William G. Irwin (1843–1914)
^ Including Ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), father of US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (1955–); and Sylvia Whitehouse (1930–), wife of Ambassador Robert O. Blake (1921–2015) and mother of Ambassador Robert O. Blake Jr. (1957–).

Sources

"Crocker Family Tree". San Mateo County Historical Association.

References

^ ^a ^b "C. F. Crocker Dead. Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Expires in San Mateo, California". The New York Times. July 18, 1897. Retrieved 2010-02-09. Col. Charles F. Crocker, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, died at his home here to-night. (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Clasped in the Arms of Death". San Francisco Call. Vol. 82, no. 48. 18 July 1897. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ The Official Railway List. Chicago: Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. p. 174.
^ garrison, Joanne. "Jennie M. Easton, daughter of Ansel I. and Adeline Easton". Peninsula Royalty: The Founding Families of Burlingame-Hillsborough. Burlingame Historical Society. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ "Crocker, Noted Scientist, Dies In Home At SF". Madera Tribune. No. 113. U.P. 13 December 1948. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ https://www.geni.com/people/William-Henry-Crocker/6000000014385145399

[6] Married to Julia A Kimball (1830–1901)

[7] Married to Clara Ellen Swinerton (1845–1910)

[8] At least one son, Charles Henry (1865–1935)

[9] Married to Mary Virginia Ives (1863–1929)

[sibs-10] Multiple siblings (not shown)

[11] Including actress Kate McComb (1871–1959), from Mary Crocker's first marriage to Charles L. Scudder.

[12] Uncle of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (1888–1960)

[13] Niece of Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910)

[15] Daughter of William G. Irwin (1843–1914)

[16] Including Ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), father of US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (1955–); and Sylvia Whitehouse (1930–), wife of Ambassador Robert O. Blake (1921–2015) and mother of Ambassador Robert O. Blake Jr. (1957–).

[obit-1] "C. F. Crocker Dead. Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Expires in San Mateo, California". The New York Times. July 18, 1897. Retrieved 2010-02-09. Col. Charles F. Crocker, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, died at his home here to-night. (subscription required)

[SFC-970718-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Clasped in the Arms of Death". San Francisco Call. Vol. 82, no. 48. 18 July 1897. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[3] The Official Railway List. Chicago: Railway Purchasing Agent Company. 1888. p. 174.

[Easton-4] rrison, Joanne. "Jennie M. Easton, daughter of Ansel I. and Adeline Easton". Peninsula Royalty: The Founding Families of Burlingame-Hillsborough. Burlingame Historical Society. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[5] "Crocker, Noted Scientist, Dies In Home At SF". Madera Tribune. No. 113. U.P. 13 December 1948. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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Charles Frederick Crocker

Biography

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