Two rivers intersect in low, flat ground at Sacramento - a boon for commerce in California's watery delta country, but a source of flooding and seasonal disease in the early days especially. Winter there could be miserable, with long moist days of cold and damp fog. Although the early town was protected by levees, the flooding of the winter of 1861/62 was so devastating that 2½ square miles of city was subsequently raised 9-10 feet.
If Alfred Lockwood was in the city during the entire winter of 1852/53, he was likely one of the many victims of infectious disease, though "cerebritis" could also be the result of lead poisoning in the old medical terminology.
The Lockwoods being an enterprising family with numerous commercial interests, it's likely that Alfred had come to the capitol of California as had so many ambitious young men, to find a way to profit from the exciting opportunities in the wake of California's gold rush.
Two rivers intersect in low, flat ground at Sacramento - a boon for commerce in California's watery delta country, but a source of flooding and seasonal disease in the early days especially. Winter there could be miserable, with long moist days of cold and damp fog. Although the early town was protected by levees, the flooding of the winter of 1861/62 was so devastating that 2½ square miles of city was subsequently raised 9-10 feet.
If Alfred Lockwood was in the city during the entire winter of 1852/53, he was likely one of the many victims of infectious disease, though "cerebritis" could also be the result of lead poisoning in the old medical terminology.
The Lockwoods being an enterprising family with numerous commercial interests, it's likely that Alfred had come to the capitol of California as had so many ambitious young men, to find a way to profit from the exciting opportunities in the wake of California's gold rush.
Gravesite Details
Although the tier and plot numbers were recorded, the actual location of the grave is no longer known.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Lockwood
1821–1822
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David Bell Lockwood
1822–1869
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Jacob Erastus Lockwood
1824–1885
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Mary Anne Lockwood Welsh
1827–1864
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Eliza Jane Lockwood Woodbury
1832–1860
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Levenia Angeline Lockwood Woodbury
1834–1863
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Elizabeth Rebecca Lockwood Fowler
1837–1910
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Sylvanus L. Lockwood
1840–1916
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Pvt William Thomas "Willie" Lockwood
1841–1863
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Emily Eugenia Lockwood Ferrel
1847–1886
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