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 * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.