Background
Truman, Benjamin Cummings was born on October 25, 1835 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Henry Hammond and Susan (Cummings) Truman.
Truman, Benjamin Cummings was born on October 25, 1835 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Henry Hammond and Susan (Cummings) Truman.
Education public and private schools, Providence and Boston. Taught school, Canterbury, New Hampshire (U.S.), at age of 17. Learned to set type at 18.
Compositor and proofreader New York Times, 1854-1860.
Reporter Philadelphia Press, 1861.
Went to Nashville, Tennessee, as captain and on staff of Andrew Johnson (then military governor of Tennessee) in March 1862. Served in Army of the Cumberland as staff officer, and correspondent New York Times. After death of Lincoln was 18 months on President Johnson’s staff
Went to California as special agent Physician organization Department, 1866-1869 and 1877-1878.
Census marshal of Southern California, 1870. Later special agent Treasury Department.
Went to China, Japan, Hawaii and Alaska for Government, and 4 times to Europe. Also traveled in Egypt, Algiers, Morocco and Palestine, as correspondent San Francisco Chronicle.
Assistant chief floriculture, World’s Columbian Exposition.
One of California commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1900. Also Yosemite Valley commissioner Author: See How lieutenant Sparkles. The South During the War.
Semi-Tropical California.
Occidental Sketches; Summer and Winter Resorts of California. From the Crescent City to the Golden Gate.
Homes and Happiness in the Golden State. The Field of Honor; History of World’s Fair in Chicago.
Campaigning in Tennessee.
Vasquez, the Bandit. Tourists’ California Guide. The Missions of California.
Pictorial Southern California.
Pictorial Los Los Angeles Divorced on the Desert. Home: Los Angeles, California.
Author: See How It Sparkles. The South During the War. Semi-Tropical California.
Occidental Sketches
Summer and Winter Resorts of California. From the Crescent City to the Golden Gate. Homes and Happiness in the Golden State.
The Field of Honor
History of World’s Fair in Chicago. Campaigning in Tennessee. Vasquez, the Bandit
Tourists’ California Guide.
The Missions of California. Pictorial Southern California. Pictorial Los Angeles.
Divorced on the Desert.
Married Augusta Mallard, 1869.