Background
Edmund C. Hinde was the son of Thomas S. Hinde and he was born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio on April 6, 1830.
Edmund C. Hinde was the son of Thomas S. Hinde and he was born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio on April 6, 1830.
His life was at times extremely difficult and filled with various hardships due to his career as a gold prospector in the 1850s. Throughout most of his adult life kept detailed diaries on his daily activities. The diaries have provided a wealth of information on a variety of topics, in particular on the California Gold Rush.
Thomas South. had been a very prominent newspaper publisher, real estate developer, and Methodist minister.
The family was well known in Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois. In 1850 began his trip to California to look for gold.
The trip was harsh and met with many difficulties on the way to California. Eventually, Edmund and the other prospectors who traveled with him made it to California and they had limited success in mining gold.
However, the experience was so challenging that only stayed a short time gold mining before returning to the Midwest.
In his journal stated that he was swindled out of a large amount of money when he tried to sell the gold he mined upon his return. Following "s time prospecting gold during the California Gold Rush he went to Canada for a number of years. lieutenant was reported in his obituary that while in Canada he was connected with Fort Edmonton.
After his time in Canada returned to various locations in Illinois.
Eventually he settled in his hometown of Mount Carmel and was involved in the grain business for the remainder of his life. Edmund is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Riverside. wrote extensive journals during his life.
In 1983 Jerome Peltier edited and published a selection of the journals that related to his experiences with the California Gold Rush. Additionally, Edmund is repeatedly mentioned in the journals of his father, Thomas South., which are among the Draper Manuscripts held by the Wisconsin Historical Society.