George Crumb

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☨ George Crumb
Profession	circus elephant keeper
Personal details
Dead	1840 in United States

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant keeper -1840
Location	at Raymond & Warings Menagerie, Museum and Circus United in United States

Biography details

George Crumb , circus elephant keeper in United States

Crumb was born * ? dead 1840 , in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Columbus II (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1840: elephant keeper George Crumb fatal attack by Columbus II . Columbus went berserk, attacking Bolivar, killed Bolivar’s keeper, George Crumb, broke up a cage, and lunged at spectators. George Crumb † George Crumb Died 1840

1840: James Raymond had two of his three 1840 menagerie-circus combinations in the South. These were D. R. Lines & Co., and what was called Grand Caravan of Living Animals (a generic title), managed by J. L. Humphrey. Lines had Columbus, as we said, and Humphrey had Bolivar. The two caravans were combined in Algiers, Louisiana, prior to crossing the river to New Orleans as one entity. It was here that Columbus went berserk, attacking Bolivar, killed Bolivar’s keeper, George Crumb, broke up a cage, and lunged at spectators.

George Crumb is mentioned on 1 location pagesHumphrey & Lines United Menagerie,

George Crumb is mentioned on 2 elephant record pagesBolivar, Columbus II ,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper George Crumb in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3393. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer3m.htm

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